"I was wondering Elaine how the high gloss was obtained. I recently purchased a 60s style parasisal hat and it had a lovely high gloss sheen to it. Thanks for sharing."
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Taking the spring out if wire
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Does anyone have any tips for taking the spring out of wire before wiring a brim? Clearly my technique is somewhat lacking as one of my last boater hats the brim edge wasn't as straight as what I…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jen Marsh Oct 30, 2018.
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"Oh thanks for the tip Carole, never thought of using silk scarves before myself. Would definitely make the inside as pretty as the outside."
"Thanks Elaine, I appreciate your response. "
"Hi Jen, If you have Lesson 1 on brims I explain how I remove the spring in 19 gauge wire. If using spring wire it is meant to have the spring so it will naturally bounce around and I've a lovely swirl to brim that will be stable. Mentioned this…"
Taking the spring out if wire
Does anyone have any tips for taking the spring out of wire before wiring a brim? Clearly my technique is somewhat lacking as one of my last boater hats the brim edge wasn't as straight as what I would have liked. See More
"I look forward to this next year....I will only have 330km to travel - yah!!!"
"Yes I certainly do through my Marsh Millinery Facebook page www.facebook.com/MarshMillinery"
"I know this as cobweb sinamay so you can block with it like normal sinimay. I have also used heat bond to fuse two pieces together and shaped it over hat blocks that way - no extra stiffening required as the heat bond does the job for you. You can…"
"Definitely no go for felt for spring. However leather is considered to be transeasonal and you can sometimes get away with fabrics."
"I have also tried a few different things inclyding a sugar solution:
https://georginagiles.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/tutorial-how-to-stiffen-lace/
And here are some some other tutorials that might be…"
"There is a previous post on here from 17 Feb 2014 that may be helpful?
http://hatacademy.com/forum/topics/stiffening-guipure-lace?id=6485913%3ATopic%3A91898&page=2#comments"
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Elaine Mergard said…
Hi Jennifer ,Lovely to have another fellow Aussie join us. Hope the site inspires you and you pick up more tips & techniques.
Enjoy, Elaine
