The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05

To any one who can do embroidery
the feat OF hand painting ornaments
on furniture Is simple ono. ills
easier than doing embroidery work.
far moro quickly done. and requires
less skill and patience.
Here ia the secret OF my discovery.
which brings furniture decoration With
In the scope Of embroidery workers. 1t
Is this: Patterns, such as shirtwaist en-
broIdery patterns. chenille patterns. pill
low, dolly, and baby robe patterns. all
having flowers pictured on them that were
designed to DO stamped OF by means OF
a hot iron. on to linen. to be embroidered.
can Just as easily be stamped off on to
furniture. Yesterday / spent the day
experimenting and painted ornamental
designs on the entire set Of furniture
shown in the accompanying illustration.
The whole thing was dry. hard. and fast.
and ready for use within twelve hours,
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Now am going to tell you simply tho
whole method Of procedure. First, you
select n pattern with sprays or wreaths
or baskets OF flowers on it-thc kind that
transfer by hot iron process. choosing the
Oiled in embroidery. or satin embroid-
cry" sort, in preference to tho cross
stitch or moro complicated kind, as the
satin stitch patterns give the best OUT
lines. Some of these patterns como in
sprays. as many as thirty-six sprays to
pattern. It 10 well to cut them apart
before starting to transfer them, then
with tiny dab OF library paste, here and
there ut the edges. tack them down to tho
places you mean to transfer them.
A little wreath Is lovely around each
keyhole Of the chiffonier drawers. A mar
row running pattern Lmeant to be en-
broIdercd on a collar1 is Just the thing to
stamp across the splats [thc baclssl OF
wooden chairs. etc.
OF course. you cannot press the iron
fat on tho pattern laid on the furniture.
as you do to transfer on cloth. for IL you
did the enamel might blister. Youtake
Just the tip OF the iron and run talons
the lines. Tho lines on the pattern ara
printed in colored parafIin. this ,nelts on
to the wood-you can SEQ It melt its irl-
preston on the wood as you 90 along, A
fiat iron serves all purpose for this work.
though IL you happen to have a soldering
iron II Is easier to use thnn a nat Iron.
You run the nose OF tho iron right along
the lines. The paper sticks. When you
see that It Is all done. pull this paper of,
and there are your sprays OF flowers on tho
wood and tho enamel 10 not injured at oil.
Care must be taken not to have the4 iron
hot enough to-scorch.
Tho patterns come In blue lines. These
are for use on white or light grounds.
They also como In light yellow lines. Thesa
transfer quite as we'll on black or dark
grounds.
When you see the leaves and petals
stamped you will allze inmedla that
1t 10 really not as hard to fill those OUT
lines in with paint as II would be 20 I'LL
them in with embroidery.
II you mistrust yourself In the matter
OF selecting colors there 10 always tho
alternative OF filling In with solid color.
deep blue. for example. You know ex-
actly how that q going to look. because
you have seen It often enough in china
ware. blue on white.
About the kind Of paint and how TO mix
II hand how TO tSeit Choose enamel paint
that comes IN small tin cans. It costs is
cents can. Get fiye cars-red. yellow.
blue, black, and white. Pour q littiesef
each color into small cup. Nestssot