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KXRAMIC STUDIO 
Straight line arrangement in a square. 
as possible. The bottles are small and easily upset, so to 
guard against this when using them, stand the bottle in a 
small glass or cup. 
Still another convenient way is to cut holes the shape 
of the bottles in a box lid into which you may fit them. Cut 
down the box itself until it is about half the height of a 
lustre bottle, then replace the lid and slip the bottles into 
the openings. This may not be a very handsome affair 
but it is very convenient and serves to keep the lustres up- 
right. They will not spill so easily if so placed, neither does 
sediment gather so quickly if they are kept standing. Mark 
each cork with the name of the contents of the bottle. The 
Design for cross-stitch embroidery. 
lustres are so sensitive that occasionally the contents of a 
bottle have been spoiled by coming in contact with the cork 
from another. Unless your silk is unusually thick and firm, 
use two thicknesses in making pounces for padding lustres. 
If the silk is very thin use even three thicknesses. There 
are only a few of the lustres that are opaque and these are 
seldom if ever padded. 
These are black, silver, copper and gold. The other 
lustres may be padded or not, according to the style in 
which they are used. 
Many beautiful effects are obtained on china which has 
a very irregular surface, being fluted or deeply indentated. 
On a surface such as this do not pad. Fill your brush well 
with the lustre and let the color run and settle a bit in the 
modeling. This will produce very rich irridescent effects. 
Where the surface to be covered is a smooth one it is 
usually best to pad the lustre, This is best also where the 
surface is a large one. 
Fine arrangement of a simple theme. 
Straight line arrangement in a diamond. 
MISS MASON'S DESIGN CLASS. 
