Hat progress

[frualeydis]

The homemade buckram wasn't stiff enough to use just one layer, but I made more flour glue and pasted two layers together and now it looks very promising indeed:




I've just sewn the top and side together and now I'm going to start wiring the lower edge of the side. It's not good for my hands, but fun, so I keep doing it anyway.

Maja is still really ill and refuses to eat. Her ears ache a lot and she's very cranky.

Comments

[dame-eleanor.livejournal.com]

Ohhh! Hats!! Yippee! I loves me some hat-making. :) The homemade buckram and the work so far looks very promising. Keep us posted.

[tailordrews.livejournal.com]

Hi,
Could you enlighten me, i know what Buckram is, but i cant for the world find a danish word for it. What is the swedish word?
I have some hat material two, want to make a hat for Sofie two, to go with her red dress wich i start tomorrow.

Bjarne

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

That's the problem. I don't really know. Some say it's "rullbock".

/Eva

[tailordrews.livejournal.com]

Hahhhhhhhh, so you have the same problem. Isnt that a pain? For years i have also ben in the woods like you.
I use a finished material, like the material real hat makers uses, dont know the word, but it is like plastic straw material or something like that. Using this and then wire, is great.
I also used something called Spatteri, wich is natural material, also like straw, but its very difficult to get these days. It is like wowen straw and very very expensive and only comes in pieces of a square meter.

Bjarne

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

I haven't been able to find spaterie anywhere either.

/Eva

[liadethornegge.livejournal.com]

Looks like you've got a good start there!

I too have vague plans for making myself a tall hat like that. So many ideas. Too many to enact. Still, the SCA is for life, I've got plenty of time :)

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

That looks really nice! Making your own buckram - I'm so impressed!

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

It's not like I have choice, buckram isn't sold anywhere in Sweden.

/Eva

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

You could try getting it through the mail (www.judithm.com sells a few different types) if paying for shipping wouldn't be too much of a problem.