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Birthday gift for Dad With outdoor pics
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:15 pm
by Ohio Jones
Re: Birthday gift for Dad
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:44 pm
by DR Ulloa
Great hat Ohio! I really like the contrast between the color felt and the ribbon. Just beautiful. I don't think your dad could have received a better birthday present.
Dave
Re: Birthday gift for Dad
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:58 pm
by WalkingEye
Nice looking hat Ohio!
hrmmm cheap thin hat body, i'm gonna guess... judithm?
what is the ribbon color? i like it alot. on my monitor it looks a bit like chocolate brown ribbon i saw at a craft store.
if you find beaver bodies let me know! i really want to try a beaver body on my block.
Re: Birthday gift for Dad
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:12 pm
by Hollowpond
Nice nice! Very vintage looking IMO!
Regards
Travis
Re: Birthday gift for Dad
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:26 pm
by Indiana G
the hat colour looks yummy to say the least......beautiful colour combo. i see that your ribbon work has improved dramatically as well. very well done my friend. what's so bad about the felt though? soft is good for a dress hat......unless its sacrificing the density of the felt for it.......in that case....iron, iron, iron, iron.....oh and one last thing.....iron.
dude, i think that is a beautiful dress hat. i'm sure the old man is proud. just think, everytime he gets a compliment he'll say, "thank you, my son made it....he's a hatmaker"
cheers my friend.
g
Re: Birthday gift for Dad
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:28 pm
by Ohio Jones
WalkingEye wrote:Nice looking hat Ohio!
hrmmm cheap thin hat body, i'm gonna guess... judithm?
what is the ribbon color? i like it alot. on my monitor it looks a bit like chocolate brown ribbon i saw at a craft store.
if you find beaver bodies let me know! i really want to try a beaver body on my block.
Thanks guys,
It feels good to get back into the swing of things. The hat body was a real concern at first. I got it from Hatsupply and had to go with the cheaper hat body to get the color. She has nice mens dress bodies....nice and thick and soft...but only a few colors. My dad had been hinting around to a nice light gray...and in the thicker dress bodies all she had was a very dark gray.
I blocked it and when she was dry it was easily crushed. I put some stiffener on it and she tightened up. I was hesitant to put the sweat band in...but went for it and the rest was history. ( stitch job is incredible Indy G...20 minutes...lol)
The ribbon he got from hatsupply. It is called Flax. It actually looks a lot darker in the pics..but it is the color of coffee with a lot of cream in it...with a goldish shimmer to it in the light. He wanted an antique gold..but went for that.
I cant wait to make another few hats..but I have a super sweet hat block to finish up for a good friend of mine.
thanks again for all the kind words
Re: Birthday gift for Dad
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:45 pm
by BendingOak
I like the choice of ribbon color to the color of the felt. I'm sure dad will be happy with his gift.
20 minutes to sew in a sweatband. Boy am I slow.
Re: Birthday gift for Dad
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:39 am
by Indiana G
BendingOak wrote:I like the choice of ribbon color to the color of the felt. I'm sure dad will be happy with his gift.
20 minutes to sew in a sweatband. Boy am I slow.
20 minutes gets me to about 3 o'clock on the hat
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.......and that's in high gear!!!!
to me, the most time consuming activities is pouncing and sewing the sweat......time consuming because you have to sustain a good level of care for a reaaaaaallly long time......it's easy to get sloppy in these steps. i like the other steps.....these 2, i need to go to a happy place when doing it
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Re: Birthday gift for Dad
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:51 am
by BendingOak
It take me about 12 hours to make a hat that is spread over 2 weeks. I make a few hats at a time. It takes me 1 to 1 1/2 hours to sew in a sweat and after I have to ice my neck and back.
Re: Birthday gift for Dad
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:03 pm
by Ohio Jones
G and Oak,
I have to say that I DO NOT use any powered machine to help me sew in the sweats....its still by hand but with a little help (wink wink G)
It works so well that I could not think of doing it any other way! The first one I sewed in I thought it was pure misery. I used something else that we had in the shop for years...and now its my favorite little thing. I still mark it out ,in fact to make it not go so quick...I even marked the spacing exact all the way around with a taylors tape so the stitches were exactly the same. The hardest part is the first step...then its cake.
I can start stop anywhere in the run with no problems. I tried sewing it in like Marc did in a tutorial by pre sewing it in then flipping the sweat inside out...and it came out all puckered...flush here....sticking out there, and sticking in to far in the rest of the places.
I also use a product called Dyneem. It is a fastflight bow string material. Its thin...and slightly waxed and strong. I think one strand can hold around 100 pounds. It comes in many colors and works great.
But I do now enjoy the sweat process and it comes out spot on every time.
Cheers guys
Re: Birthday gift for Dad
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:10 pm
by Capt.Herp
Ohio Jones wrote:WalkingEye wrote:Nice looking hat Ohio!
hrmmm cheap thin hat body, i'm gonna guess... judithm?
what is the ribbon color? i like it alot. on my monitor it looks a bit like chocolate brown ribbon i saw at a craft store.
if you find beaver bodies let me know! i really want to try a beaver body on my block.
Thanks guys,
It feels good to get back into the swing of things. The hat body was a real concern at first. I got it from Hatsupply and had to go with the cheaper hat body to get the color. She has nice mens dress bodies....nice and thick and soft...but only a few colors. My dad had been hinting around to a nice light gray...and in the thicker dress bodies all she had was a very dark gray.
I blocked it and when she was dry it was easily crushed. I put some stiffener on it and she tightened up. I was hesitant to put the sweat band in...but went for it and the rest was history. ( stitch job is incredible Indy G...20 minutes...lol)
The ribbon he got from hatsupply. It is called Flax. It actually looks a lot darker in the pics..but it is the color of coffee with a lot of cream in it...with a goldish shimmer to it in the light. He wanted an antique gold..but went for that.
I cant wait to make another few hats..but I have a super sweet hat block to finish up for a good friend of mine.
thanks again for all the kind words
Just curious what your dad's reaction was. I know if my kid did something like that for me, I'd be thrilled, and I'd probably try to figure out a way to wear it to bed, lol. Really cool present.
Re: Birthday gift for Dad
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:01 pm
by DanielJones
Looks great! I agree with John, I like the choice of ribbon against that grey. So, how does your Pop look in the hat?
Cheers!
Dan
Re: Birthday gift for Dad
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:40 pm
by Ohio Jones
DanielJones wrote:Looks great! I agree with John, I like the choice of ribbon against that grey. So, how does your Pop look in the hat?
Cheers!
Dan
I will post some pics this weekend. He always looks good in hats.......I wish I did...lol....
Re: Birthday gift for Dad
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
by IndianaChris711
Ohio Jones, your dad is going to love that hat. Maybe you have give it to him already. You made your dad's birthday a really special day. Great hat, soon enough we will be buying hats from Ohio Jones.
IndianaChris