Evening star., 1924-01-04
Home Dyeing Methods

I thoroughly rinsed. Thus the curtains
| sired color shade. Cheesecloth, when
| dyed in suitable colors, makes pretty
and inexpensive curtains. Hemmed
| bands or borders of striped or other
suitable material add a decorative
effect. Dark green, trimmed with
| stripe in an oriental design and col
oring. makes very pretty curtain.
You can take cheesecloth or un-
old material, such as old sheets,
from which pieces of suitable size
can be cut for curtains, and dye
them in any desired shade.
White. cotton. dipped in a deep
, brown dye and afterward in a deep
green color.
Unbleached cotton sheeting can be
stenciled or. hand painted with
decorative border in oil paints
! thus given a very artistic effect.
Cut the curtain wide enough so
that the inner edge of each pair may
be turned over eight inches. Fold
! squares. Mark the squares by means
of a stencil and paint any design
to form the border.
The blazing sun of last summer
may have wrought havoc with many
Of your curtains and hangings which
are expensive to replace. There is a
novel method of dyeing which will
| give vivid dazzle effect. Any num-
ber of colors may be used, the more
varied the better. Ordinary dyes Will
answer the purpose.
You can experiment at the start
| with three colors. Make each color
| in separate receptacle with boil
ing water and rather stronger than
curtain in about three knots. then
| dip it in one of the dyes. and hang
| out to dry. When dry. unite and
| Knot it up again in four slightly
cther color and dry again. Then
change the knots again and dip It in
! the final color. If the whole surface
| is not colored. continue knotung and
all massed together. When one
shade runs into another 1T Will, OF
course. produce n new color. as wnen
yellow and blue are mixed. Tor m
stance, the result is green. If you
would like, you can leave some Whlte
patches, or a small amount Of black
aye can be put in. This should. how
ever, be done first, and most OF the
curtain should be knotted up or you
will get too Son.ber an effect.
When finished, the curtain should
be slightly damped all over and then
ironed Pretty trimmings can be
| made by this method by treating
strips of old linen with dazzle dye
bands along the edges of curtains
TintinE Delicate Fabrics.
A secret worth knowing is how to
| tint laces. chiffon. silk. crocheted but
| tons feathers, slippers. gloves ana
other things. TO match a certain
gown. To do this work. the mate
rials required are some oil pants IN
tubes and some benzine. The ben
| zine must be placed in =. porcelain
| bowl and the paint dissolved III IL
! The work must be done quickly ana,
of course. in a room without nfe-
] Mix the paint to the required shade
in a saucer. comparing II with the
goods until you have the right color
When the exact tint Is reached, mix
with the benzine and then dlp ine
lace or whatever is To be dyed quick
" before the paint falls to the Dol
tom. Do not let the goods touch the
bottom as there might be Il spot OF
paint there. 4 hairpln comes nancy
TO hold the edge of the goods. shake
out quickly and hang up to dry IT
is well to- make u few experiments
before risking expensive lace or
other material. but the process -
eally not at all difficult.
Painting Lace.
\ charming result Is accomplished
by painting lace with water colorS IN
the following manner: First stretch
over a drawfng-board several thick
nesses OF good strong muslin. After
stretching the lace. fasten 1t hrmIy
to the muslin by means Of pins
Now. using fine camels hair
brush and adding a small quantity OF
mucilage to the water when mixing
xhe colors, proceed TO paint the de-
Sign OF the lace the same as in or
dinary water-color painting. Blue
mixed with lake will b. best to pro-
duce the various shades of purple:
Chine nese-white with new blue for the
delicate shades OF blue. Mix ear
mine and lake for roses. and in the
main observe all the rules given else
where for water-color painting. At
ter completion. let the work dry
thoroughly, and then, carefully re-
moving it. fold it carefully. II the
work is we'll done, it makes an art
istic and beautiful decoration.