What Hat Are You Working On Today?

[StoryPNW]

I’ve been working on my brim binding and I’m now at the stage where it’s consistently good. I can’t get good quality grosgrain here in the UK so use Petersham instead.

Brim looks awesome!

 

[RickP]

I’ve been working on my brim binding and I’m now at the stage where it’s consistently good. I can’t get good quality grosgrain here in the UK so use Petersham instead.

Nice stitching! are you doing by hand or machine? Brim binding / sewing is my next big learning experience. I just figured out how to use a smaller needle on my cylinder arm leather machine to sew in leather sweatbands...I felt like I owned the world when I finished the first one! lol

 

[BigHat]

Nice stitching! are you doing by hand or machine? Brim binding / sewing is my next big learning experience. I just figured out how to use a smaller needle on my cylinder arm leather machine to sew in leather sweatbands...I felt like I owned the world when I finished the first one! lol

Hi Rick. I used a sewing machine which has a start/stop button. It allows me to stitch at a very slow speed so I can concentrate on following the binding edge accurately. Yes it’s a great feeling when you nail another part of the hat making process.

 

[RickP]

Reworked free-to-me Stetson "Gus". Reblocked to get rid of the front crease and trimmed a full inch off the brim (now 3"). Seriously thinking of reducing the brim just a bit more. The panama band is temporary, but its growing on me


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Wore it around today and it still looked just a bit big...Got home and took another 1/2" off brim... now 2 1/2"... Im just NOT a cowboy lol

 

[GHT]

This made to measure blazer just needed the right hat to compliment it. Various colours sort of suited it but nothing gave it a lift. "Go red," Tina advised. I found the perfect red, only it was a trilby and being used to the fedora brim, I couldn't quite fall in love with it, even though it had quite a broad brim for a trilby.

"Give your hat people a call," Tina suggested. I was trying to watch the budget, but I know that bespoke is my best bet. The lady was right, of course.





The colour variation that you see is just the difference between a 35mm camera and a phone camera.

"What shall I do with the trilby?" I said, more out loud than directly to Tina. Adding, I could give it to that fellow at church." "Don't you dare," retorted the lady. "I know someone very close who could give that a good home."

The clever girl meant herself of course, here's what she did.



I told you that she was a clever girl. Do you want to see the result?