[Madhatters] my brown felt tophat

[B Spoke Tailor]

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.

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".

Sorry, but I can't leave go of the opportunity to rant about rayon...

The grosgrain can be pressed into a curve to follow the not perfectly
cylindrical shape of most hats.  A good choice in any fiber.

Nan

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 1:44 PM, David Stainton <dstainton415 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Folks!
>
> Last night I sewed the grosgrain into my hat and Nan steamed and
> pressed the brim so that it is curved upward on the sides...
> I was surprised to discover that the felt hardened after it was pressed.
> Ideally I'd process the entire hat in a similar fashion to harden the
> felt...
> I'm not sure how to accomplish this; perhaps Nan's industrial iron
> could sufficiently steam the felt so that it hardens.
>
> I'm going to tack stitch the black ribbon onto the outside just above the
> brim.
> The black ribbon I purchased for 50 cents at Discount Fabric Outlet
> might not work well since
> the bottom circumference might be greater than the top
> circumference... I might have to use
> grosgrain instead of the ribbon.
>
> I was thinking to go to this so called excellent fabric store in the
> SF downtown:
> http://www.britexfabrics.com/
>
> But according to their online store they do not have wool or silk
> grosgrain; only rayon ;-(
>
>
> David
>



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