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I wanted to take one of my hats and use it as a project hat, before attempting my very own custom.
I had this "Style Craft" laying around and thought it would be the perfect candidate. The Brim was way too wide for the height of the crown when I got it, so I just tried trimming the brim at 1st.
That's when I decided to use it as a project hat. it didn't have any liner & the sweat was in terrible shape.
I started by soaking it and re-blocking it to get a bit more crown height. I then did my 1st attempt at sewing in a new sweatband.
I wanted to use a Copper or Bronze shade of grosgrain on it & I wanted to also attempt putting some binding on the brim, but I was having a hard time finding the matching color in cotton/rayon, so I did my best, although it is a different shade.
Much to my dismay, the seller sent me the wrong type. This didn't have the edge on it, but I used it anyway because she said that was all she had. I didn't care that much because it was a project hat anyway.
Here are a few before and after pictures. It didn't come out great, but it was a fun project. Thanks for looking.
This is what it looked like out of the box when I got it......
As you can see what I was saying, the crown was way too short for the brim width.
This is what it looked like when I just took some of the brim off and a diamond crease......
The rest of the transformation to follow.....
I had this "Style Craft" laying around and thought it would be the perfect candidate. The Brim was way too wide for the height of the crown when I got it, so I just tried trimming the brim at 1st.
That's when I decided to use it as a project hat. it didn't have any liner & the sweat was in terrible shape.
I started by soaking it and re-blocking it to get a bit more crown height. I then did my 1st attempt at sewing in a new sweatband.
I wanted to use a Copper or Bronze shade of grosgrain on it & I wanted to also attempt putting some binding on the brim, but I was having a hard time finding the matching color in cotton/rayon, so I did my best, although it is a different shade.
Much to my dismay, the seller sent me the wrong type. This didn't have the edge on it, but I used it anyway because she said that was all she had. I didn't care that much because it was a project hat anyway.
Here are a few before and after pictures. It didn't come out great, but it was a fun project. Thanks for looking.
This is what it looked like out of the box when I got it......
As you can see what I was saying, the crown was way too short for the brim width.
This is what it looked like when I just took some of the brim off and a diamond crease......
The rest of the transformation to follow.....
