And we all should know that rayon is a fancy word for cellulose based plastic. In a word, synthetic. So if you want a natural fiber material, that is not one of them. <div><br></div><div>There are exceptions to this rule. There are two rayon products on the market that I know of made from farmed birch and/or eucalyptus trees called Tencel and Modal. These start as cellulose fibers and are not processed into "plasic".</div>
<div><br></div><div>Sorry, but I can't leave go of the opportunity to rant about rayon...</div><div><br></div><div>The grosgrain can be pressed into a curve to follow the not perfectly cylindrical shape of most hats. A good choice in any fiber.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Nan<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 1:44 PM, David Stainton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dstainton415@gmail.com">dstainton415@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi Folks!<br>
<br>
Last night I sewed the grosgrain into my hat and Nan steamed and<br>
pressed the brim so that it is curved upward on the sides...<br>
I was surprised to discover that the felt hardened after it was pressed.<br>
Ideally I'd process the entire hat in a similar fashion to harden the felt...<br>
I'm not sure how to accomplish this; perhaps Nan's industrial iron<br>
could sufficiently steam the felt so that it hardens.<br>
<br>
I'm going to tack stitch the black ribbon onto the outside just above the brim.<br>
The black ribbon I purchased for 50 cents at Discount Fabric Outlet<br>
might not work well since<br>
the bottom circumference might be greater than the top<br>
circumference... I might have to use<br>
grosgrain instead of the ribbon.<br>
<br>
I was thinking to go to this so called excellent fabric store in the<br>
SF downtown:<br>
<a href="http://www.britexfabrics.com/" target="_blank">http://www.britexfabrics.com/</a><br>
<br>
But according to their online store they do not have wool or silk<br>
grosgrain; only rayon ;-(<br>
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David<br>
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