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03-30-2011, 01:43 PM

Linda71

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I am repairing a 25-year-old bride hat for a fashion show. It needs to be reshaped. What do you have in your quilting kits that would stiffen it without making it yellow? It is sitting on a bowl, the top and the brim have to be sprayed and reshaped. I am thinking out spraying it with glue or starch.

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03-30-2011, 01:46 PM

incoming2me

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Would Sta-Flo liquid starch work?

Soak it.. Shape it and let it dry in the shape you want.

03-30-2011, 02:16 PM

crafty_linda_b

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I would suggest liquid starch...then shape it...

03-30-2011, 03:07 PM

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Liquid starch, liqufied water soluble stabilizer or sugar water :D:D:D

03-31-2011, 11:13 AM

rusty quilter

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Actual hat places use steam to reshape. Maybe you could try a double boiler--then reshape and starch??

04-01-2011, 07:02 PM

peacebypiece

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Two ideas for you---
Lots of steam. Use a thin press cloth between iron and hat. Stuff hat with clean towels.

Also, to stiffen it dissolve water soluable embroidery stabilizer to make a starch-like product. Soak the hat fabric with it. Reshap hat as it dries. You could hasten the drying with a blow dryer set on low temp.