udgment in the choice of material and colour. It excels particularly,
in the representation of figures, flowers, and animals, but differs from
European work in this, that instead of using flat stitch and making the
colours blend together as we do, the Chinese put them, side by side,
without intermediate tones, or they sometimes work the whole pattern in
knot stitch. The little knots, formed by this stitch are generally set
in gold thread.

[Illustration: FIG. 230. FLOWERS EMBROIDERED IN THE CHINESE MANNER.]

Often too, instead of combining a number of colours, as we do, the
Chinese fill in the whole leaf with long stitches and upon this
foundation, draw the veins in a different stitch and colour. Even the
flowers, they embroider in the same way, in very fine thread, filling
in the whole ground first, with stitches set very closely together and
marking in the seed vessels afterwards, by very diminutive knots, wide
apart.

CHINESE ENCROACHING FLAT STITCH (fig. 231).--Another easy kind of
embroidery, common in China, is done in encroaching flat stitch. The
branch represented in our drawing, taken from a large design, is
executed in three shades of yellow, resembling those of the
Jaune-Rouille series on the D.M.C colour card.[A]

[Illustration: FIG. 231. CHINESE ENCROACHING FLAT STITCH.

MATERIALS: Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 20 to 50 or Chine d'or D.M.C.

COLOURS--For the cotton: Jaune-Rouille 363, 308, 366.--For Chine d'or:
Red and gold, blue and gold, green and gold.[A]]

The stitches of the different rows encroach upon one another, as the
working detail shows, and the three shades alternate in regular
succession. Flowers, butterflies and birds are represented in Chinese
embroidery, executed in this manner. It is a style, that is adapted to
stuffs of all kinds, washing materials as well as others, and can be
worked in the hand and with any of the D.M.C threads and cottons.[A]

RAISED EMBROIDERY (figs. 232 and 233).--Raised embroidery worked in
colours, must be stuffed or padded first, like the white embroidery in
fig. 191. If you outline your design with a cord, secure it on the right
side with invisible stitches, untwisting the cord slightly as you insert
your needle and thread, that the stitch may be hidden between the
strands. Use Coton a repriser D.M.C No. 25, for the padding. These
cottons are to be had in all the colours, indicated in the D.M.C colour
card, and are the most suitable for the kind of work.