Archer, Effie Archer · Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 121
fingerand thumb, work the tool backward and forward under the section. Some workers preferto hold the workingside toward them, con-tending that a greaterpressure can be broughtto bear on a downwardstroke than an upwardone. In that case thedesign is stamped ortraced on the wrong sideof the leather.… … NEEDLECRAFT 95 To keep the leather from falling back to its naturalshape some workers paste the relief parts. Myteacher used a paste that we found quite stiflF enoughexcept for large heavy objects. To make this paste an ounce of dextrin is leftsoaking in water for about sixteen hours. Dextrin,by…
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