Re: [h-cost] OT: Some Comments
5. Do not remove dead stalks until spring time. The stalks feed the tubers through the winter. I just cover mine with leaves to winter. Do not walk on the bed in the snow. Someone killed some of mine this way. My cannas come up in early May and bloom until the first killing frost around Oct. 15. They bloom all summer. Depends on where you live!! Check your garden zone as Cannas tubers will not survive the winter here (Iowa, border between zone 4 and 5) and in the spring you will just have mush. It's the main reason we don't plant cannas or dahlias; stuff just doesn't winter over well in our basement. OCC: local Walmart stores seems to be in a run of new $1.00 yard fabrics! I was trying really hard to use only stash on recent projects, but the siren call of cool stuff is too much for me. I found a *lovely* bolt of something (synthetic, I'm sure) that looks like navy blue nondescript whatever on the backside (the side showing in the stack) but when I folded it back to the right side -- OMG -- it looked exactly like hammered copper only not *quite* copper colored and not *quite* the color of gold. My daughter is only in 8th grade but she immediately said Prom Dress, Mom! so naturally I bought all 6 yards. For a dollar a yard, what the heck! In two trips to two different stores I bought about 20 yards of fabric. Denise Iowa ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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Ooh, thanks Denise. THAT was my exciting costume news that I forgot to share! I was in our Norfolk, Va. Walmart last week, and also noticed that the $1.00 bolt table was restocked. I found my favorite sales lady and she said that indeed, they were keeping their fabric department and were replacing the racks that had been removed! YIPPPE! She said that everything was planned to go back to the way it used to be. So, I guess Walmart paid attention to the fact that they don't need to be upscale- that is not their target market. I'm not sure what is going on with the other service oriented departments that were under the knife, such as paint, automotive and fish. Fish, now that's one section I'd be very happy to see out of our Walmart. It's so bad I'm surprised PETA hasn't found out about it! ::Linda:: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Land of Oz OCC: local Walmart stores seems to be in a run of new $1.00 yard fabrics! I was trying really hard to use only stash on recent projects, but the siren call of cool stuff is too much for me. I found a *lovely* bolt of something (synthetic, I'm sure) that looks like navy blue nondescript whatever on the backside (the side showing in the stack) but when I folded it back to the right side -- OMG -- it looked exactly like hammered copper only not *quite* copper colored and not *quite* the color of gold. My daughter is only in 8th grade but she immediately said Prom Dress, Mom! so naturally I bought all 6 yards. For a dollar a yard, what the heck! In two trips to two different stores I bought about 20 yards of fabric. Denise ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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2 items, 1 of which is costume related, 1 of which is tea related: 1) Costume, or rather fabric: I want to thank all the folks who replied several weeks ago to my request for fabric store locations in California. I ended up at a couple Discount Fabrics with no finds, then went to Britex in San Francisco. Instead of silk I bought cotton. 4 pieces of white, lightweight, very fine, cottons (one satin batiste) and one primrose/jonquil yellow that looks exactly like the color of that early 19th cent. muslin gown with the brown trim that was posted here a couple months ago. Lovely! Now I'm at it again, this time to New York. I remember doing the Orchard St. shopping blitz many years ago, but now it seems the stores are more concentrated in the 30s. While I would love to spend the day browsing every shop, my daughters also want to do some non-fabric shopping. So, does anyone have a favorite, must-go-to, fabric store in NYC (where favorite is defined as you can get some silk or linen or fine cotton historically probable fabric at ridiculously low prices)? Oh, and feathers: ostrich plumes for bonnets? 2) Tea. Ah yes. I'm a northerner but my parents were southerners so I grew up on iced tea. We made it in a pot, steeped for 3-5 mins. as tea should be, sweetened while hot, poured over ice. I still make it that way, I just don't use as much sugar. Well, at restaurants I often ask how they make their iced tea. Many are proud to say that they don't use a mix but brew it from real bags and don't sweeten it. They are also proud to say that they make it nice and strong by brewing it overnight in the refrigerator. Ouch! So here's how I usually order iced tea at a restaurant: could you bring me a cup of hot tea, and two glasses completely filled with ice... :-) (Of course, that doesn't mean they will actually boil the water for the tea but what the heck--can't be too fussy!!) - Hope Penny Ladnier wrote: This IS my last message about tea: I promise! When you add sugar to cold unsweet tea, it dissolves slowly or not at all. This is wasting sugar. To make sweet tea, add the sugar while the tea brew is hot. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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In a message dated 8/21/2007 12:22:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now I'm at it again, this time to New York. I remember doing the Orchard St. shopping blitz many years ago, but now it seems the stores are more concentrated in the 30s. * Yes, the upper 30s on the west side is full of fabric shopsmany, alas, with the same stuff out in front. But it can be fun to dig through the bolts. I've always wanted to shop at Mood, just to see what's there but I could never find the damn place! The last time I was in the city, my friend finally told me it not at street level. But then he said he's never found the door to go up!! LOL. As you can seewe really aren't trying very hard, are we? ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
