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19th century top-hat (with modern details)
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My first ever top hat. Made using brown buckram moulded onto a hat block, covered in fabric. Hand-sewn for the most part aside from one seam and attaching hat wire.
Material Notes
Buckram
Hat wire
Grey upholstery fabric (unsure of what specific type of fabric)
Double satin blue ribbon (3" wide)
Polka dot cotton ribbon ( 2cm wide)
Difficulty
Intermediate
Categories
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- Unisex
- Garment Type
- Accessories
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Sep 23, 2012, 11.29 PMby mamamodista
Stunningly executed!
Sep 5, 2012, 07.38 PMby laquishabell
Thanks guys, I’m definitely going to have to put up my stuff more often!
Sep 3, 2012, 06.51 PMby izbott
What a fun hat! It looks great.
Aug 31, 2012, 05.48 PMby hardlyangel
Amazing!
Aug 31, 2012, 12.19 PMby tungufoss
I’m in awe. La-la-love it!
Aug 31, 2012, 10.10 AMby Innamc
Woow, its beautiful piece of art, very welldone :-)
Aug 31, 2012, 08.52 AMby Liora Litman-Cohen
Incredible!!! you are an amazing artist!!! well done!!!!!!!
Aug 31, 2012, 12.01 AMby chelsea childress
Impeccable! Great craftsmanship!
Aug 30, 2012, 11.41 PMby Ruffles Gazebo
this is lovely, im doing a millinery course and our next task is a buckram hat!
Aug 30, 2012, 11.21 PMby SachiDespic
It looks very nice!! Love the porka-dot binding and lining!! Did you use double or single buckram?? I have hard time molding double backram on hat block but single backram feels a bit too thin for top hats…
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Sep 5, 2012, 07.37 PMby laquishabell
I used double buckram. It was quite difficult to mold, I just used a lot of drawing pins in the process and had the buckram quite damp. Other than that it was just a bit of muscle! Hope that helps!
Aug 30, 2012, 10.54 PMby HelenMoore
I love this! Beautiful work!
Aug 30, 2012, 09.47 PMby Mary Athey
The hats incredible!! well done x