Not terribly prepossessing...and it doesn't look all that much better trimmed up and ready to wire...
Once that was done, and the binding was on...
...I thought...now what. Note the fading on the sinamay; nothing wrong with the fabric, just faded colour, so whatever I chose to do, had to cover that section, at least. I really didn't know what to do...and then, raking about in a box, found the daffodils I made a while ago, just to see if I could. Three of them made from lutradur, the trumpets heavily stitched. They went nicely with the pink tone of the hat, so I stitched them together...
...and then added them to the base...
...and now we're talking... this works really well. But just as I was putting things away, I came across a pale green piece of florist wrapping, very similar to lutradur, and thought it might be interesting to use it round the edge of the hat...
Looks better in real life... so I stuck it on my head, no mirror (too tired to get up and fiddle around...), and here's a rough idea of what it looks like...
The green edging has only been tacked on, but I think it gives you an idea of what it will look like once it's properly sewn on. I'm quite pleased with this; really must play with more lutradur flowers...and with lutradur in hat making in general... hmm..
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