Re: HJ hat linings and other stuff...

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Posted by Greg from kenn001a-p4-001.cybertours.com on February 21, 2001 at 22:09:36:

In Reply to: Re: HJ hat linings and other stuff... posted by Indy Sean on February 21, 2001 at 00:15:13:

Indy Sean, I put my own ribbon on my hats. I am not what you would call an expert at sewing, but I have put two ribbons on my hats and they've come out fantastic (if I do say so myself!) =). It's not a difficult procedure. The lining must be removed and enough ribbon cut to wrap almost the distance around the hat. This should leave you with about 12 inches. Ten of these inches become the "bow" when folded in half. The other two inches, (actually only about an inch) gets folded in half and wrapped around the center of this bow and tacked around it. This is the thing to remember about this kind of sewing. It is called "tacking." You are simply sewing the ribbon at different "points" around the hat, not actually sewing the whole ribbon down. My wife (who quilts and makes her own clothes-really makes me sick with her talent) explained it to me, but I refused to just let her do it-I was determined to do it myself. I once made up some nice directions with diagrams explaining the process. If you'd like them, I could mail you a copy if you want to email me your address. Anyway...yes, I will try to scan the ribbon for you.

Greg

: How does one put the ribbon on the hat if you by it by the yard? Do you put the bow in yourself or take the hat and ribbon to a hat shop to get it put on professionally?

: Also, got a color-accurate pic of that ribbon you dyed? Curious to see the shade..

: Cheers,

: Indy Sean

: -----

: : Hi folks. I just got my new HJ hat linings in the mail and I thought
: : I would report to folks that they have changed their hat linings
: : again. This is the third incarnation of hat lining since the films.
: : The first linings seen in the movie hats (most auspiciously in LC when
: : he takes his hat off and when it blows across the ground in front of
: : him) had burgundy and gold printing on a white lining. The second
: : lining (and those that I have had on my two hats up until now) were
: : white with a burgundy oval seal afixed to the lining with gold print
: : on the seal. Well, the new linings are simply white linings with gold
: : print on them. I am a little disappointed as I really liked the look
: : of the burgundy seal. Alas! Time marches on. Still nice though.

: : Also, I recently bought some petersham ribbon which wasn't dark enough
: : to replicate the LC ribbon but I dyed it successfully with RIT liquid
: : dye (combination of dark brown and black) and came out with a great
: : looking ribbon! Thought I would share this with anyone else who
: : wanted to try it. The ribbon was Judith M ribbon (which is
: : cotton/rayon - cotton blend ribbon takes dye vs. polyester which does
: : not), but it was too light. I used a combination of 2/3 dark brown
: : dye and 1/3 black dye and heated in a pan on the stove, left the
: : ribbon in the pan (hot water, not boiling) for about a half hour. It
: : came out terrific!

: : The other thing I wanted to mention is that with all of this talk
: : about the jackets, I looked again at my early Leather Concessionaires
: : jacket (the former name of Wested-still made by Peter). I can
: : officially report to you all that it looks exactly like the Raiders
: : jacket on all of the nitpicky points that have been scrutinized (size
: : of collar, leather colar facing, length of pleats in back, width of
: : the back shoulder panel, location of straps, gussets under the arms,
: : etc.) and for damn sure looks better than those images of the flight
: : suits jacket. I am wondering if this older pattern was more authentic
: : because it hadn't gone through so many incarnations. I think that
: : when I choose to buy a new jacket, I may consider mailing this old one
: : back to Peter to not only have it replicated but give him the
: : opportunity to t




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