[Nfb-krafters-korner] new project: gords

Sun Oct 25 23:08:24 UTC 2015

Joyce, I never actually did it myself, but I had a friend who did 
it on a large scale and I believe she told me they brushed the 
interior frequently with a bleach solution while they were drying 
in order to prevent the growth of mold.  It did not effect the 
outer color.

Carol O.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Joyce Kane via Nfb-krafters-korner 
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 12:48:38 -0400
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] new project:  gords

How did you soak them in bleach while they are drying???

Does the bleach have any effect on the color of them?

Joyce

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner 
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Carol Osmar via Nfb-krafters-korner
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 10:59 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists 
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Cc: Carol Osmar <osmarc at sbcglobal.net
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] new project: gords

When I was in Michigan they used to make bird houses out of 
gourds.  I know
you had to soak them in bleach while they were drying.

Carol oh

Sent from my iPhone

 On Oct 25, 2015, at 10:27 AM, Ramona Walhof via 
Nfb-krafters-korner
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 The ones  I got range in size from an inch in diameter to five 
or six.
 But they were selling huge gords.  I saw one as high as a table 
and at
 least two feet in diameter.  Of course, they grow in many 
different
 shapes, some with long tails and some are called warty, and they 
are
 quite rough in different patterns.

 I made a pile of them on an end table in the living room and 
haven't
 had a chance to find out which ones are which color, but I 
understand
 that they are many shades of brown, tan, yellow, and orange.  
Those I grew
are green.

 I will also have to find out if it is possible to guide them 
into
 shapes while they are still growing.  I never heard of a gord 
festival
 before, but this was quite an interesting display, and there is 
a gord
association,
 complete with tea-shirts, hats, etc.
 There was a fellow demonstrating how to drill with a small bit 
little
 holes around the top so you could put yarn or thread through and
 attach hats or other tops.  There were gord candy dishes and 
vases with
decorated tops.
 There was one completely covered with tiny beads of many colors.  
The
 beads were glued on.
 You can tell that we had fun.  This was all new to me.  I don't 
have
 time to be too hooked, but it caught my interest.
 Ramona

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Nfb-krafters-korner
 [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
Joyce
 Kane via Nfb-krafters-korner
 Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 7:28 PM
 To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
 <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
 Cc: blindhands at aol.com
 Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] new project: gords

 Approximately what are the size of the ones you purchased at the 
Festival?
 If I remember right they are different colors and kinda not 
large.

 We just sat them around for decorations and didn't cut them.

 Joyce

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Nfb-krafters-korner
 [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
Ramona
 Walhof via Nfb-krafters-korner
 Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 8:28 PM
 To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
 <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
 Cc: Ramona Walhof <walhoframona at gmail.com
 Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] new project: gords

 Some of you may be interested in my gord project.  I was looking 
for
 something a little decorative that would grow here, and I 
planted some
 gords.  Even though we got them in late, they grew like mad.  
They are
 small, but they looked ready to pick, so I did.  Then I wondered 
how
 to dry them.

 I heard about a gord festival at one of the hotels about ten 
minutes
 from here, so I dragged a friend of mine there today.  He 
thought he
 was doing me a favor, but I could hardly get him to leave.  He 
was
fascinated.

 There were gords of all shapes and sizes cut and decorated in 
many
 different ways.  Everybody was very friendly and informative.  I 
even
 found a lady who will plant the seeds in January in her 
greenhouse so
 I could pick them up in the spring when it is time to put them
 outdoors.  Then they told me you pick them after they frost and 
dry them
all winter.  Guess I rushed that.
 You dry them outside and let them sit in the rain and snow.  
Next
 spring or summer you scrape off the mould and they will be ready 
to carve.

 So I will plant some more next year and know more about what I 
am doing.

 Now maybe I should have asked you all, and you could have told 
me
 everything except, perhaps, whether this is a good climate for 
gords.

 I bought a bag of gords of all colors and sizes for ten bucks so 
I can
 experiment with them this fall, along with my little ones, but I 
will
 just do simple things for now.

 Ramona

 _______________________________________________
 Nfb-krafters-korner mailing list
 Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org

http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org
 Division Website:  http://www.krafterskorner.org Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/NFB-Krafters-Division/269246643109
571
 Krafters-Korner Blog https://craftingblind.wordpress.com/
 "Follow NFB Krafters Korner on Twitter: Our Handle is 
@craftingblind
 Don't have a Twitter account? You can still follow Krafters 
Korner on
 Twitter.  Go
 to: Twitter.com/craftingblind To unsubscribe, change your list 
options
 or get your account info for Nfb-krafters-korner:

http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org/
blind
 hands%
 40aol.com

 _______________________________________________
 Nfb-krafters-korner mailing list
 Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org

http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org
 Division Website:  http://www.krafterskorner.org Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/NFB-Krafters-Division/269246643109
571
 Krafters-Korner Blog https://craftingblind.wordpress.com/
 "Follow NFB Krafters Korner on Twitter: Our Handle is 
@craftingblind
 Don't have a Twitter account? You can still follow Krafters 
Korner on
 Twitter.  Go
 to: Twitter.com/craftingblind To unsubscribe, change your list 
options
 or get your account info for Nfb-krafters-korner:

http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org/
walho
 framon
 a%40gmail.com

 _______________________________________________
 Nfb-krafters-korner mailing list
 Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org

http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org
 Division Website:  http://www.krafterskorner.org Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/NFB-Krafters-Division/269246643109
571
 Krafters-Korner Blog https://craftingblind.wordpress.com/
 "Follow NFB Krafters Korner on Twitter: Our Handle is 
@craftingblind
 Don't have a Twitter account? You can still follow Krafters 
Korner on
 Twitter.  Go to: Twitter.com/craftingblind To unsubscribe, 
change your list
options or get your account info for Nfb-krafters-korner:

http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org/
osmar
 c%40sbcglobal.net

_______________________________________________
Nfb-krafters-korner mailing list
Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org
Division Website:  http://www.krafterskorner.org Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/NFB-Krafters-Division/269246643109
571
Krafters-Korner Blog https://craftingblind.wordpress.com/
"Follow NFB Krafters Korner on Twitter: Our Handle is 
@craftingblind Don't
have a Twitter account? You can still follow Krafters Korner on 
Twitter.  Go
to: Twitter.com/craftingblind To unsubscribe, change your list 
options or
get your account info for Nfb-krafters-korner:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org/
blindhands%
40aol.com

_______________________________________________
Nfb-krafters-korner mailing list
Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org
Division Website:  http://www.krafterskorner.org
Facebook page:  
https://www.facebook.com/pages/NFB-Krafters-Division/269246643109
571
Krafters-Korner Blog https://craftingblind.wordpress.com/
"Follow NFB Krafters Korner on Twitter: Our Handle is 
@craftingblind
Don't have a Twitter account? You can still follow Krafters 
Korner on Twitter.  Go to: Twitter.com/craftingblind
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info 
for Nfb-krafters-korner:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org/
osmarc%40sbcglobal.net