In a message dated 4/6/2009 10:54:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Those wig head stands usually have a very small circumference,too ********* Oh...I forgot to add....sometimes after you turn up the brim, the size is a little smaller than when you started. You may want to start with a slightly larger hat. I made some great looking bicorns for comedia del arte characters out of cheap big straw hats I got at the beach T-shirt shop and covered with velvet and silks....using the straw hat merely as a base. If you do something like this, the fabric also makes the hat smaller (especially the velvet...for obvious reasons). And if the hat has nothing to stabilize the crown, it is a good idea to put something...a grosgrain ribbon or a leather band...on the inside...which also makes the hat smaller. Also, once you've pinned up the brim the way you want, if you can steam the hat before you lacquer it, it will help the felt or straw "want" to stay in that position. I have an old hat steamer with a big brown glass bottle you fill with water, you flip the red jeweled switch and steam shoots out of it like crazy. But a clothes steamer or an iron with vertical steam can be used. It just takes longer. You could use a kettle. Be careful. Don't burn yourself! **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221421323x1201417385/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DAprilfooterNO62) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
