Do you do ruche?

[baileyuph]

This question came up, it took me a minute what it was about?  Then, some old school thinking I recovered and understood.

How many of you ruche?

Dpyle

[gene]

This question really caught my attention.

I have a friend who started beekeeping 3 years ago. My own interest in beekeeping continues to grow. I have watched every video online about it and have spent many, many hours reading web sites, books, pdfs, etc.

I had thought of asking on this forum if anyone else is into beekeeping.

This brings me to Doyle's question. Ruche is the French word for beehive. My first thought in response to his question was "Hey, someone else is asking about beekeeping!".

Alas, ruche also means a pleated, fluted, or gathered strip of fabric used for trimming. This is probably the most likely direction Doyle was wanting to go.

I have pleated, fluted, and gathered fabric for trimming, but I have never used the word 'ruche' in this context. I have a club chair coming up on my schedule that has a pleated trim about 3" high across the bottom front edge of the chair. (No skirt.) Purely decorative.

gene

[sofadoc]

I guess I've ruched a few times. I just didn't know what to call it.

[byhammerandhand]

OOh Ooh, pick me, pick me.

I kept bees for over 15 years.   When I moved to my current home, I not only got a more suburban lot, but the city has an ordinance against beekeeping.   The guy who was the county beekeeping inspector lives just around the corner from me and a guy a mile away was one of the officers in the Beekeeping association.    The second guy has passed away, but I believe both were "grandfathered" in, as long as they didn't add any colonies.

The last year I had them, I was away from home for two weeks and when I got back, the had succumbed to mites that were the scourge then (mid 1990s).   The people in the SW Ohio Beekeeping Association (mostly hobby and small-scale (not migratory) apiarists were losing about half their hives every year.  They blamed the rapid growth on the guys who moved their hives on semis from citrus crops in FL and stops on their way north to MI cherries and apples as spring emerged.

Now it's CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder) which they've not quite figured out.   Some blame pesticides, some blame cell phone towers disrupting their navigation.

I still have all the equipment and may start up when I've moved again and they figure out what's causing large losses of colonies.

,,, AND NOW THIS TANGENT ENDS AND BACK TO UPHOLSTERY CONTENT ...

This question really caught my attention.

I have a friend who started beekeeping 3 years ago. My own interest in beekeeping continues to grow. I have watched every video online about it and have spent many, many hours reading web sites, books, pdfs, etc.

I had thought of asking on this forum if anyone else is into beekeeping.
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gene

[bobbin]

Yes.  Although I get more calls for it in drapery work than in cushion work.  It's a pretty common way to spice up tie backs or welting on pillows.  I've found it's tougher to pull it off successfully when using it as a treatment for boxing on cushions. 

[bobbin]

The French verb is actually "rucher" (I presume it's a verb conjugated in the "regular" ER form).

First definition is:  (related to agriculture) and means to stack hay in the manner of a bee hive.  (I assume this references the beehives that look like coiled rope... or rather like the hair-dos of the B-52 gals...)

Second definition relates more to our discussion:  to shirr or pleat; sp. in the manner of bee hives.  I again believe it references the older, more traditional shape of bee hives.