Hat blocks

I won a few hat blocks, crowns and 1920's brims, on eBay and also bought one non-wood one with some other supplies.

Hat Blocks

Recycle and Reuse

If I'm ever invited to hang with Laurie David and Al Gore, I'll wear this hat.

Repurposed hat

It is 100% made from materials I reused. Nothing new. (Unless I put a label inside.)

I had an old wool (store bought) hat that didn't fit right. I was going to to donate it to GoodWill, but then I decided to see if I could reblock it. I wish I had a before picture. But it was sort of a basic bowler shape, the band was a wool braid from the same fabric. Nothing special.

So, I reblocked it into this quirky shape (wider on the top, wavy brim, not sure the photos show that). Eva suggested I not put a fitted band inside, because it might pull the crown in too much.

I made the flowers with scraps from other hats (of mine, and Eva's and other people in my class). I made the patterns for the flowers out of cardboard from old tissue boxes (which I have a lot of, because I have been sick).

The buttons were extras that were lying around, and the thread is from the collection Gary gave me from his company samples.

I have a bunch of vintage hats (from Ellen's mom, my grandma and my Aunt Karen's mother). I plan to start making more hats made from these kinds of repurposed elements.