<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 1/13/01 9:18:57 AM Central Standard Time,
<BR>john@musselwhite.com (John Musselwhite) writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I've never done this, but could you not just take some standard red
<BR>felt/string cloth/whatever and dye it?</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">I had the same idea. I know of someone who used to use rit dye to change the
<BR>hue of the red felt. It would seem to me that you could change red felt to
<BR>maroon by using some shade of blue. A box of rit dye doesn't cost much. You
<BR>could experiment with some scap pieces of felt. You'd have to let it dry and
<BR>iron it before using it. </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Bill Bremmer RPT
<BR>Madison, Wisconsin</FONT></HTML>