Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26
Enlarging Small
Designs

A1T WILL be easy enough to trace
through dne linen or lawn or trans
! fer upon heavy linen, the design for
4 lingerie hat. No. 60: for It Is shown
In the actual size to be embroidered. or
course. you know perfectly well how to
do it. But how about the five designs
shown in miniature?
Now, suppose you like one Of these
batter than you do the large one. do
you know how to enlarge the small de-
stgn 70 working size? II you love your
pencil, can draw a little. are accurate
and possess patience. will tell you how
to do 1t, and think you will like the
work. It 10 one OF the exercises In draw
Ing IN the Applied Design course. and.
II somewhat mechanical q very useful
little exercise 1t IL. too.
IncIose your small design in a square:
make q perfect square. which means
that all four angles are right angles and
all four sides are the same length. II
you have drawing tools. use q right
angled triangle to get the corners true;
falling a triangle. use a card which you
know to Be cut true.
Bisect the sides Of your square. and
draw straight lines In both directions
parallel to the sides Of the square. BIZ
sect each half side of the square. then
bisect each one OF these sections and
draw straight lines though the square
In 10th directions till the surface Of
your square looks like q checker-board.
divided OF into sixty-four little squares.
Now decide upon the size OF your
wofkinx pattern: this may be entirely Q
matter Of choice. for 1t Is just as easy
to draw your new pattern one size as
another.
Upon a sufficiently large sheet of pa
per draw a square which will exactly
contain the design the desired size. d.
vide and subdivide this by squares just
a. you did the small one. until you have
n large checker-board divided OF, into
sixty-fOur squares
The mechanical part is finished now.
and the rest 10 freehand drawing.
with the assistance Of the landmarks
provided by the squares-both great and
small. There IL nothing left to do now
but to draw within each small square OF
the large design what is within the cor
responding small square Of the small de-
Sign. II you need any further measure
ments, dividers or a slip OF paper upon
which comparative distances can be
yenciled may be employed.
The comparison of the design square
BY square fixes the attention upon de-
tail. and. as you can readily see. makes
Il impossible to throw the composition
out OF proportion.
Now / have given you quite draw
ing lesson. and. perhaps. some of you
have been interested enough-and pa
tient enouRh-to follow the instruction.
Who knows but that this tmpromptu
drawing lesson may inspire some one OF
you to try original work?
Under each small design. you see, tho
manner Of working is named. This Is
done merely by way OF suggestion. Tor
all the designs may be treated according
TO your own taste. No. I64 Is INTENDED
for shadow embroidery. but the design
is perfectly suitable for solid or part
0olid and part eyelet embroidery. Nos
Ea3 and 761, although booked for eyelets.
nav have some solid work combined
with the eyelets. II It be to your taste.
Nos. 7t6 and 76c are unusually good de:
signs for wallachian embroidery. and
they Will be most effective carried out
In that stitch: however. you may SUD-
ofitute solid for the wallachian without
fear Of criticism.
The crown design Enclosed within the
dotted circle) and the brim are. Of course.
stamped upon separate pieces Of mate
Yial, and not one inside OF the other, as
shown In the cut.