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Embellishment on headband Two narrow strips of bendy plastic are covered with hemp braid. Holes were made with a hot needle and the strips were sewn together. You can attach the embellishment to a headband using the same technique.
Honeycomb pattern A piece of petersham ribbon no. 3 is closed with a backstitch around a strip of bendy plastic with a size of 5.3 mm –1.0 mm. Where the strips meet, they are attached to each other by sewing the petersham covering together by hand. You can create a large border by adding strips, or you can place a smaller piece upright on an Alice band, for example.
Denise: This is a very interesting material that offers a lot of possibilities and it would be great if it would also be available in a transparent version. I think with some shapes this would not be applicable, as its flexibility is such that it may move too much for certain projects. Perhaps if it could be used with cosplay fabrics and substances this could move the world of design forward.
Detail in brim A strip of bendy plastic with size 10.0 mm–1.0 mm is covered with petersham. For extra stability I attached millinery wire to the plastic before I covered it.
Frame The combination of bendy plastic and millinery wire is ideal for making a frame, if for example you want to make a large hat in a special shape that needs to be covered.
Trimming A strip of bendy plastic with a size of 5.3 mm–1.0 mm is covered with hemp braid. The possibilities of this covered strip are endless.
Irene: A disadvantage of the bendy plastic is that its stiffness is somewhat weak, which means that it can lose shape when handled. Small shapes of about 5 centimetres keep their shape quite well, but if you want to make larger forms of the material, it seems to be too weak to hold on to its shape. You can easily overcome this by sticking millinery wire to the bendy plastic with painter’s tape (see Test 17). With this combination you really get the best of both worlds. You can bend and straighten the material an infinite number of times, but eventually the strip will no longer be as smooth and tight as in the beginning. If you cover the bendy plastic with another material, you won’t be able to tell, though. Tip: Bendy plastic strips can also be used instead of a whalebone to remove felt or straw from a hat block.
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