eets of writing-paper with the mixture; dab the paper dry with a bit
of fine linen. When using, put the black side on another sheet of
paper, and fasten the corners together with small pins. Lay on the
back of the black paper the pattern to be drawn, and go over it with
the point of a steel drawing pencil: the black will then leave the
impression of the pattern on the undersheet, on which you may draw it
with ink.

2509. Patterns on Cloth or Muslin.

Patterns on cloth or muslin are drawn with a pen dipped in stone blue,
a bit of sugar and a little water; wet to the consistence wanted.

2510. Feather Flowers: Materials.

Procure the best white swan or goose feathers; have them plucked off
the fowl with care not to break the web; free them from down, except a
small quantity on the shaft of the feather. Get also a little fine
wire, different sizes; a few skeins of fine floss silks, some good
cotton wool or wadding, a reel of No. 4 Moravian cotton, a skein of
Indian silk, some starch and gum for pastes, and a pair of small sharp
scissors, a few sheets of coloured silk paper, and some water colours.

[EATING AND DRINKING SHOULDN'T KEEP US FROM THINKING.]

2511. Patterns for Petals.

Having procured two good specimens of the flower you wish to imitate,
carefully pull off the petals of one, and, with a piece of tissue
paper, cut out the shape of each, taking care to leave the shaft of
the feather at least half an inch longer than the petal of the flower.
Carefully bend the feather with the thumb and finger to the proper
shape; mind not to break the web.

2512. Stem and Heart of a Flower.

Take a piece of wire six inches long; across the top lay a small piece
of cotton wool, turn the wire over it, and wind it round until it is
the size of the heart or centre of the flower you are going to
imitate. If a single flower, cover it with paste or velvet of the
proper colour, and round it must be arranged the stamens; these are
made of fine Indian silk, or feathers may be used for this purpose.
After the petals have been attached, the silk or feather is dipped
into gum, and then into the farina. Place the petals round, one at
time, and wind them on with Moravian cotton, No. 4. Arrange them as
nearly like the flower you have for a copy as possible. Cut the stems
of the feathers even, and then make the calyx of feathers, cut like
the p