Hats I made in 2010

I started making hats last year. My first attempt was with a synthetic felt base stiffened and covered in fabric, trimmed in more fabric, for last year’s Steampunk Affaire. I used fabric from brown suit pants and modified a jacket to match.

hand made steampunk tophat

The inside was a bit messy and it wasn't easy to keep it on with only two clips.

Then I moved on to playing with wool felt so I could shape it and made this Shibuya/ Lolita fez type hat. I used a satin ribbon around the edge which didn’t sit smoothly. I made a matching removable hairclip that sits onto the little felt loveheart sewn to the side.

Pink fez hat

Inside my shibuya hat. Satin ribbon doesn't sit that smoothly alas.

Matching clip shibuya hat

And then I thought it was time to take a class, which isn’t that hard to find in Perth. I went on a waiting list to do a class with Fiona Dixon. After an epic 12 hour one day class my brain felt stuffed and I learned a lot, and finished most of the hat below. I finished it and added the simple white trim below. I look forward to making more in 2011!

Hand made sinamay straw hat

Pink sinamay hand made hat back