Show Us Your Hats!

[Lady Catharine]

Wow..you do beautiful work- I could never have patience to sit and do it..
Im more of a cleaning freak at home..

[Drudonn]

okay, I finally took some pictures of the wizard hat I made for TRF this past season. Unfortunately I don't have any pics of me in full garb, b/c I don't know where the cable for my camera went. I took these pictures with my iPod.



The hat is constructed in several layers. The brim is a piece of cardboard that my desk had come packed in. On top of that is a plastic poncho to water proof it, and then on top of that is dyed muslin. The crown is the hood from an old rain jacket covered in the same dyed muslin. The whole thing was then sprayed with a waterproofing spray.



The bottom side of the brim is covered in brown burlap (which I also used to make a sleeveless robe to go under my cloak). The edge of the brim is wrapped with yarn, and the brim extends 7-8 inches out from the crown (which fits my head like a glove!)

In the first pic you can see that the brim has warped a little--the cardboard has gotten a little battered, but that one flipped up spot on the left side of the picture is where the cardboard had a fold in it, so that's not really my fault 

[groomporter]

My newest for late 18th or 19th century

[Trigger]

same one as in my avatar. custom made by pyrate leatherworx (http://www.pyrate.org/) for $95. black felt with black trim, silver satin flower with a silver button center. feather colors changed to match the garb.

waiting to get this hat to go with my ren/steampunk garb that i had made by damsel in this dress: http://gypsyladyhats.com/lspaulding.html

[bookwench]

Just finished this one last night - I'm just thrilled with how it turned out!  It's black velvet with a black/silver ribbon trim, and a white velvet under-muffin.  I'd never thought to use white before, but it really makes the whole thing shine!

[Dinobabe]

Just finished this one last night - I'm just thrilled with how it turned out!  It's black velvet with a black/silver ribbon trim, and a white velvet under-muffin.  I'd never thought to use white before, but it really makes the whole thing shine!

Cute!

And the hat is nice, too.

[Lady Rebecca]

I love that hat! What pattern did you use? And where did you get the trim?

[bookwench]

Thanks! Its my own pattern, and I first saw the trim on cheeptrims.com but ended up getting it from Calontir Trims (coz I didn't need a zillion yards of it, y'know?)

I love that hat! What pattern did you use? And where did you get the trim?

[Lady Catherine]

wow!! amazing dinobABE!!

[Dinobabe]

My latest crafty creation.  Everything I had just lying around, didn't cost me anything but time!

[Joyce "Delfinia DuSwallow" Howard]

My friends call me a hat whore and they are probably right.I just can't resist a great hat. So here are a couple of my newest ones. The first one a friend (Bobby) did all the feather work on it for me,its my steampunk version.The 2nd.one I purchased from Dragon Wings and the 3rd.is my newest from Blonde Swan I purchased this past weekend at Mythic Faire.

[Joyce "Delfinia DuSwallow" Howard]

Dinobabe I just love your new hat! Great job,I think I might have to try to make that one.

[Dinobabe]

You should!  It was super easy.  If you add a fur brim, if it tuns up into the hat, add 1 more inch or so to the circumference of the fabric.  The fabric is the perfect size but after I added the fur it shrunk the circumference a bit!  The next one I will add an inch to.

[Rani Zemirah]

Oooooh... ahhhhhh!!!  Gorgeous, all of them! 

Dinobabe, I think I need to make that hat, also!  I've got all these wonderful samples, and soooo many of them are absolutely perfect for something like this! 

Lady J, I'm envious of your collection! 

[Ser Niall]

Got an awesome deal on this muffin hat on ebay, only $10.00 shipped!  Dark green corduroy material, with a little stretchy band in the back to fit a range of noggins.  The feathers are just secured with a pin, I'm going to look for some kind of small brooch pin to hold those on better.