I have a lovely buckram frame tarpus that I patterned off of a 1880s flowerpot hat I'd made several years ago.
It was fun to make, if a bit time consuming but has never sat on my head securely. When Her Majesty commented on the hat's misbehavior in court, I decided it was time to breakdown and make the replacement I'd been meaning to.
Village Hat Shop has fezes in a variety of colors for around $20 and I had several kicking around the sewing room. I thought that the navy one would make a good base to decorate. Note: I have a large head even for a man (24" circumference) and Village Hat Shop XXL fezes fit me.
I started hand hemming a silk veil then came to my senses and checked Dharma Trading Company. I could get a 44" x 44" silk chiffon scarf with hand rolled hem for $12. $12 seemed a small price to pay for not having to roll hem silk.
And I had some lovely vintage sari trim that I'd found on ebay to use as the veil band. The hardest part of this whole project was finding really appropriate sari trim. Luckily, I love to comb through e-bay!
Step 1: Fold the veil in half, tack it to the hat in several places on the crown.
Step 2: Cut the sari trim to just a little longer than the circumference of the hat
Step 3: Fold the ends of the trim into points & stitch down. Stitch a 12"-16" piece of lucet cord, fingerloop braid or kumihimo cord to the center of each point on the wrong side so that the end result looks similar to this:
Step 4: Center the trim on the hat and stitch down the bottom edge in the front between the veil.
Step 5: Tie cords together loosely in back
Step 6: Voila, the hat is complete!
On other fronts, I am camp mistressing the Baronial encampment for Fool's War, working on a How-to class for Sekanjabin syrup, finishing a fencing doublet for Pietro (who recently became Baronial Rapier Champion!) doing research on Islamic embroidery, jewelry & plaque belts, working up a pattern for an Italianized entari, ala Titian's 1555 Portrait of a Lady and trying to convince myself that I don't need a set of Korean garb. In other words, it's pretty much business as usual around here.
It was fun to make, if a bit time consuming but has never sat on my head securely. When Her Majesty commented on the hat's misbehavior in court, I decided it was time to breakdown and make the replacement I'd been meaning to.
Village Hat Shop has fezes in a variety of colors for around $20 and I had several kicking around the sewing room. I thought that the navy one would make a good base to decorate. Note: I have a large head even for a man (24" circumference) and Village Hat Shop XXL fezes fit me.
I started hand hemming a silk veil then came to my senses and checked Dharma Trading Company. I could get a 44" x 44" silk chiffon scarf with hand rolled hem for $12. $12 seemed a small price to pay for not having to roll hem silk.
And I had some lovely vintage sari trim that I'd found on ebay to use as the veil band. The hardest part of this whole project was finding really appropriate sari trim. Luckily, I love to comb through e-bay!
Step 1: Fold the veil in half, tack it to the hat in several places on the crown.
Step 2: Cut the sari trim to just a little longer than the circumference of the hat
Step 3: Fold the ends of the trim into points & stitch down. Stitch a 12"-16" piece of lucet cord, fingerloop braid or kumihimo cord to the center of each point on the wrong side so that the end result looks similar to this:
Step 4: Center the trim on the hat and stitch down the bottom edge in the front between the veil.
Step 5: Tie cords together loosely in back
Step 6: Voila, the hat is complete!
On other fronts, I am camp mistressing the Baronial encampment for Fool's War, working on a How-to class for Sekanjabin syrup, finishing a fencing doublet for Pietro (who recently became Baronial Rapier Champion!) doing research on Islamic embroidery, jewelry & plaque belts, working up a pattern for an Italianized entari, ala Titian's 1555 Portrait of a Lady and trying to convince myself that I don't need a set of Korean garb. In other words, it's pretty much business as usual around here.
Titian
c. 1555
Portrait of a Lady
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC
