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Hats make you professional!

9/21/2017

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It's my unproven theory that wearing a coordinating hat to a Renaissance festival immediately tags you as a professional, whether you are or not. I've found that they really do make a historical outfit complete. 

In my previous post, I talked about the new skirts on the previously ruined Italian Dresses.  Here they are in all their glory!
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Yes, this is one photo of each of us. *sigh* You may insert your twin jokes here.

Anyway, you may notice the turban inspired hat. This is historically accurate! I had some of the most decorated parts of the overskirt silk left over, and decided to make matching hats.
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The feathers you see in the full length photos near the top of the post were purchased about half way through the day, and they have a brooch pin on the quill end.  Prepare to see them on other hats in the future!

The hats were fairly easy to make - I didn't even have a pattern - and the veils were tacked in place the night before. Kate and I seem to have to play our own fairy godmothers when it comes to beautiful gowns. ;)
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Step 1: Cut out an arc of fabric, at the length that will fit around your head plus at least an inch for stuffing. Sew the two sides together to form a tube.
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Step 3: Turn right side out.
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Step 2: Put reinforcement along the top curving edge, making sure to work with the natural curl of the sew-in boning.
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Step 4: Stuff enough to get it to stand upright and fit snugly on your head, but leave it flat enough to not look like a sausage. Wrap with fancy fabric to resemble a wrapped turban.
And you can see in our hats I also sewed a line of beads at the top for decoration.

Here is our little party at the KC Ren Fest earlier this year - I'd say we make a cute trio! And in reference to the title of the post, we got asked for directions a couple of times. Also, there is a "live chess" game and must be a spot-the-character bingo game because we were asked about that as well.
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