I'm having a severe attack of hats!

Sep 25, 2008 3 Replies

Do hats come home to root, like chickens? I seem to have plenty here!



No, I *DON'T* make hats, really - I'm not really a milliner... It's just that people like hats to go with their gowns and costumes, so I do something sort of hatty with the remaining fabric.



Right now I need to make a sort of pillbox hat with 'ears' with bells on, and a nightcap style one for my jester/entertainer, a version of this

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for another customer, and one based on this:
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for the same lady... And then we also bought this straw one to line and trim...
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The ribbon is a rather ordinary blue poly, and the lace is nylon. I think we might donate those bits to the school project box and trim it with something a lot nicer... :DNo, I don't make hats, not really...


I think my friend Megan made that very one! She's not a hat maker either, just a professional costumier, but you can't say no if you want work to continue :-)

She'd love to say NO to what she calls harrybloodypotter costumes after all these years :-) But still, she earns a lot of money!

Mary

Kate i am not a miliner at all , barely knit a warm hat from winter to winter ,,, but i do have 5 books about milinery , because i use the HAT Idea in my art ,, only it is MUCH bigger ,,, Truth is i like Hats , even enjoy wearing them ,,, but ,,, hats have become a Political /religious statement and this sort of makes it uneasy to wear them ,,, but i do window shop them ,, and i know a WONDERFUL hat maker ,,, mirjam

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