. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. FIG. 240. DAINTY TRIFLES. 233. Figure No. 241 is more simple. The pouch is made of chamois skin,without lining. The bottom edge is trimmedwith a fringe of the chamois, made as follows:Select a strip of chamois as wide as the bag,and as deep as the fringe is to be when fin-ished; paint over the entire surface of thispiece, on both sides, with liquid gold dry, slash into narrow strips, to within ahalf-inch of the top edge, which is left for aheading; sew to the edge of pouch. The let-tering on the pouch may be etched on, withwash twist, in deep br
. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. FIG. 240. DAINTY TRIFLES. 233. Figure No. 241 is more simple. The pouch is made of chamois skin,without lining. The bottom edge is trimmedwith a fringe of the chamois, made as follows:Select a strip of chamois as wide as the bag,and as deep as the fringe is to be when fin-ished; paint over the entire surface of thispiece, on both sides, with liquid gold dry, slash into narrow strips, to within ahalf-inch of the top edge, which is left for aheading; sew to the edge of pouch. The let-tering on the pouch may be etched on, withwash twist, in deep brown, or it may be written ^^^ ^,, ■ ^ r l(jr. 241. in with a brush dipped in the gold paint. The design shown in illustration canbe transferred by means of a pantagraph direct to the chamois, and thenpainted in oil colors with one or two shades of brown and gray for bowl andclouds. See chapter on Brush and Palette, for instructions for painting. LEAF 242 illustrates three very convenient and pretty penwipes. Cut scraps of chamoisskin into leaf sh
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