Show Us Your Hats!

[PollyPoPo]

Kewllll!!!!!!!!

[Raelyn Fey]

I love it!

[Rani Zemirah]

Rani, those are GORGEOUS!

Thanks, cuz!  Maybe we can do some bartering next time I'm down there!  I would LOVE to get a journal for a certain young lady... one that she can latch, somehow.   

Rani, those are amazing!!! 

By contrast, this is a simple thing, but I just finished this pirate hat for next weekend's pirate weekend at MDRF. I knew it was going to be hot, so found a black woven hat at the local thrift store to use instead of the heavy felt blank I have. The felt blank will become another pirate hat for the fall.

I rolled and sewed the edges down about 3/4" to help give it more structure, and a little less brim, added buttons to hold the tricorn shape, and added some lace for a hysterically inaccurate lady pirate. I have a gorgeous ostrich plume I was planning to use, but I'm kind of liking it plain. Still dithering on that.

Thank you!   


I love your tricorn!  It's very elegant, and I am definitely one to appreciate staying a bit cooler under a hat!  I can usually only wear a full hat when it's REALLY cold out, so something that breathes is wonderful in the heat!  The peek-a-boo lace is wonderful, also, and the buttons give it a lovely focal point! 

I think I would like to see pics of it with the plume, though, just to see the difference!  You could always glue the plume into a small bead cone, then affix a pin back to it, and have a removable plume, for those occasions when you want a little extra bounce and flutter!    heheh

[Irma]

The black tri-corn looks reptilian.  What an interesting texture.

[gem]

So... admiring all the lovely hats in this thread, while simultaneously cleaning the garb room. How does everyone store their hats, particularly the ones with elaborate trimmings? I'm guilty of hanging mine from bedposts, where they do get fairly dusty in the off-season, and at the moment there is a rather Slobokidna-esque stack of them on a cabinet in my bedroom... There must be a better way, but many are too large/adorned to fit well in hat boxes.

[Rowan MacD]

  I store mine on a shelf, covered in plastic shopping bags.  Put them in crown first, then tie the handles or tuck them under the brim.  They stay dust free and the bags protect the feathers from getting crushed.   We take the entire package with us when we go on the road, and if the bags get ripped, just head to the nearest Walmart and buy something.
   Joann's and Hancock's have bigger ones suitable for the Cavalier hats or for hats with large feathers,  I save those up.
   I don't have room for hatboxes, and even if I did, I'd end up using them for some other purpose. 
  Oh, and I use the bags to store my feather fan in, too.   Perfect for when it's perched on the stack of garb in the back seat.

[Rani Zemirah]

I just send my hats flying off to their forever homes, where it is someone else's problem, entirely!   


I'm thinking about making some cute little mini witches hats, very soon...   

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

Rani! Those hats are GORGEOUS!!!!

The 1st Box of laces came in. So many! Must be close to 500 Yards. I sorted them all out into separate ZIP LOCK bags and put a BOUNCE Dryer sheet in them to freshen them up. Many of these Venice laces go back to the 1960's. Some very unique designs used for wedding Dresses. They will be perfect for Hats for Victorian ensembles and those lovely hats you make.

I will put an assortment together for you. When you see them, you will be thinking Victorian Blouses, Skirtings, etc.

[arbcoind]

So many nice hats!  I finally have one to show.  I purchased the "base hat" from Mspurdy on Etsy three years ago.  It's a mini riding hat with black feathers, netting and roses.  It was just too black. 

I added the brown feathers, netting and ribbon.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa108/Gina3102/20130903_193435.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa108/Gina3102/20130903_193410.jpg

And I store my hats flat on shelves in large plastic shopping bags. I spread out the bottom of the bag, put the hat straight in and then tie the top of the bag so it loosely covers the hat.   The hats stay flat and dust free.  All of my feathers are removable, so they go into storage in long plastic bags which are also kept flat on shelves.

Gina

[GryffinSong]

Stunning, Gina!!! I immediately saw myself in that hat with luscious Victorian-era duds. Its so very rich and textured!!!

[Irma]

Regarding hat storage.  I have traveled twice by plane, and several times by car with my German hat.  I use a cake carrier and keep it with me as carry-on!  The contents are visible to security screeners, and gets a chuckle from the usually serious personnel.

[Rani Zemirah]

Rani! Those hats are GORGEOUS!!!!

The 1st Box of laces came in. So many! Must be close to 500 Yards. I sorted them all out into separate ZIP LOCK bags and put a BOUNCE Dryer sheet in them to freshen them up. Many of these Venice laces go back to the 1960's. Some very unique designs used for wedding Dresses. They will be perfect for Hats for Victorian ensembles and those lovely hats you make.

I will put an assortment together for you. When you see them, you will be thinking Victorian Blouses, Skirtings, etc.

Ohhhh... I can hardly sit still, I'm so excited!  I can't even imagine that much lace all in one place!  Your head must be spinning from all of it...    I will definitely take whatever you care to send me, and now I have a wonderful idea for what to make for you! 

[Rani Zemirah]

So many nice hats!  I finally have one to show.  I purchased the "base hat" from Mspurdy on Etsy three years ago.  It's a mini riding hat with black feathers, netting and roses.  It was just too black. 

I added the brown feathers, netting and ribbon.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa108/Gina3102/20130903_193435.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa108/Gina3102/20130903_193410.jpg

Oh, how pretty !  I LOVE all the feathers! 

[arbcoind]

Thank you GryffinSong and Rani.  I'm still looking for some bronze colored beads or pins to accent the black flowers, then I get to WEAR it!!

Gina

[Lady Rosalind]

So... admiring all the lovely hats in this thread, while simultaneously cleaning the garb room. How does everyone store their hats, particularly the ones with elaborate trimmings? I'm guilty of hanging mine from bedposts, where they do get fairly dusty in the off-season, and at the moment there is a rather Slobokidna-esque stack of them on a cabinet in my bedroom... There must be a better way, but many are too large/adorned to fit well in hat boxes.

Hat boxes, from Hobby Lobby!!!!! I had a stack of them I was using to store various patterns and other non-hatly things. When reorganizing the sewing room, and trying to figure out where the heck to put my hats, I had an epiphany... the stinkin' hat boxes, duh!