Castlefest by virtue of taking place at the start of August tends to be a very sunny festival. And given that I am pale enough to make a vampire jealous, I inevitably end up being a bit sunburnt no matter how much sunscreen I put on. So I figured it was time to make myself a hat. Tessiel does have a bit of asian influence and I absolutely adore @vincentbriggs 's many leaf inspired creations so I wanted to see if I could make myself a lilypad hat.
First of course, the pattern which I figured out with some math and a big piece cardboard and painting the top to actually look like a lilypad.
Then ironing to seal the paint and adding two and half layers of really stiff interlining so that the hat wouldn't flop.
Before putting together the top and the lining, I already added the top snap buttons and the loops for the cord to the lining so that the stitches wouldn't show on the top and and then I sewed them both together.
Some quilting as well
And the end result !
