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Steampunk Holiday, part 5 - hat completed
Continuing work on the Steampunk Holiday ensemble. I looked for cream colored flowers, but none spoke to me that weren't way too huge to have on top of my head. :D I ended up buying a package of 4 dark red felt roses at Michael's. These are by Jolee's Boutique, and there were four on a card. Each had a sticky pad on the back, but I removed that so I could glue them to the hat and to each other. I chose a grouping of three for balance and full coverage of the feather stalk.
On the inside, I glued a pad of millinery batting in the middle of the hat. This helped even out the bulk of the turned velvet around the edge.
I then cut a piece of taffeta left over from the skirt to line the hat and used a blind stitch to sew the lining in place. Sometimes I use combs for hats, but this time I opted for two barrette clips.
My finished hat! :D
I really love it. It's the perfect size, very lightweight and stays just where it's supposed to with the clips.
It jingles only a little, which is good...Jasper would never let me out of the house otherwise. Cat, stop batting my head...I have a party to attend!!! :\
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The spinach bowl is large, but it was the only thing I had in the house that was round without a base ring like most bowls have. And, I used only a small portion of the stretched buckram. Somewhat wasteful, but buying a hat form for maybe one hat every other year would have been as well. 