The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-06
Attractive Embroidery
Done on Leather

TOR the woman who IL ready with
r. her needle the embroidery Of so4t
leathc. provides an attractive &C.
cupation. Ia many cases the smooth
surface will show a pattern to better
advantage han would any woven tex
turc, and IL always forms an extreme
~ effective Hetting Tor the expression
both OF color inc design. writes Mun-
lea Basin In the Girls Realm. Or-
binary chamois leather. such as II. as
% rule put to household use. viii be
quite suitable for the purpose. The
skin Is easy 70 work and manipulate,
and Is readily adapted for ma@ins In
10 all manner Of articles.
The Colors selected for wolsi1g
should be rather Vivid-orighter. per-
haps. than would be chosen On the
same scheme on another material Ot
course thoy must be good dyes, and
~ rs better 90 use real silk than any
kind of mercerlzod thread. Ow.ug 90
the thickness Of the leather a fairly
stout needle should be emp O. Ell.
Great care is needed In drawiig the
silk in and out, or the strands Will be-
come runled and e|ntanglcd, ami tu.
This reason II Is better % choose h.u-
sellc Tor working than floss sila. gs
II is more tightly twisted. OtherNlst
the Work is quite simple 10. ans oIe
who has an ycrag knowledge ul
fancy work.
\ simple way OF placing the pattern
Is the following. n is sketchcd on "a
thin sheet OF white paper, which be-
| thea tacdcd Da To the leather, 80 tIti
the lines Of the design fan exactly over
the destined position on the article 10
be decorated, the SILK Is then WuiHcd
iu after the ordinary fashion, n the
stitches will probably perfornte the
paper at the edge OF the pattern IN
such a way that d will Doe quite cay
10 tear away the waste scraps whuI
the work Is done. Any cmOroidcr,
stitches look well on leather, but
those answer best which are qui *
and simple ln the process of woIAius.
Anything very elaborate H. always
more likely TO twist and tango the
silk. outline designs may sometimes
be worked with good effects. but as
a rule the best results are oDtainc.
by quite hlliug the center with color
and shading b. as required TO give TIA,
desired impression. Sometimes d
BACKGROUND may bo worked In on,
shade. and a pattern pic&cd "a on l
In different Culors TO show by stTOns
contrast.
Whom padding is required anothoI
Process b. best employed for the plae
Jus of the design. The lines shoul,
be drawn on "a piece Of material, th'
thlckncsa being selected according q
how much It Is necessary to give
b raised appearance TO the finished De
sign. The pattern is cut out Yer.
a clearly with "a pair Of quite sharp
pointed scizzoTH. IL o. Then tackled ii
position quite securely. when II wi
be ready Tor working owe with IA
silk, the stitches must be 80 arrange
that the padding iF entirely c%oncenlo.
or course. u is possible to pad on
part Of a design more than another
this Is thought preferable, and IL
really only on large articles that
great mount b. needed. Sometime
- padded outline viii show on a bl
open pattern 10 good advantage.
The pattern would be cut out I'm IN
, same way from some thickish mate
rial, aud then the center cut avn.
A leaving onsy O border of. say, frol
= half To- a quarter of an inch, acc0r,
ing To- the size Of tho pattern.
would now be tackled down and wori
4 ed over with silk, leaving thus q ceI
q ter Of the leather visible I'm each re-.
n lion. This may sometimes be- furth,
Il adorned by working IN q little pnttei
= with a cross-bar stitch or vii
% French knots as when doing a conte
10 niece 10 "a flower. OF course al
! small. simple pattern which VIII wo.
u la closely to the leather n does q
10 require raising may be rubbed
the feather with a thick pencil or ot
/. lined through pricked paper. II
Il last method. by which the pattern
" marked ont with a pin on paper "a
% ovcr the leather and rubbed WI
q co,ored chalk. In perhaps the sure