The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03
50 H1Ea1z Gzr lst G1Ez1ag

hat. and the effect was most pleas
ing, and some OF these days when
am more confident I am going to at
tempt a delicate design on a velvet
jacket. II the public only knew how
easy and how pretty It IS am sure
that pyrographed gowns would soon
be all the rage; but I am afraid to
start the fashion. as the first two or
three will be rather conspicuous for
their oddity, in spite OF the lovely
effect. Then. too, one Is risk1ng quite
a good deal in the attempt to pyro-
graph long panels for a skirt. The
slightest slip will ruin several yards,
for If once the needle goes too deep
and injuries the body OF the cloth. IL
IS weakened. and the strength OF the
whole texture is more important in a
dress than IN mats. Scorching the
nap. however, does not affect the
strength of the fabric in the slightest.
Just at present 7 am busy on a
big sofa pillow for one OF my bache-
lor friends. 1t is TO be Of deep cream
velvet. and the design Is not going TO
be the stereotyped cigarettes and
cards. He Is newspaper man. and
I am making a facsimile of the head
ing on his paper. and in the date line
am burning in the date OF his
birthday and the year of the gift.
His paper usually publishes a car
toon every day. and so 1 have had one
OF my girl friends make a Hfelike
sketch of him from a photograph.
From this 1 will tyace a design on
the velvet and scorch it in. As the
heading for the cartoon I am going
to scrawl something that is char
acteristic OF him. The type VIII be
represented BY the thin. waving lines
which one usually makes to repre-
sent type. On the reverse side I am
going to make a pennant with the
initials of his college in the upper
triangular half and the Greek let
tiers of his fraternity in the lower
half. 1 am thinking of working out
a similar pillow for girl friend who
is IN the newspaper work. Then
there's a girl acquaintance who is
TO be married in September. She Is quite
a musician, so 1 am going 20 have
this same artist friend make q sketch
of her and her fance. I viii trace
this on the velvet in the middle of a
big sheet of music. I viii work out
with my pyrograph needle the open
ing bars of the LOhengrin's wedding
march and the date. on the reverse
side I am going 10 have a simple lit
tie cottage with the two walking
toward the door, their arms around
each others shoulders OF course, the
sketches will have to be in the bar
est outline, but I have tried some Of
this sketching and 1 find it can be
done Just as effectively on velvet as
on wood and you know how often
it is done on glove boxes, necktie
cases handkerchief boxes and bread
trays.
This summer I am thinking seri-
ously OF taking my pyrOgraPh PEN
ell to the mountains with me and
making up lot OF scarfs and center
pieces for the fall. i may give them
TO my friends, although one or my
advisers has suggested that take
specimens OF my work 70 a fancy
work shop and get bids for the sum
for I have found the work so fas-
cinating that L am using up more
velvet than I can AFFORD to buy. Ny
rooms are simply filed with odd
Look at this. an opera bag which
finished last night. Those butter
fly designs are as simple as can oe
TO make. but the effect Is most
UNIQUE. ! think And here this dark
green bag with the brownie scOrched
on il is for soiled collars and jabots.
Really I am quite a mOnOmanlac
on the subject Of pyrOgraphed vel
vet