Handicrafts in the home . lock and pressthe carved side down upon the pad, and wipeoff all the colour. Repeat this a number oftimes, until the pores in the wood block arecompletely filled with colour. Then polishwith a soft cloth, and it will be found thatthe block is in good working condition. Inprinting a design like the traycloth beforereferred to, it would only be necessary tomake a wood block of the star and the divid-ing line between them. It will be necessary,therefore, to plan the design when it is beingprinted on the material. Tack the fabric tightly on a press the
Handicrafts in the home . lock and pressthe carved side down upon the pad, and wipeoff all the colour. Repeat this a number oftimes, until the pores in the wood block arecompletely filled with colour. Then polishwith a soft cloth, and it will be found thatthe block is in good working condition. Inprinting a design like the traycloth beforereferred to, it would only be necessary tomake a wood block of the star and the divid-ing line between them. It will be necessary,therefore, to plan the design when it is beingprinted on the material. Tack the fabric tightly on a press the wood block on a pad, andwhen it has absorbed a thin even colour, stampthe fabric with it. This will give a beautifultinted groundwork for the darning. Manyneedle-workers stamp the colour on the largemasses in the design, and have none on theintervening spaces. On examining the traycloth, it will benoticed that the centre ornament has beentreated with a wood block, and also the fourcorner ornaments. These are outlined with. A HANDKERCHIEF CASE WITH BACKGROUND AND PATTERNDARNED. TABLE-CLOTH SHOWING FINE BACKGROUND IN DARNING
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