What about thin metal, encased in hot glue to prevent fabric tearing? Sharon
-----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of cw15147-hcos...@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 3:01 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Plastic stays for Doll Costume Having had my fun with hot glue, I say: no, too soft. For it to be rigid enough, it would have to be thick, and that makes it not very good as a stay. Claudine >________________________________ > From: Sharon Collier <sha...@collierfam.com> >To: 'Historical Costume' <h-cost...@indra.com> >Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 2:30 PM >Subject: [h-cost] Plastic stays for Doll Costume > >I've forgotten who the original poster of this thread was, so I'm just >making a new post. >As I was reading the latest, I had a brain wave. What about using hot melt >glue strips? If you make strips on glass, it comes off easily (under water, >if I remember correctly). The strips will be flat on one side. Hot melt is >malleable, so I'm not sure if these would be too soft, but it's easy and >worth a try. >Sharon C. >_______________________________________________ >h-costume mailing list >h-costume@mail.indra.com >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
