It is very simple matter to re-canvas a deck chair.
First of all rip off the old canvas and take a note of its length and breadth.
Deck chair canvas is made in various widths and it will be seen that one end of the frame is wider then the other to allow it to be folded up.
Be sure, therefore to measure the narrower end.
When fixing the canvas the usual way is to pass the canvas over the bar and nail it to the back.
A method that gives a greater strength is as follows.
Pass the canvas over the bar but instead of tacking it at the back, bring it further round the bar and tack it to the front.
The lower end of the canvas should be fixed in the same way.
Before tacking it however, close the chair partially and test the slackness of the canvas that will be required to ensure easy folding of the chair.
SWEET JAR (AN OLD FAMILY RECIPE)
You will need
6 Baskets of rose leaves dried in the sun, use only moss roses or old cabbage roses (not tea or hybrid tea roses)
24 Bay leaves, torn up, any other sweet leaves, verbena etc
Plenty of lavender, stripped and well dried
4oz powdered orris root
½ oz cinnamon
½ oz nutmeg
½ oz cloves
½ lb common salt
½ lb saltpetre
Lay the dried roses in covered jars and between each layer sprinkle salt and saltpetre.
When the lavender is ripe and dry, turn the rose leaves out and mix all together with the spices and sweet leaves.
Put them all back into the jars and keep them tightly covered for some weeks.
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HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN FURNITURE POLISH
It not to hard to make your own furniture polish.
In the top of a double boiler, or a pan which you are not using. Put 1 cup of turpentine with ½ cup of shredded beeswax.
Cook over boiling water stirring all the time, until the wax is melts.
When the mixture is completely cool, apply it with a soft cloth, then rub with a clean soft cloth. Any polish that is left may be stored in a jar with a tight fitting lid.
This can last you a long time as you only use a small bit each time.
MOLES
If you have moles in your garden, and can’t get rid of them.
All you need to do is place one moth ball down into the hole and cover over, as the moles don’t like the smell.
The same goes for cats in your flower beds, put one moth ball down were the cats go, as the cats also don’t like the smell, but please make sure no children pick them up.
This does work as I have tried it out, yes you can still buy moth balls.
This is what they did before ww2 came about.
TO LAUNDER AN EIDERDOWN
Eiderdowns although large and bulky, can be washed quite successfully at home.
Fill a small bath with warm soapsuds, prepared soap flakes provide the easiest method.
Put the quilt into the bath and squeeze until the water is dirty.
Then make fresh soapsuds and repeat the process once more.
If the eiderdown is very dirty a third bathful is usually necessary.
To rinse squeeze the quilt again and again in clean warm water until every particle of soap is removed.
Squeeze out as much water as possible then hang out in the air to dry.
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