"When you wash it, set the color by soaking your article in cold water salted. Then wash it gently in the suds of white soap. Suds, mind you; don't touch the cake of soap to it."
"I promise you solemnly I'll never touch a cake of soap to any stenciling I do."
"You're ridiculous, Roger. No, I believe you won't!"
"Here's a piece of cloth Ethel Brown is going to make into a doll's skirt. See, she's hemmed it already and I'll put this simple star stencil on the hem. Where's a board, Dorothy?"
Dorothy brought a sewing board and the others watched Margaret pin her material down hard upon it and fasten the stencil over that.
"Good girl! You've got them so tight they won't dare to shiver," declared Tom.
"Do you notice that this stencil has been shellacked so the edges won't roughen when I scrub? Stiff bristle brushes are what I'm using." Margaret called their attention to her utensils. "And I have a different brush for each color. Also I have an old rag to dabble the extra color off on to."
"Are you ready? Go!" commanded Roger.
"I'll put this simple star stencil on the hem"