HOW TO REPRODUCE A PATTERN.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 42, 17 October 1891, Page 493

HOW TO REPRODUCE A PATTERN.

The most successful method of reproducing a pattern on to serge or woollen material is to prick ' the design with a fine nerdle, then after placing it -' upon the material in the position it is to be firmly secure it with pins and rub it over with a mixture ot very dry and finely powdered pipe clay. The pattern must then be carefully lifted off, and the line showing on the cloth must then be painted over with flake white oil paint diluted with turpentine, a long sable brush, called a rigger, being the best kind to use for this purpose. A more simple way, and one which answers very well if carefully done, is to trace the pattern upon a piece of coarse muslin,known by the name of leno, which may be obtained from any draper. The leno must then be firmly pinned or tacked on the woollen material, and the pattern l>e care fully traced over with a pen dipped in a mixture of whiting and gum, pricking the ven in and out so that the colour may penetrate through the coarse open muslin.