A PRETTY GREENAWAY PANEL.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 6, 11 February 1893, Page 140

A PRETTY GREENAWAY PANEL.

By Alice C. Tilden. A very pretty panel, which is a charming ornament for the children’s room, is made from transparent tracing linen, which can be bought at almost any store where artists’ mateiials are kept. It has a smooth, glossy finish from which the dust can easily be wiped. Take a narrow strip of the linen forty inches in length and ten inches in width ; on this trace as many Greenaway pictures as can be prettily arranged. This is done by placing the (pictures under the linen and tracing on the right side with pen and ink ; then with oil paints fill in these outlines on the wrong side of the linen, copying the colours of the Greenaway pictures, or alteiing to suit the fancy. The colours will show through the transparent linen, giving a very smooth and beautiful effect. When the paints are thoroughly dried, stitch a band of red, or any pretty coloured satin three inches wide across the top and bottom of the panel ; turn under all the edges a little more than an eighth of an inch, and line the whole panel with white silesia. Baste the lining and outside very firmly together, and stitch around on the machine, as near the edge as possible. Finish the bottom of the panel with four or five pretty plush ornaments, and hang it by a plush, or brass rod. This panel is easily made and very pretty when finished ; besides being an ornament for the room, it is a great source of amusement to the children, who never tire ot looking at the bright pictures, and when bed time conies, or the little ones are tired, or suffering from some childish ailment, mamma or nurse can easily invent a different story for each picture.