Veena,
Finally got some pressing caps out of the way and will be trying my 3D foam
as soon as I finish my peanut butter/hone sandwich and glass of milk. I'll
post as soon as I get results.
Herb
Royal Embroidery
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From: "Iris Embroidery" <irisembroidery@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 10:02 AM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: 3d foam hats?
Yes, Jim was right. I am looking to sew two letters in front of a fill with foam on a regular hat.
What hats are good for Amaya ? I usually shop at Sanmar, but ok with anybody else.
Best Regards, Veena.
IRIS EMBROIDERY www.companycasuals.com/IrisEmbroidery (510)-226-6171
-----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roland R. Irish III Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 6:53 AM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] Re: 3d foam hats?
I took the question to be sewing ON foam hats-not sewing the foam underlayment....so maybe we can get clarification? Roland
foamFrom: "Laughing Palm Inc." <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Organization: Laughing Palm, Inc. Reply-To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 09:31:29 -0400 To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [amayausers] Re: 3d foam hats?
Roland, I believe you may have misunderstood the question regarding "3Dhats". I believe the question was how to stitch 3-D puffy foam designs ona
regular caps...as opposed to stitching on caps made out of foam. There'sbig difference there. I agree that stitching on foam caps is out of theshrink
question...almost no one I know likes to do it. If I have a customer that
wants stitched foam caps, I have a cap manufacturer make them for me!
At least I *think* this is what the topic is about.... :-)
Cheers,
- Jim
-----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roland R. Irish III Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 8:01 AM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] Re: 3d foam hats?
I was told when we got the Amaya and went to training that sewing on foam hats was a no-no...and figured-what the heck, lets' try it! Can't be much different than sewing foam under a design! Here's what happens-because there is no structure and its about 1/8" thick-the threads will make that foam pucker up so much it looks likewrap under a blow dryer! I finally got a fairly decent image but I thinkthe'material density' was around 20 or so-you have to do everything to letthestiffenthread stay loose so it doesn't try to tighten up and pull the foam together. Next up-we'll try and see how much cardboard would work toit-but then you have lost the 'feel' of a foam hat-by creating a structureis
in the front panel. I'm sitting on almost a thousand foam hats I wanted to
use up-most suppliers have dropped them since everyone switched to
embroidery and not decaling-but the price on canvas hats compared to foamso close now it doens't make $$ sense to waste time on foam anymore...
If you want 'cheap' hats-Ottocap has ongoing 'auctions' of case lots of
assorted hats-I bought over $700 (5 cases) and paid an average of $1.09 or
so for them-and got plenty of hats for the 'cheap sale' for low budget
clients.
Roland