Saturday, March 12, 2011

Pirate hat?

This latest project is a reworking of some horrible hat I found in a thrift store. It's a peach straw hat that had a ribbon rose thing around it. Perfectly terrible, but good bones. It started out looking somewhat like this, minus the netting and in a bridesmaid peach color:

I had found some funky paisley fabric in the remnant section, and used that to cover it after trying to dye the straw failed. Then, I sewed a ribbon to the brim and stitched the sides up to the crown to make it more in a tricorn shape.

Added some rosette trim to the top of the brim and braided trim to the bottom. I cannabalized a Halloween hat I had for the black roses and net in the back and added a few feathers, a button and a pin. Voila! A sort of pirate hat/Victorian style ladies hat.








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