Hello,
In the Cal Kinzer ‘s Hardcracker handbook, in the J.F.Graf article «*The Farmer’s favorite*» it is said :
«*a 1*inch silk binding is sewn to the brim using an enlarged buttonhole stitch for hats prior to 1855 (see figure 6) or machine stitched if later…*»
This article is dated of 1989 , a little old, and I am not very confident with it and the figure 6 sketch look strange ! It is difficult to imagine a hat ribbon stitched with a large buttonholes stitches like that !!!
On the books pictures like EOG, it is impossible to see the stitches on hats and I live too much far from the USA to go in your museum each time I need something. ;)
I suppose some of you had access to originals cw hats.
What do you know the way the ribbons were sewn on civilians hats ?
Mostly machine stitched, mostly by hand ? Witch kind of stitch ?
Thanks
In the Cal Kinzer ‘s Hardcracker handbook, in the J.F.Graf article «*The Farmer’s favorite*» it is said :
«*a 1*inch silk binding is sewn to the brim using an enlarged buttonhole stitch for hats prior to 1855 (see figure 6) or machine stitched if later…*»
This article is dated of 1989 , a little old, and I am not very confident with it and the figure 6 sketch look strange ! It is difficult to imagine a hat ribbon stitched with a large buttonholes stitches like that !!!
On the books pictures like EOG, it is impossible to see the stitches on hats and I live too much far from the USA to go in your museum each time I need something. ;)
I suppose some of you had access to originals cw hats.
What do you know the way the ribbons were sewn on civilians hats ?
Mostly machine stitched, mostly by hand ? Witch kind of stitch ?
Thanks
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