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| 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.
2 comments:
In case you ever need to know, one size fits all hats are too small for my head!
Just catching up on your blog. Everything is sooooo pretty. I think you''re ready to write a guidebook about hats.
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