. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 107.—Design or Over-Window. upon one, and therefore, in attempting original work, themethod of reproduction must not for a moment be lost sight i6o ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. of. Take the flower diaper, No. 104. Here we have asimple fret consisting of forms suggested by flowers justtouching each other, for the more we tie the designtogether, the less liability is there to breakage. Small isolated forms arevery easily snappedoff, even in thecutting, but weprotect them bymaking all pro-jecting portionstouch each otherwherever endless varie-ties of flowe
. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 107.—Design or Over-Window. upon one, and therefore, in attempting original work, themethod of reproduction must not for a moment be lost sight i6o ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. of. Take the flower diaper, No. 104. Here we have asimple fret consisting of forms suggested by flowers justtouching each other, for the more we tie the designtogether, the less liability is there to breakage. Small isolated forms arevery easily snappedoff, even in thecutting, but weprotect them bymaking all pro-jecting portionstouch each otherwherever endless varie-ties of flower-formscould make such afret - diaper veryvaried and wouldbe a good exercisein ingenuity. I started making acompanion designof leaves of variousshapes, but thisidea 1 will leave t)those ofmyreadersto work out whoare so can be geometrical in feeling without being conven-tionally so, and the scroll design, No. 105, which could be•continued ad lib., is an illustration of this. If one were filling. No. 108.—Design for Chair-back and Arm. FRETWORK. 1O1 a definite space with such a pattern, it would be advisablefirst to arrange the chief scrolls, and then, when these wereplaced agreeably, add the details, for constructive lines arealways the first consideration in planning a pattern. The idea of the over-window and over-door, Nos. 106 and107, was suggested by two I saw in the house of a friendwho had them cut out to her own effective were they (the design in myfriends case was Oriental in character)that I cannot do better than pass the ideaon to my readers. The over-door canhave a shelf at the top, with an edge as Ihave suggested upon which may beplaced old china, while below and insidethe fret a curtain may be hung. Unlessthe door opens the reverse way, thefretwork must not come too low so asto interfere with the opening of the tulip suggested the design. In theposition an over-door would occupy abold design is essential, as a small finicking on
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