My Hat Journey

  So this was one of the first fascinators that I made. I went on etsy and bought a kit that a hat store made. I think they started selling the kits during the pandemic since people couldn't visit the hat store in person. The kit came with the vintage looking jewelry piece, feathers, netting, and a base.  I fell in love with the gold vintage looking jewlery and made it the center piece of the hat. Designs that followed after also start with a center piece of jewlery and I build the design around that. So after I placed the center piece I added the feathers and netting for more flare. I actually later added more netting because I thought the netting had to be more full. I had extra netting because I had lots of supplies and leftovers from previous hats.  Now I think in a lot of hat designs the netting usually creates a veil that covers the eyes. However I usually wear these hats to school, so I don't like the netting or veiling to cover my eyes. I like to add netting for c...