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Permalink Reply by Brenda Sue on
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Yes, from what I understand - they do!! In the heat - it keeps the sweat from running down into their eyes and also keeps their helmets from rubbing their foreheads. Please keep this in mind when choosing fabric!!
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Ihave so much material that I inherited from my mom.... I mean alot! I will prewash these before I even sew them to make sure they feel "good" on the skin. My daughter will be the feeler person.lol she is sensitive to fabrics and she will be able to tell me if it will be good or not lol
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Brenda did you ever get an official word on the colors they are allowed to wear ? or if it even mattered ?
I know we worried in the beggining that they needed sandbox colors so that they didnt stand out ---but I have no idea where that went to ? -
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I sent my son a pirate one I found at a craft fair he wears it under his hlmet..
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Permalink Reply by Sue-Pillowcase lady on
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Molly, that is a great question. I would've just made them patriotic. But we don't want them to stand out more than they have to!
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So MH if your sons is wearing a pirate one - then would your guess be that any color or pattern will do ?
your gonna be one of the experts here on this as to what the sand sailors can accept.
We all want to keep them safe.
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Molly,
I think it probaby depends on their command..I would think if they are wearing helmets anything within reason would be good..
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Okay Ladies, back to us non-sewers (is that a word)? Can I buy fabric and cut out the patterns and then get them to someone close who knows how to sew? I would love to do that, but the sewing part scares the devil out of me.
I have a bunch of Colorado Moms meeting at my home on Jan. 11th and we could cut up a storm.....help please.....Brenda Sue could I get a pattern also?
You are all so creative....here's a thought, do they make Sponge Bob material and can Spongie sew? We would happily fill her up..... -
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Yes ,they make Sponge bob fabric! I have been making mine out of all tan fabric, just in case.
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heehee Spongie can't sew... but spongee gonna try to sew.. lol I can't promise what they are going to look like heehee... i havn't seen a pattern yet.. My hubbies aunt knows how to sew and she lives 1/2 hour away.. sooo my dilema has been solved.. OH and by the way.. I figured out you have to plug it in, push the switch that says on/off AND make sure that gas pedal thing is plugged in and push it down and it runs.. imagine that! this is no joke girls... I guess I should of paid more attention in home ec instead of chasing the boys huh?
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Hi Molly, the gals may want to touch base with Miss Brenda and Ann, I wanna say that most of our Bahrain and other Navy sailors had to wear tan. I remember having a conversation in chat about the sisters dying material. My Marines that are over somewhere wear the tan ones the members sewed, but wear the fancy red white a blue ones when they back in US areas. Either way, our sailors in and out of the middle east, on or off a boat, love anything we send them :)
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I am going to try and make pirate ones for all of Adam's team since that is what they have on their unit flag. My husband wore a Harley one when he was over there..Oh, this is going to be fun. I just finished Adam's birthday scrap book.."It's a pirates life for me""..It is so much doing whatever we can do for everyone.We are all just full of fun ideas.My poor husband doesn't think his study will ever be his again..He calls it care package central... If anyone needs deployment info and literature for their children's children etc..Let me know I have alot that is approved by the military and Kids love the elmo dvd's on deployment. and the deployment calenders and stationay they can write their deployed love ones on. I get them all free so I would love to send the infor to anyone that wants it..
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