Hats, caps and head gear

Anyone except me make hats? I'm a vintage geek who loves the '20s and '30s and so I'm always in the need for new hats.

Made this cloche hat today from a felt cone which I steamed, blocked and shaped. Added some trimming in black wool felt too:



Black is hopeless to photograph, but if anyone cares, I posted some more pictures and wrote a little on how I made it on my blog http://dulloldperson.blogspot.se/2012/05/je-suis-modiste.html

So, anyone else make hats? Caps? Crowns? Tiaras? Any form of head wear?

Alessandra Kelley said:

Very nice!

I've never blocked my own, just formed and decorated hats from blanks. I've made musketeer hats and tricorn hats that way.

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Well, I sort of reshaped it. It was already cone-shaped so I just made the drapes and the brims and made it my size... So I did not entirely block it.

I found this great post on how to felt your own hats, though: http://fordandesigns.com/fordan/hatbody.html

That's my next project!

Made another hat, this one from a jute cone, paper flowers and a few scraps of fabric:

Nice! Now I'm inspired. I might attempt something similar.