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Apple Blossom Place Mat Pattern #D-209
Apple blossom place mat with shaded pink tatting-crochet blossoms on pink organdy, brown embroidered stems, and yellow stamens. 12 x 18 inches. Originally published in Spool Cotton #258, Floral Doilies.
Materials
- Steel Crochet Hook · No. 10
- Steel Crochet Hook · No. 14
Pattern instructions
Materials
MATERIALS: J. & P. Coats Tatting-Crochet, Size 70, 1 ball of Shaded Pink and 1 ball of Shaded Yellow. Scraps of Dark Brown Pearl Cotton... Steel Crochet Hooks No. 10 and No. 14... J. & P. Coats or Clark's O.N.T. Six Strand Embroidery Floss, 1 skein of Colonial Brown... A piece of pink organdy, 12 x 18 inches.
Apple Blossom
APPLE BLOSSOM (Make 12)... Starting at center with Pink and No. 14 hook, ch 10. Join with sl st to form ring. 1st rnd: Ch 1, 25 sc in ring. Join. Now work petals individually as follows. FIRST PETAL ... 1st row: 2 sc in next 5 sc. Ch 1, turn. 2nd to 7th rows incl: Sc in each sc across. Ch 1, turn. Do not turn at end of 7th row. SECOND PETAL... Sl st in end sc of each row. Next row: 2 sc in next 5 sc on center. Ch 1, turn. Work as for First Petal. Complete other petals to correspond.
Finishing
Make a narrow hem around outer edge of organdy. Using 3 strands of Embroidery Floss, embroider blanket stitch around outer edge of Mat. Embroider a French knot between each bar of blanket stitch.
STEM ... Using Brown Pearl Cotton double and No. 10 hook make a chain 6 inches long, make 6 lengths of chain, each 3 inches long, and 5 lengths, each 4 inches long. Sew these chains to Mat, to form a branch as shown in illustration. Sew an Apple Blossom to end of each stem. With Yellow make a chain 2 inches long, sew to center of Apple Blossom, making 5 loops (for stamens). Complete all flowers in this manner. Starch lightly and press.
