My apologies that the veiling and leaves have been sewn on with any tutorial, but this was the easiest bit. I cut some purple, pink and lilac veiling and fussed about with it until I was happy with the look. Its best to keep trying it on your head in front of a mirror, to get it just right. I then added a selection of shiney acrylic leaves in toning and contrasting colours. All of this was stitched through the top fabric, I didn't need to go right through the hat.
Next I cut a small section of blue/grey lining on the bias and tacked this to the underside of the hat.
The next stage is to tidy the edges of the lining etc by covering with tape. Normally i would use grosgrain, but I didn't have any in a suitable colour, so I have used lilac bias binding. I ironed this into a curve first, so that it would fit nicely. Just pull the bias around at an angle whilst running the iron over it.
I've realised that my ironing board cover looks very tatty, and its covered in fabric paint!
The next stage was to stitch the binding in place using very small running stitches along both sides and folding the ends together neatly. I also added my own label
That's it done and now ready for sale! I hope you enjoy reading, and I always look forward to any comments. Best wishes to you all
Lovely hat. Thanks so much for sharing this tutorial!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tutorial...way easy to go, lovely fascinator by the way!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for this lining tutorial. It has been giving me a lot stress.
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