BLOUSES
1. The blouse, page [84], with a rose design was made of white crepe-de-chene.
The outline of the decoration was waxed, and the roses and leaves painted conventionally. The borders and spaces were painted in wax. The border of the red was painted between waxed outlines.
The fabric was dyed blue, and finished with petroplast beads enameled in red.
BATIKED BLOUSE
2. The detail of a georgette crepe blouse, page [87], with a dark background and all-over decoration in gold, is a suitable design for yardage. The piece was first dyed gold, and the pattern stopped out with wax. The dye-bath for the ground color was purple black.
3. The pongee silk blouse, page [80], is a good standard for service and artistic merit.
The leaves, stems and lower border decoration were painted in wax on the natural color of the cloth.
The piece was dyed blue, then the flowers and upper border were stopped out. A brown bath followed, giving as the final color a dark bronze. The blouse was belted with a bronze silk cord.
4. The crepe-de-chene blouse, page [82], has a rich green background with an after crackle in an orange bath.
The edges, sleeves and neck are decorated with a narrow orange and gray band.
Petroplast beads decorated to harmonize with the color of the silk, a brown cord girdle weighted with these ornaments, picoted edges, and stitchery of silk floss the same color as the cord finish a garment of great beauty and dignity.