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OT word of the day
Ruche To pleat, ruffle, or gather fabric into a specific form. Sometimes it is purely ornamental, sometimes it is an integral part of sizing the item. The term is frequently incorrectly applied to any multiple pleating, gathering, ruffling, gauging, or smocking, all of which are unique in themselves. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Brilliantines
Brilliantine A light weight, lusterous, fabric with a cotton warp and cashmere or wool weft. Sturdier than it looks, it resists wrinkling, yet presses and shapes well, has very excellent drape, and it actually seems to resist wear-dirt. Consigned to use mostly as lining fabric for some years, it is enjoying a surge of popularity in garment making. An excellent choice for "activewear", summer clothes, and numerous other applications. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Crinoline
Originally a cotton warp crossed with horsehair in a variety of colours and designs. Labour-intensive work as each horsehair had to be placed in the cloth by hand. Now the horsehair is usually replaced by nylon, or sometimes another synthetic. Indeed often crinolines are available made entirely of synthetics or any assortment of blends. They may be a solid, mesh, or net weave, and are stiff. Often tulle is refered to as crinoline and used for the same purposes. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Nylon The first commercially successful synthetic fiber. It is a wholely manufactured fiber, a synthetic long chain polymer. The first use it saw was in toothbrushes, though a whole host of applications followed primarily due to world war II. The initial marketing of nylon fabrics was as a synthetic silk. When WWII caused a scarcity of silk, which had previously been the only fiber used for items like parachutes, nylon came into its own. It also caused something of a revolution in women's hosiery. Prior to nylon stockings were usually cotton, wool, or silk. The first nylon stockings in the US went on sale in 1940. They were only available briefly though, for as soon as the US entered the war all nylon was diverted to the war effort. In the 1950's, manufacturers discovered that if they made the nylon fibers crimped, the resultant fabric would be elastic in character. This added a whole new dimension to the uses for nylon. Nylon burns poorly, but does melt. The weak flame it produces is usually extinguished when the melted portion drops off the fabric. The fibers are smooth, nonabsorbant, and dry quickly. It is the strongest and most lightweight fiber in common use. It is somewhat dirt resistant, and easy to clean, though it will eventually pill. It is not affected by most common household chemicals, though chlorine bleach should be avoided. It does wash well with sodium perborate bleach (laundry borax). -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Laundry Borax
This useful stuff is a common additive to laundry detergents, and is also sold as a stand alone laundry additive. In addition to laundry, it has many uses around the house, from general cleaning and deoderizing to repeling cockroaches and other insects. It is one of the "greenest" hosehold chemicals, having a low toxicity and a minimal impact on the enviroment. The same chemical in laundry borax is often used in plant fertilizers. Useful to know since foundation plantings in particular can suffer from a deficiency of boron. In fact when last years soil test indicated that my garden was low on boron I just sprayed it with laundry borax in solution, about 1 tablespoon to 100 square feet is plenty. Laundry borax is one of the few commonly available chemicals that can stop or reduce the action of chlorine bleach. It also enhances the action of standard soaps and detergents by acting as a water softener. It has it's own bleaching action as well, both oxygenating and to a lesser degree non-oxygenating. Since borax also acts as a corrosion inhibiter on metals it may help prolong the life of washers. My great gramma used it when she washed the silver after polishing it because she said it helped keep it shiney longer. YMMV -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Yes, I have used this for years. I like the old fashioned look of the
20 mule team box. Didn't know about the other uses with plants and as a repellent. thanks for this info [growing up my mom used this also, and until a certain age I was certain my grandpa had been the model for the drawing on the front of the box - he was a teamster in the old horse-and-wagon definition] Ginger in CA On Apr 14, 2:11*am, (NightMist) wrote: Laundry Borax This useful stuff is a common additive to laundry detergents, and is also sold as a stand alone laundry additive. In addition to laundry, it has many uses around the house, from general cleaning and deoderizing to repeling cockroaches and other insects. It is one of the "greenest" hosehold chemicals, having a low toxicity and a minimal impact on the enviroment. *The same chemical in laundry borax is often used in plant fertilizers. *Useful to know since foundation plantings in particular can suffer from a deficiency of boron. *In fact when last years soil test indicated that my garden was low on boron I just sprayed it with laundry borax in solution, about 1 tablespoon to 100 square feet is plenty. Laundry borax is one of the few commonly available chemicals that can stop or reduce the action of chlorine bleach. It also enhances the action of standard soaps and detergents by acting as a water softener. It has it's own bleaching action as well, both oxygenating and to a lesser degree non-oxygenating. * Since borax also acts as a corrosion inhibiter on metals it may help prolong the life of washers. *My great gramma used it when she washed the silver after polishing it because she said it helped keep it shiney longer. *YMMV -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Just sprinkle it on the floor close to the walls. Especially where you
see the roaches. And under any low sitting shelving/furniture and so forth. The borax doesn't exactly "repel" the roaches and such it affects the coating on their "shell" so they die. They also carry it back to the nest and spread it to the others, effectively eliminating the whole group of them. G In the desert you will always have some "bugs", it is the nature of where we live, and it doesn't matter how clean everything is, they still show up. sigh. Good luck, and have fun, Pati, in Phx On Apr 14, 9:14*am, Sandy wrote: Okay, who knows how to use it to repel cockroaches? We've had a problem every spring/summer since we moved here, no matter how clean the house is, and I'd love a sure-fire method to repel them without endangering Bisou (my cocker QI) or my grands! -- Sandy -- frustrated in Henderson, near Las Vegas sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)http://www.sandymike.net |
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, "Pati, in Phx" wrote: Just sprinkle it on the floor close to the walls. Especially where you see the roaches. And under any low sitting shelving/furniture and so forth. The borax doesn't exactly "repel" the roaches and such it affects the coating on their "shell" so they die. They also carry it back to the nest and spread it to the others, effectively eliminating the whole group of them. G Sounds good -- borax is going on my shopping list this week. Thanks. In the desert you will always have some "bugs", it is the nature of where we live, and it doesn't matter how clean everything is, they still show up. sigh. Yes, I know that -- after living in the desert for over half a century gasp, it's something I've learned to live with. But somehow cockroaches seem so ucky. G -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious) http://www.sandymike.net |
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Point and Point Laces
Point is light gauze or netting used as a ground for point laces. It is very fine, and there is some arguement as to whether it was created as an alternative to the using some of the very fine stitches used to make grounds in needle laces, many of which progress in terms of inches or fractions thereof per day. In some examples the point is made as a bobbin lace ground, and then worked as point lace. Point laces are sort of a cross between embroidered laces and needle laces. It uses stitches from both. In design it generally makes use of the conectivity between motifs as is found in needle lace, while incorporating some of the more elaborate elements of embroidered lace. Since it utilizes point as a permanent ground, though the use of cutwork techniques is not uncommon, it progresses fairly quickly as the process of making the ground is unecessary. Bucks point, Romanian point, and Rose point are probably the most recognizable examples of the art. Pictures: http://lace.lacefairy.com/Lace/ID/BucksPointID.html http://www.theatik.com/romanian_point_lace.html http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...nt_de_rose.jpg -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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