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need bow tie/cummerbund hardware supply
Once again I've walked myself into a volunteer job of
epically idiotic proportions (so what else is new?). Our middle school bands (and maybe chorus and strings) want to add bow ties and cummerbunds to the uniform white-shirt-black-bottoms. This is to add a little pizzaz and identification for those festivals where 35 schools are all there with their identical shirt/bottoms sets and herds of teens all look a lot alike... I have a team of sewing help, and if I can convince the director of a little color sense, we have the means to make these pretty cheeply, but we lack hardware. So does anyone have a source of bulk quantites (250+) of buckles and sliders for these, preferably in the US? All my net serching had turned up nothing - much to my surprise. I thought this would be easy! I've landed web sites to sell me the finished things, but no buckles. Thanks, $.01 |
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www.sewsassy.com has the hooks used for bow ties, they sell by the gross
(144) for $25. I have always used d rings for the cumberbunds, plastic preferably. Have ordered from them before, very quick service. "Penny Lemire" wrote in message ... Once again I've walked myself into a volunteer job of epically idiotic proportions (so what else is new?). Our middle school bands (and maybe chorus and strings) want to add bow ties and cummerbunds to the uniform white-shirt-black-bottoms. This is to add a little pizzaz and identification for those festivals where 35 schools are all there with their identical shirt/bottoms sets and herds of teens all look a lot alike... I have a team of sewing help, and if I can convince the director of a little color sense, we have the means to make these pretty cheeply, but we lack hardware. So does anyone have a source of bulk quantites (250+) of buckles and sliders for these, preferably in the US? All my net serching had turned up nothing - much to my surprise. I thought this would be easy! I've landed web sites to sell me the finished things, but no buckles. Thanks, $.01 |
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Atom1 wrote:
www.sewsassy.com has the hooks used for bow ties, they sell by the gross (144) for $25. I have always used d rings for the cumberbunds, plastic preferably. Have ordered from them before, very quick service. Thanks - this should do the trick - now to get the band director to show some sense.... $.01 |
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Would it not be easier and cheaper to make traditional bow ties? All it is
it two layers of satin and a layer of very heavy interfacing. Charlie. "Penny Lemire" wrote in message ... Once again I've walked myself into a volunteer job of epically idiotic proportions (so what else is new?). Our middle school bands (and maybe chorus and strings) want to add bow ties and cummerbunds to the uniform white-shirt-black-bottoms. This is to add a little pizzaz and identification for those festivals where 35 schools are all there with their identical shirt/bottoms sets and herds of teens all look a lot alike... I have a team of sewing help, and if I can convince the director of a little color sense, we have the means to make these pretty cheeply, but we lack hardware. So does anyone have a source of bulk quantites (250+) of buckles and sliders for these, preferably in the US? All my net serching had turned up nothing - much to my surprise. I thought this would be easy! I've landed web sites to sell me the finished things, but no buckles. Thanks, $.01 |
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Penny Lemire scribbled :
I agree the "real thing" looks better, but unfortunately this would require me to teach ~200 middleschoolers how to properly tie one, and no doubt re-teach them again in the five minutes before a performance. The last major competition (which they won!) included last minute panic repairs on 2 french horns, a missing sax mouthpiece, and two skinned knees. Our bows will be anchored firmly to a band encircling thier necks. Nothing more complicated than a hook to put them on. Hummmm. This might even provide an anchor point... $.01 my thought is that a bulk purchase from an dance/uniform/costume company would be lots cheaper and easier the other Penny (S) |
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Penny S. wrote:
Penny Lemire scribbled : I agree the "real thing" looks better, but unfortunately this would require me to teach ~200 middleschoolers how to properly tie one, and no doubt re-teach them again in the five minutes before a performance. The last major competition (which they won!) included last minute panic repairs on 2 french horns, a missing sax mouthpiece, and two skinned knees. Our bows will be anchored firmly to a band encircling thier necks. Nothing more complicated than a hook to put them on. Hummmm. This might even provide an anchor point... $.01 my thought is that a bulk purchase from an dance/uniform/costume company would be lots cheaper and easier the other Penny (S) So far, everything I've gotten quoted (six companies) has been more expensive than making by quite a bit, especially if you take drry cleaning into account. I'm planning on these being washable (I've done this before). At least in this area the cleaners charge $4 per set per cleaning. Right now, I'm estimating $6 per set to make, so... And I have a team of ~10 sewists ready and willing to help. If anyone has a cheeper company in mind, I really do have other things to do with my life. But right now our school is shorter on money than volunteers. $.01 |
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