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January 27, 2007
Mime/Chef Hat Disaster
I think that the cosmos has somehow barred me from the classic art of millinery. I can knit a hat with my eyes shut, but I just can't sew one to save my soul. I tried to make a cloche once and that ended in failure. This time, I went for something simpler. A beret. So easy to knit. So... disasterous to sew. I got this book the other day and the designs looked so cute and user-friendly. Well, was I in for a surprise. I cut and sewed everything to the dimensions required and ended up looking like some kind of Militant Street Chef or Out of Control Crazy Cat Lady Mime. Not really like the guy below, but I thought I would throw in a mime just for kicks.
No way y'all are getting a picture of me in this thing. It is just too... terrifying. And this from a girl who will wear a bonnet in public. Must be bad.
Do any of you sew hats?! How the devil do you manage it?!
P.S. Speaking of mimes.. can you believe this is real?!
Posted by loyd0008 at January 27, 2007 9:48 PM
Comments
I try often to sew, but the fact is I'm a disaster at sewing. I've also bought a book to sew hat to learn sewing, but no way... :
http://flickr.com/photos/52005197@N00/tags/stylishcloche/
Well, if you as a good sewer thinks difficult to make hat, well je ne suis pas prĂȘte d'y arriver !
have a look also on the very creative Isabelle Teste hats :
http://favoritechoses.typepad.com/isabelleteste/2007/01/plastic.html
Posted by: sof frankenstein at January 29, 2007 3:44 PM
At least show us the hat and what it was supposed to look like. So many people seem to buying this book so I wonder if it is worth it.
Posted by: lsaspacey at January 29, 2007 6:00 PM
Oh I forgot, great site design!
Posted by: lsaspacey at January 29, 2007 6:01 PM
The hat itself is too terrifying and has already been reassigned to the scrap pile. I will try, however, to take some pics of the cute ones in the book. Maybe then we can figure out where I went wrong!!
Posted by: Villain Extraordinaire at January 31, 2007 8:17 PM
mime hats are hard to find, a friend and i are doing a mime act soon and we cant fing the hats
Posted by: casey at February 13, 2009 3:37 PM