moehawk
I'll Lock Up
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Hey folks!
Thanks for the likes and comments on the Milan yesterday! Funny how I don't care for a felt porker, but love a porky straw...
Today, I'm wearing a project that I finished last night. An Ecuador made straw body that I found at a thrift store, but a coarser fiber than I've seen on a Panama before. Looked to me like something meant to be functional rather than refined, maybe a souvenir or a work hat. It had a basic fedora crown, and grommets on the brim for the leather lace used as a stampede cord. No sweatband or evidence of one. Soneone named Frances had written her name inside in marker, with the "N" backwards.
Not a fine Montecristi in any way shape or form. But somebody made this thing by hand. It deserved another life.
So I blocked it up to my size, reflanged it to hide the grommets. Sewed in a cheapie sweat while listening to the Giants game. Threw on a pug a few minutes ago and just as I went outside to take pics the bright sun disappeared behind a bank of grey. Oh well, still wearing it.
Have a great day!
Thanks for the likes and comments on the Milan yesterday! Funny how I don't care for a felt porker, but love a porky straw...
Today, I'm wearing a project that I finished last night. An Ecuador made straw body that I found at a thrift store, but a coarser fiber than I've seen on a Panama before. Looked to me like something meant to be functional rather than refined, maybe a souvenir or a work hat. It had a basic fedora crown, and grommets on the brim for the leather lace used as a stampede cord. No sweatband or evidence of one. Soneone named Frances had written her name inside in marker, with the "N" backwards.
Not a fine Montecristi in any way shape or form. But somebody made this thing by hand. It deserved another life.
So I blocked it up to my size, reflanged it to hide the grommets. Sewed in a cheapie sweat while listening to the Giants game. Threw on a pug a few minutes ago and just as I went outside to take pics the bright sun disappeared behind a bank of grey. Oh well, still wearing it.
Have a great day!