[amayausers] Re: Wicking Hats
- From: "Image Embroidery" <imageembroidery@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:22:43 -0400
Jo,
I am about to tackle race hats for a rowing assoc.
I believe they are made out of the same material that you just worked with.
What was your needle choice for this fabric?
Thanks,
LuAnn
Image Embroidery
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jo Leftwich" <leftwichjo@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 5:48 PM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Wicking Hats
> Just to let you know how this worked out, I now have
> 12 very nice looking caps out of underwear material.
> HA
> Experimented one at a time and found that 3 layers of
> light tearaway worked best. I tried heavier but the
> cap material is so light it felt like it might be
> pulling too much to get it off. Also got every bit of
> the sweatband down to the velcro in the hoop, smoothed
> the material out and clamped it. The seam at the brim
> is hard to get the teeth in, it crawls out from under.
> I just kept after it and the caps look good. Thank you
> for responding to my question.
>
> --- Linen Barn <linen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Use lots of backing. Maybe use cutaway so its more
>> stable. Sometimes we
>> use double heavy tearaway and a single layer of
>> heavy cutaway on difficult
>> hats like those. Just make sure if you use both
>> backings that the cutaway
>> is against the hat so you can tear off the tearaway
>> and get to the cutaway
>> to cut. We have some hats with around 20k stitches
>> and 12 or so colors with
>> lots of registration issues that we do this on.
>>
>> Aaron Sargent
>> The Linen Barn
>> linen@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> 541-770-2957
>> Medford, OR
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jo Leftwich" <leftwichjo@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Amaya" <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 9:16 AM
>> Subject: [amayausers] Wicking Hats
>>
>>
>> > Now I have a hat question. Has anyone out there
>> > embroidered on the Cobra AQA cap? It is silky like
>> > nylon with vents in the top. The blurb says it can
>> be
>> > challenging.LOL I have to figure out a way to keep
>> it
>> > from puckering.
>> > Any advice would be great!
>> >
>> > Jo
>> > Just Sew It Custom Embroidery
>> > Delta, Colorado
>> > <www.justsewitllc.com>
>> > 970-874-7899
>> >
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