Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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11-19-2006, 07:32 AM
JLStorm

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I get this great patch I really wanted...to put onto a blank flex fit hat:

http://i2.ebayimg.com/02/i/03/72/bb/f0_1_b.JPG

Well I got a blank flex fit hat, and proceeded to sew this patch on...well each time it wasnt quite level...so after 5 attempts and probably around 80 feet for thread, and stabbing myself in the fingers around 20 times I finally get it level.

So then I notice through my sewing I have moved some threads in the letters out of place from my needle poking through while trying to figure out where my needle was under the patch. Well I get the brilliant idea to use a lighter to melt the thread together so it doesnt start coming un done....and the patch sort of half melted and half burnt all to hell. So now my new hat and patch look like something that went through a 3 alarm fire, and no...it doesnt give it character!!!

Im so damn pissed off grrr...even if I order another patch I cant deal with sewing the edamn thing on....and of course they dont make the patch in an iron on version...

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:
11-19-2006, 08:16 AM
Kees

Some men don't compromise on the quality of sewing and ask a lady friend to do it for them....
11-19-2006, 12:49 PM
JerseyLawyer

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Originally Posted by Kees

Some men don't compromise on the quality of sewing and ask a lady friend to do it for them....

Or, you know, just take hat and patch to the local tailor/dry cleaner and pay them $5 or so to do it. It'll take all of about 10 seconds with a sewing machine. :)

It is a cool patch, though, Josh.
11-19-2006, 03:33 PM
FiReSTaRT

Next time remember the old saying: Measure twice -- sew once :D
11-19-2006, 04:48 PM
JLStorm

I measured like 10 tims its really hard to sew it onto a non flat survace evenly.

I dont know any women who sew....but I didnt think about that whole having a tailor do it lol....perhaps I'll try that!
11-19-2006, 05:02 PM
Kees

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Originally Posted by JLStorm

I dont know any women who sew....but I didnt think about that whole having a tailor do it lol....perhaps I'll try that!

Josh,

Get to know one or two! You may have a few things in common! Sewing is fast becoming a skill of the olden days like straight razor shaving is.
11-19-2006, 05:06 PM
JLStorm

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Originally Posted by Kees

Josh,

Get to know one or two! You may have a few things in common! Sewing is fast becoming a skill of the olden days like straight razor shaving is.

My wife may object :eek:
11-19-2006, 05:10 PM
Kees

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Originally Posted by JLStorm

My wife may object :eek:

I do not suggest you get to know other women in the Biblical sense!
11-19-2006, 08:31 PM
JLStorm

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Originally Posted by Kees

I do not suggest you get to know other women in the Biblical sense!

Then how am I supposed to get them to sew for me lol??:thinking:
11-19-2006, 10:03 PM
FiReSTaRT

1) Keep your needle out of their pin-cushions
2) Establish a platonic friendship with'em :D
11-19-2006, 10:21 PM
JLStorm

Quote:

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

1) Keep your needle out of their pin-cushions
2) Establish a platonic friendship with'em :D

I think I'll just go with the tailor... :D
11-19-2006, 10:54 PM
rickw

Have you tried to pin the patch in place first and then check the position before sewing? Nice Patch!

Rick
11-19-2006, 11:01 PM
Jimbo

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Originally Posted by JLStorm

I think I'll just go with the tailor... :D

I'm not sure your wife would be any more happy about that! Oh, you mean pay a tailor to sew it on...:D

What's the initials inside the patch - I can't make them out.

James.
11-19-2006, 11:25 PM
Sixgun

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Originally Posted by Jimbo

What's the initials inside the patch - I can't make them out.

James.

The initials are HK. They stand for Heckler Koch (a German firearms manufacturer).

Ray
11-19-2006, 11:46 PM
Feng_Li

At risk of asking an obvious question, did you baste the patch onto the hat before you started sewing around the border?
11-20-2006, 12:02 AM
JLStorm

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Originally Posted by Feng_Li

At risk of asking an obvious question, did you baste the patch onto the hat before you started sewing around the border?

Well I started by pinning the patch and the patch would move during the hand sewing (no machine). Finally I pinned the patch in 5 places and sewed it on and that worked....but during the sewing and pinning I caused some of the threads in the patch to come loose which make up the letters, thats when I really messed it up trying to fix that...shortly after the patch cought on fire.

I just ordered another patch and a khaki flexfit hat...hopefully I can find a tailor lol.
11-20-2006, 12:08 AM
Feng_Li

Patches tend to wiggle a lot if you pin them in place. I find it works much better to just roughly sew the patch on in the middle using an octagon pattern (bigger is better, but keep it inside the border). The more times you go around and the more you stagger subsequent stitches, the less the patch will wiggle. It's easy to rip out if you put it on crooked, and there aren't any pins to get in the way when you do the actual sewing.

-Feng_Li, former Boy Scout :-)
11-20-2006, 09:04 AM
Kees

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Originally Posted by JLStorm

Then how am I supposed to get them to sew for me lol??:thinking:

Use your charming personality:D
11-20-2006, 11:36 AM
JLStorm

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Originally Posted by Kees

Use your charming personality:D

Every time I do that with a woman its considered flirting :thinking: