[Illustration: FIG. 232. RAISED EMBROIDERY. PREPARATORY WORK.]

[Illustration: FIG. 233. RAISED EMBROIDERY. WORK COMPLETED.]

Use Coton a broder D.M.C for the transverse stitches and over the smooth
surface which is thus formed, work close lines of satin stitch in silk
or cotton; the effect produced, will bear more resemblance to applique
work than to embroidery. The centres of the flowers are filled in with
knot stitches, which are either set directly on the stuff or on an
embroidered ground.

EMBROIDERY IN THE TURKISH STYLE (figs. 234 and 235).--This again is a
style of embroidery different from any we are accustomed to. The solid
raised parts are first padded with common coarse cotton and then worked
over with gold, silver, or silk thread.

Contrary to what is noticeable in the real Turkish embroidery, the
preparatory work here is very carefully done, with several threads of
Coton a repriser D.M.C used as one. A rope of five threads is laid down,
and carried from right to left and from left to right, across the width
of the pattern. After laying it across to the right, as explained in
fig. 234, bring the needle out a little beyond the space occupied by the
threads, insert it behind them and passing it under the stuff, draw it
out at the spot indicated by the arrow. The stitch that secures the
threads, should be sufficiently long to give them a little play, so that
they may lie perfectly parallel, side by side, over the whole width of
the pattern.

This kind of work can be done on wollen or cotton materials, and
generally speaking, with D.M.C cottons, and gold thread shot with colour
(Chine d'or D.M.C.)

Very pretty effects can be obtained, by a combination of three shades of
Rouge-Cardinal 347, 346 and 304, with Chine d'or gold and dark blue or
with Chine d'or, gold and light blue.[A]

This kind of embroidery may be regarded as the transition from satin
stitch to gold embroidery.

[Illustration: FIG. 234. EMBROIDERY IN THE TURKISH STYLE. PREPARATORY
WORK.]

[Illustration: FIG. 235. EMBROIDERY IN THE TURKISH STYLE. WORK
COMPLETED.]

GOLD EMBROIDERY.--Up to the present time, dating from the end of the
eighteenth century, gold embroidery has been almost exclusively confined
to those who made it a profession; amateurs have seldom attempted what,
it was commonly supposed, required an apprenticeship of nine years to
attain any proficiency in.

But now, when it is the fashion to decorate every kind of fancy a