Fascinator #1
Apr. 10th, 2012 04:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elizabeth_mnMy first finished fascinator. This is one of the hat styles I am teaching in my upcoming fascinator class at Treadle.
It's an oval shape, slightly narrower in front (I suppose that actually makes it an egg shape) curved with darts to form it over the head. It's the buckram and wire frame technique, flat pattern (no blocking). The fabric cover is cotton with a satin dot; the edges are bound in dotted bias. The bow is made of four layers of ribbon loops, two green and two black, tied with the green, with a faceted button in the center. The ribbons are both organza with satin stripes.
I had really hoped to be able to secure this hat with hatpins alone, but after half an hour in front of the mirror trying multiple configurations, I gave up and sewed the elastic band. It wasn't just that the hat slipped around, it also appeared to be floating above my head in an oddly gravity-defying way. It was weird. The elastic snugs it down to my head, and I use a hatpin too so everything stays secure.
I have plans for several more little hats, oval like this one, mini pillbox, and super simple circle. At first I thought I would just make them for display to advertise the class, but I wore this one to work last night and everyone loved it, and it was fun to wear something silly on my head, so maybe I will make a habit of it.
A few more in progress:
It's an oval shape, slightly narrower in front (I suppose that actually makes it an egg shape) curved with darts to form it over the head. It's the buckram and wire frame technique, flat pattern (no blocking). The fabric cover is cotton with a satin dot; the edges are bound in dotted bias. The bow is made of four layers of ribbon loops, two green and two black, tied with the green, with a faceted button in the center. The ribbons are both organza with satin stripes.
I had really hoped to be able to secure this hat with hatpins alone, but after half an hour in front of the mirror trying multiple configurations, I gave up and sewed the elastic band. It wasn't just that the hat slipped around, it also appeared to be floating above my head in an oddly gravity-defying way. It was weird. The elastic snugs it down to my head, and I use a hatpin too so everything stays secure.
I have plans for several more little hats, oval like this one, mini pillbox, and super simple circle. At first I thought I would just make them for display to advertise the class, but I wore this one to work last night and everyone loved it, and it was fun to wear something silly on my head, so maybe I will make a habit of it.
A few more in progress:
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