Hat Hat Baby

Learning a new discipline can be daunting.  I announced to the world  I was going to make a hat  and due to  Athens GA being such a wonderful town full of wonderful and talented people had an offer of assistance in ten minutes flat and from our best hat designer and maker  at that!.  

Today local milliner and costume designer  Tiffany  Robison  Poucher  gave me a lesson in how to create and adjust hat patterns.  Her years of training, experience and practiced hand make her an excellent teacher and I am feeling very confident  about next months project , a series of Victorian style riding hats.

The paper pattern I made  went seriously off the rails while I learned simple easy shaping methods  and looks kind of silly yet awesome. For a while there we were looking at Nefertiti then when the hugely over sized  (yeah we were so excited we forgot to trim it first ) brim was involved it became all about the ' church lady '  After my next lesson on fabrication  I intend to make it up into my first hat , as is , just for a  giggle,  to be able to look back fondly on my first real hat.

The kind of training I had today was worth its weight in gold and it would have taken me several hats and Im sure several days if not weeks before I eventually worked out what was going on and why. Somethings you can only learn by being shown and doing and I thank Tiffany for taking time out of her busy schedule to come by , show me the ropes and share with me her inspiring  passion for hats.

Whatever is left out of my wages at the end is available and spent on tools, decorations etc for Crafty Cunts

This Fortnights Collection 
Leather/heavy weight/mixed sized , machine needles
10 bobbins
Cutting mat
Rotary cutter
Clear marking out ruler with 1/2inch  seam allowance
Cotton/bobbin/heavyweight thread in black and white
Just a little yard here yard there of fabric I like the look of for cool messenger  bags (at some point) 


Next Up List 

French Curve number 17
Lots of large sized paper
Scotch tape
Fuseable Interface
Buckram
Patent leather look vinyl




Wish List 
Ruffler foot   I spotted this one on Amazon for $10-70 a great price.  I hope it works for my low shank machine, time will tell, Its ordered and I am now officially , almost broke.