For Embroidery Designs
Pear Aunt Daisy, I listen regularly to your morning ses-’ sion with much interest, and have gained much. benefit from many of your hints. I felt very grateful to you when I was
able to successfully remove oil marks from my wall-paper, with a paste made of carbon-tetra-chioride and powdered magnesia. Now I am hoping that you may be able to help me again. I would like to obtain the recipe for making the ink used to draw the transfers used for embroidery. When I went to secondary school we made our own designs, and ink, and so we were able to embroider our original ideas. I know that two of the ingredicnts we used were washing blue and egg-white, but unfortunately I can’t remember quantities or other ingredients. I would be most grateful if someone could help me. Yours sincerely,
J.
G.
Auckland.
Here are two "transfer" recipes: The first one, which has proved very successful for going over old transfers which have been nearly ironed away, is simply made of equal parts of washing blue and white sugar, mixed to a paste with water | p---- -_- Wy /
until of the consistency of cream. Use a new nib. The other one makes a white transfer, and is applied with a fine paint brush or a pen. Beat half an egg-white with one level teaspoon of sugar until stiff; add one teaspoon of cornflour and a few drops of boiling water. Use soon after making.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 407, 11 April 1947, Page 22
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247For Embroidery Designs New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 407, 11 April 1947, Page 22
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