[amayausers] Re: So for hat backs and sides, which is better?

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I just sewed some hat-backs on a low-profile constructed hats.  I used the same 
5.9 round hoop.  I decided to sew without backing.  The quality was very good 
on the resultant sew.  Also, what I found important to the 'hooping' process 
was simply to get the center stitch seam nice and vertical, about the center of 
the hoop.  When I pressed in the top portion, if it was not 'perpindicular' to 
the seam, I simply held the bottom 1/2 in one hand and spun the top 1/2 the 
small angle it needed to line up.  

Using the technique, hooping the back of hats just went from a major 
mental-block/ordeal, to a 45 second task.  

1.  Place bottom hoop on corner of table.
2.  un-do the back of the hat
3.  Position hat about 75% over the bottom frame.
4.  Spread the material with your fingers and move so that the seam is in the 
center of the frame
5.  Press-on the top of the hoop
6.  Hold it in you hand and eye-up whether or not you need to twist it to 
become 'perpindicular' to the seam.

It took longer to write this email that to hoop the hats  :) 
Jim W.

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