My Ivy Hisselpenny hat is coming along nicely. Thought I'd give you a peek:
Here are the fabrics I'm using - pretty garish, don't you think?
The green of the stripe and the orange of the feather match the floral print perfectly. The green stripe is going to be a gigantic bow on the larger side of the offset brim. There will also be some ivory feathers and flowers mixed in there somewhere. It's a big brim, I'll find room!
Speaking of big brims.....
Like I said, its a BIG brim! That's my pin cushion sitting on top to give you an idea of scale. Or, you could just look at how it dwarfs my sewing machine!
Normally when making a brim, you add wire to the outside edge only. However, this brim is so large that I added a second ring of wire about halfway between the edge and the crown opening. It takes a lot of wire to stabilize something that size.
This is So. Much. Fun. Next post - covering the crown.....