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You two please take your discussion off this newsgroup.
"Tom Farrell" wrote in message om... "A" wrote: |
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So what do you think would look good for a cowboy shirt yoke? Plain,
pasily, checkered, something else? This might be used for the cuffs, too. I'm also curious about color combinations. Suggestions are welcomed. John I used to have one I loved the look: solid color body and sleeves, small plaid for the yokes and cuffs, cut on the bias. Jean D Mahavier Thought about that, but then thought it might weaken the shirt putting the yoke on the bias. It would certainly look nice. John |
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"A" wrote in message news:zdm9d.208767$D%.127723@attbi_s51...
So what do you think would look good for a cowboy shirt yoke? Plain, Jean D Mahavier wrote: I used to have one I loved the look: solid color body and sleeves, small plaid for the yokes and cuffs, cut on the bias. John wrote: Thought about that, but then thought it might weaken the shirt putting the yoke on the bias. It would certainly look nice. Western shirts often (usually? always?) use the yoke as a decorative, rather than functional, part of the garment. It's assembled separately and top-stitched onto the shirt. So, a bias yoke wouldn't harm anything. My experience has been that most quality western shirts (and I used to be quite fond of them, so I had many back before I became a city guy) are all one fabric, although some parts may be on the bias. The few I had that had contrast fabric, the primary fabric was a stripe or plaid, and the *accent* fabric was a solid, in a color that matched at least one of the colors of the primary fabric. I've recently developed a like of corduroy again for some reason. I used to love it for pants, now it's as an accent fabric. I have a RTW jacket that is cotton gabardine on the outside, poly fleece on the inside, and some details including the inside pocket are cotton corduroy... everything being a uniform shade of grey. I think it's really great, and I've been thinking about making some shirts with corduroy accent fabric, perhaps a western shirt. John, I've misplaced the original text, but you asked about golf shirts versus polo shirts. Golf shirts have woven body fabric and are generally a solid color, while polo shirts are knit fabric and have horizontal stripes. They're otherwise fairly interchangable. Depending on the amount of ease, you can sometimes use a pattern designed for one to make the other. (Well, you can always do it, but the resulting garment may or may not turn out to be the size desired.) Tom Farrell http://www.SewingWithTom.com/ |
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My experience has been that most quality western shirts (and I used to
be quite fond of them, so I had many back before I became a city guy) are all one fabric, although some parts may be on the bias. You mean no shoulder seam - the front and back yoke(s) is one piece? I've recently developed a like of corduroy again for some reason. I used to love it for pants, now it's as an accent fabric. I have a RTW jacket that is cotton gabardine on the outside, poly fleece on the inside, and some details including the inside pocket are cotton corduroy... everything being a uniform shade of grey. I think it's really great, and I've been thinking about making some shirts with corduroy accent fabric, perhaps a western shirt. Your RTW jacket is a unique combination of fabrics. John |
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Did you know that the national firefighters union has been stating its
opposition to Bush, and that fire departments have refused (despite repeated requests) to pose for photo ops with Bush, since 9/11 because he has CUT the budget for firefighters equipment since 9/11? Tom Farrell Forest fire and city (local fire hall) I think are two different groups. I oftern wonder were state gov's should have rights over Fed gov's, therefore Fed money does not go to everything in the States, nor responsible, but tending to other things. Another thing, all Presidents are out trying to get relected when they can. First time I noticed that I thought it was terrible, but Carter did it, Reagan did it, Bush did it, Clinton did it, and so it goes on. About mothers milk haveing fire retardent in it- were does all the retardent come from? Is it in clothes, bedding, furniture, carpets? How safe are we with these and other chemicals absorption? Cotton in the 60's and back was hard to iron, nowadays they put so much stuff into cloth (one so it does not wrinkle)- what are we wearing besides cloth? John |
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"A" wrote in message news:crlad.224750$D%.29909@attbi_s51...
Did you know that the national firefighters union has been stating its opposition to Bush, and that fire departments have refused (despite repeated requests) to pose for photo ops with Bush, since 9/11 because he has CUT the budget for firefighters equipment since 9/11? Tom Farrell Forest fire and city (local fire hall) I think are two different groups. They may be in some areas, they are not in others. Beyond that, I was speaking of the attitudes of firefighters as a group... and believe me, firefighters tend to see themselves as part of a brotherhood of firemen, no matter whether they're full time professionals or part time volunteers, forest or city. They know that if there's a major emergency they may be called upon to fly across the country to cover each other's backs fighting a major forest fire. They know that any one of them would walk into a burning building to save someone. I have an old friend who is a fireman. I've known him since first grade, and for a long time thought he was something of a flighty person. When we were finishing high school, he became a volunteer firefighter, but I figured it was something he was just picking up as a kind of intense hobby, that he'd drop it in a moment. In April of 2001, he came to my home to spend the night before we took a weekend vacation together in New York. He'd stopped along the way to pick up a piece of equipment, and showed it to me over dinner. It was a little box that emitted an improbably loud noise, to be worn on the outside of his uniform. I couldn't quite get the point... until he explained that it was so that when he's inside a burning house and it collapses on top of him, his fellow firemen would be able to hear where he was to dig him out. I realized then that I'd done my friend wrong for 20 years, not giving him the respect he was due. Here was a man who would calmly walk into a burning house, knowing full well it might collapse on top of him, to help someone in need. It's also why I'm so upset about Bush cutting funding for firefighters. These are good people like my friend, getting killed for lack of equipment. (not my friend, I'm thinking about the 9/11 firefighters.) About mothers milk haveing fire retardent in it- were does all the retardent come from? Is it in clothes, bedding, furniture, carpets? How safe are we with these and other chemicals absorption? Cotton in the 60's and back was hard to iron, nowadays they put so much stuff into cloth (one so it does not wrinkle)- what are we wearing besides cloth? Well, I know the anti-stain clothes that Levis is coming out with use microfiber polyester mixed with cotton... A lot of other treatments wash out. Tom |
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Trish Brown wrote:
Karen M. wrote: A guitar would need a lot more padding, or a stiffer liner. Could you just "upholster" your existing case with nylon pack cloth? That eould stabilize it and remove a lot of the construction challenges. Yes, I could do that. I can't picture it without covering up all the closures, though. They're clasp type ones that are fixed on with flimsy-looking but still-working rivets. Any ideas? How about sewing in some good heavy-duty velcro straps during the early construction phase? And to stiffen the case, possibly use 1/4" plywood and some 1"x1" posts between the front and back. -- Kathy - 2 weeks behind on the newsgroup Good Net Keeping Seal of Approval at http://www.gnksa.org/ OE-quotefix can fix OE: http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/ |
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