Felt Hat

Several years ago, I received a felt hat blank. I used it as was for a while, then left it at an event. While I did get it back, the conditions it had been stored in made killed any shape that it had.  Using a suggestion from Don at Jamestown I used a flowerpot as a block to reshape it. The hat is coming along nicely, and the last big thing to do is to attach the trim around the edge. Unfortunately, the silk ribbon I bought at Pennsic from Reconstructing History isn't long enough, so I'm going to have to order some more at some point before I can finish it.

Unformed hat brim:

 

Crown formed:

 

Not happy with the brim to crown transition, I made a block for the brim:

Brim fixed and millinery wire attached to the edge: