lorelei01 ([info]lorelei01) wrote,
2010-02-05 03:16:00

I made a hat :)


hatSo I find myself strangely apathetic about finishing anything for Estrella.  I suppose it's kind of nice.  :)  If I finish and have new things to wear, great!  If not.. meh.  I like my current stuff.  I did finish a polar fleece hoodie for myself, which is really the important thing as I *freeze* every year.  I'm also endeavoring to finish something for Mike so he has a new outfit, or at least partial outfit, to wear.  He does *not* have anything really to wear.  He has one outfit that still fits and it's like 8 years old.  O_o  So, focusing on him first.  Along those lines, here's his hat!  I finished the awesome feather thing last night and stitched it on today.  Tada!  I did stuff! ^_^  I'm celebrating the small victories.

It's in a lovely silver cotton velvet that is *so* soft.  I was going for the Italian bonnet with the cartridge pleated crown.  It ended up a little bunchier in the front than what I was going for, but I still think it's a pretty spiffy hat.  The band is a cool metal and fake pearl trim that [info]ezabella gave me.  The place she gets her fabric jewelry from sends free "thank you" gifts sometimes and she had no use for this.  Works great on a hat though!  The cartridge pleats are reinforced with this really hideous wool we found that is a bright acid yellow and ochre tie dye.  I got it for inter-lining a cloak as I would certainly never want to use it as an outer and would therefore not talk myself out of putting it inside the cloak where it wouldn't be seen ;D

hat side
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[info]peteyfrogboy

February 5 2010, 10:22:42 UTC 2 years ago

Lovely as always. :)

[info]lorelei01

February 5 2010, 10:41:36 UTC 2 years ago

Why, thank you :)

[info]peteyfrogboy

February 5 2010, 10:50:32 UTC 2 years ago

Any chance you might make Pennsic this year?

[info]lorelei01

February 5 2010, 19:02:45 UTC 2 years ago

Gosh I'd sure love to! Maybe :) I think I might be close to enough frequent flyer miles to have a free plane ticket, and that would go a long way towards making it reality.

[info]ex_theglaiv

February 5 2010, 14:26:32 UTC 2 years ago

That is a kick-ass hat!

[info]lorelei01

February 5 2010, 19:03:04 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you! I love your wimple results, btw :)

[info]atensibilla

February 5 2010, 15:26:47 UTC 2 years ago

I covet that feather spray...that is all...

[info]lorelei01

February 5 2010, 19:06:26 UTC 2 years ago

Lol :) It really wasn't hard to make.. just mildly time consuming. Let me tell you, those feathers aren't going *anywhere*. They will maintain their spacing precisely where it is. :D I just got one of those cool feather pads (the tiny brown/sage/white/black feather spray) and used that as a base and stitched everything else to it. The rest of the feathers are actually part of a dismantled floral arrangement pick from Michaels. The little pearl thing was in the charm section at Michaels.

[info]ezabella

February 5 2010, 17:00:50 UTC 2 years ago

WOW! I was there for parts of this, and never understood or *saw* what the completion would be like. YOU ROCK!

[info]lorelei01

February 5 2010, 19:07:19 UTC 2 years ago

Aw :) Thanks! And congrats on your progress on your next dress of awesome; you've inspired me to attempt to care about finishing something by the middle/end of next week! lol

[info]noxcat

February 5 2010, 17:05:59 UTC 2 years ago

OOoh, spiffy hat! Makes me want one!

[info]lorelei01

February 5 2010, 19:07:35 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you :)

[info]florentinescot

February 5 2010, 18:23:20 UTC 2 years ago

just gorgeous!

[info]lorelei01

February 5 2010, 19:07:43 UTC 2 years ago

Thanks :D

[info]mala_14

February 5 2010, 19:38:02 UTC 2 years ago

Very debonair. That feather piece is awesome!

[info]lorelei01

February 7 2010, 02:28:53 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you :) I think it's rather dashing myself!

[info]operafantomet

February 6 2010, 13:02:59 UTC 2 years ago

Oh, awesomeness!

[info]lorelei01

February 7 2010, 02:29:01 UTC 2 years ago

Thanks ^_^

[info]firenzekat

February 7 2010, 07:27:59 UTC 2 years ago

those feathers are gorgeous too!!!!
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