The conventional little wreath to the right is especially appropriate for an initial on a towel end, and then to the left and right of it several of the stiff little flowers should be arranged in a border, simply repeating the flowers in line with the bottom of the wreath with about twelve spaces between. Either yellows or browns or shades of red will be effective, but the arrangement of the tones given in the illustration should be followed if the flowers are to retain their forms. Other color schemes may be substituted for the blues if preferred. On a finer weave material, this wreath makes a nice motif for the end of a scarf, and on a very fine canvas, it is suitable for a work-bag, handkerchief-case, pincushion, and numberless other articles. Separate roses or buds can be scattered in the corners, or a plain band of two or three lines of crosses, an inch from the edge, make a pretty border around the pillow, and helps, as it were, to hold the design in. Count off this number of spaces on coarse canvas and if they measure ten inches or more, then the wreath may be worked for a sofa-pillow.

The larger wreath with blue roses, on the page opposite, is forty-five meshes wide.

They are very adaptable, both as to coloring and arrangement, and may be used on any of the cross-stitch materials with the most charming results. Pin Priscilla Colored Cross Stitch Book 2ĭainty wreaths of bright colored flowers are perhaps as pleasing, if not more so, than any designs we have for cross-stitch.

Pot leaf cross stitch graph