Batik and other pattern dyeing

by Walter Davis Baker; Ida Strawn Baker

2. The design in yellow, brown and green was painted within wax outlines. The dyeing was in purple, the crackle penetrating the design.

3. The top was finished with double hemstitching.

BATIKED RIBBON

The ribbon illustrated, page [78], was turquoise blue satin, 7½ x 36 inches.

The design was outlined and parts stopped out. The material was dyed in a blue dye-bath. The blue was stopped out in the flower shapes. The material was dyed in a yellow dye-bath. The leaves were stopped out. The material was dyed in a red dye-bath.

The decoration of the finished ribbon was turquoise blue, gray-blue and yellow-green. The background was dark olive green.

AN ILLUMINATED BLOUSE WITH PETROPLAST BEADS