Saturday, December 27, 2008

Grandma's Fabric

I inherited some vintage fabric from my grandmother and I never knew quite what to do with it. I wanted to save it for something special, but I wanted to use it so that it wouldn't just get stuck in a box and forgotten. One day in this wonderful eclectic store I happened upon a hat that I didn't think I could live with out, but it was way out of my price range. ( You know, that "practical price range for a hat" that every lady has to set for herself.) It had this wonderful 1920's look/ feel to it, and would be perfect made out of my grandma's fabric. I decided that I would attempt to make it, and this is what I came up with. It is very similar to the original, and it makes me love the fabric even more.

I sort of made it up as I went along and now I wish that I had tried to formulate some sort of pattern. Lesson learned, eh?!

My new 'happy hat'!!

10 comments:

Valarie Lea said...

Oh how cute!!!

Sally Wood said...

Wow, you made that? Very cute!

Zuzana said...

Lovely hat on a lovely girl.;))
You are so talented that I lack words; what does one say when facing perfection?;))
Looking so forward to your mail.;)

Unknown said...

Holly I LOVE the hat. The fabric is gorgeous. You are super talented!

Serendipity said...

Delightful!

Leigh of Tales from Bloggeritaville said...

Precious!

Wendy said...

Seriously?!? Is there nothing you can't do? Simply beautiful. (And the girl in the hat is kind of cute too.) It begs the question, why didn't I inherit some wonderful fabric like that? (just giving you grief because it seems like the big sis thing to do.) Seriously. love. the. hat!

Darlene said...

What talent you have to make your vintage fabric into a darling hat! TOO CUTE!

Zuzana said...

A very Happy New Year and all the best in 2009 Holly!;))

Ms. Tee said...

Awww..I somehow missed this post! How cute! and the hat's adorable, too! ;)

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