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Rachael Clunie

United Kingdom

• Jinsin Saucer Hat Project by Catherine Ellen

I started out designing with the the Jinsin Saucer hat in mind however (as with all my pieces) a different flow emerged. I used silk abaca instead of Jinsin to give the airy and lighter look to the piece. I hadn’t worked with the technique used in this project so I wanted to utilise a new skill to create something for this competition. I decided to make the piece more of a percher hat as with the size and fabric I had chosen I felt looked more balanced and more dynamic. I decided to use the bright yellow veiling as it gives a pop to the hat. With a love of Pom poms and to connect with the small one on the veiling bow I have brought in other pinks to connect with the bias binding around the edge of the hat.

• Sinamay
• Wire for has
• Silk Abaca
• Veiling
• Pom poms
• Wire for Pom poms
• Waterproof Sharpie to colour wire
• Thread

• Blocked & stiifened crown base with sinamay
• Wire crown base
• Cut bias binding
• Stitched crown base bias binding
• Measured and cut silk abaca
• Created 1cm pleats in the sink abaca
• Secure centre of silk abaca
• Spiral put opposite edges to fan out the fabric
• Pin
• Wire the brim
• Add bias binding
• Stitch the saucer to crown
• Stitch veiling
• Solour and bind together Pom Pom wire and stitch to base
• Sew Pom Pom onto saucer
• Glue Pom poms onto wire
• Sew in headband