I was telling a friend of mine about the felt hats that I learned to make (look up millinery craft), and she said I should try my hand at fascinators. I’d never heard the word fascinator, much less knew what they were. She said to Google Kate Middleton, and...
I’ve been working on a “ten things you can make for Christmas gifts” list, so when a friend gave me a huge piece of heavy gray wool fabric, I decided to try making felt hats for the list (shrunken wool = felt). I watched at least an hour’s...
Did I mention felt is fun to work with? Every bit of scrap can be used for making interesting designs on or around the hat! Next steps for making the hat above: 5. Place the dome back on the head form. Take another piece of felt or faux fur and pin it around the edge...
You can go overboard with hat decorations. I prefer to have a clean profile with a punch of WOW on one side of the hat. It makes people watch you just to see you turn your head around to reveal a different look. Here is the final step for making the hat above: 7....
