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    Bowler edge trim replacement

    Took a long time The sewing took several days for me to finish because I did a little at a time. I tried to replicate the original stitches. I used the original stitch holes for the stitches which held the ribbon to the top of the hat brim. I believe I accomplished that except for one...
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    Bowler edge trim replacement

    Even more pictures I used 3 different stitches to attach the ribbon. The first picture shows the stitch that I used to first attach the ribbon to the inside of the brim. I used 2 different stitches to attache the ribbon to the outside of the brim. The next picture shows the stitch...
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    Bowler edge trim replacement

    More info Yes I used the Mokuba ribbon. Here is a picture of the stitching. Is this the area you wanted to see? Bob
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    Bowler edge trim replacement

    Edge trim done I finally finished replacing the edge trim ribbon on my bowler. I hand stitched it and it required several different techniques to keep the stitches hidden. For one type of stitch I had to use 2 fine sewing machine needles and rethread them for every stitch. Here is the before...
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    Bowler edge trim replacement

    Now that the dent has been removed from my bowler I would like to replace the edge ribbon trim. As you can see from the picture the trim is frayed in many places. It appears that the trim is 1" to 1 1/4" wide. I think it is referred to as grosrain ribbon. The edge of the trim on the underside of...
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    Bowler dent removal

    Thanks that worked.
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    Bowler dent removal

    I just purchased a vintage bowler on Ebay. There is a large dent right on the top, see picture. If I push on the dent from the inside I can get it to pop out while I am pushing on the dent. But as soon as I remove pressure from the inside the dent pops back. Is this something I can fix myself...

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