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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
November, 1913 
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woolen thread with corn husks and wound 
these around tightly with cord to give the 
necessary pressure. The portions covered 
with the husks retained the original color 
of the wool, while those exposed became 
the color of the dye bath into which they 
were dipped. Hundreds of years before 
that the ancient Greeks used this same 
method to produce effects of undulating 
lines as borders on their garments. Some¬ 
times they simply twisted and tied the 
cloth around itself, even knotted it, but did 
not always use the thread to protect it. 
A novel bedspread can be made by this 
reserve process. The material needed for 
making it is two yards and three-quarters 
of coarse unbleached cotton sheeting, two 
yards wide. Either make a napkin hem or 
a rolled hem on the ends of the piece. 
Divide the whole piece into six-inch 
squares and mark off these squares with 
blue marking chalk. A simple way to do 
this is to mark off the side and ends of 
the cloth at the edges at intervals of six 
inches, and then draw lines across the 
cloth from side and end to end. A yard¬ 
stick makes a convenient ruler for making 
straight lines, and can be slipped along as 
the line lengthens. After the doth is all 
marked off, begin and tie up pebbles or 
marbles at every point where the lines of 
the squares intersect; also tie one pebble 
in the center of each six-inch square. After 
the pattern is all tied up it will look like a 
rather curious jumble. 
Dip the spread before it is unwound 
into the dye bath, using, of course, only 
dyes that are suitable for dyeing cotton. 
Indigo is a serviceable color, but if one 
has no vat, then sulphur blue, which has 
been recommended, can be used. If the 
cloth has been tightly wound, even in pro¬ 
tracted boiling, the dye will not penetrate 
the reserved portions. Therefore it is not 
absolutely necessary to use dyes which are 
set by oxidation. 
In carrying out designs where line effect 
is needed, use birdshot for tying up in the 
cloth. 
These resist processes and reserve pro¬ 
cesses are really practical for the orna¬ 
mentation of scarfs, dresses, lampshades, 
cushions, or table covers. The method 
easily surpasses the stencil or the block 
print. First, because it is much more per¬ 
manent ; and, then, it has none of the pasty 
or painty texture which is so apt to come 
on the cloth as the result of using these 
other methods. 
Of course, to be really successful, the 
craftsman must seriously take up the study 
of dveing, which will richly repay any 
effort one may put into it. 
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T HE Indian carpet of America is now 
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with certain types of decoration. Indeed, 
there is much to recommend it besides the 
honesty and long, painstaking process of 
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