HATalk Competition Entry 2023

Annette Edgar

Maker
Annette Edgar

Country
United Kingdom

Name of Hat
The Earth's Ecosystem

Description

I used the theme of the Planet Earth and what it is made up of for my design.

“Air, water and soil” – or earth to gardeners.

As a keen gardener who likes to grow and propagate seeds and plants, I decided to use the earth’s layer as the base for my hat form and the seeds, shoots and leaves from the seeds as my theme for my hat decoration. The lace fabric with its’ patterns represents the earth and the soil with pebbles and stones.

Plants play a crucial role in the ecosystem and are essential for the survival of life on Earth. They maintain the balance of the ecosystem and which are vital for the of life of all on Earth. They are needed for photosynthesis in that they exchange carbon dioxide from the air and convert it back into oxygen, without which we could not survive as humans.

Materials:

Fosshape fabric
Tarlatan
Millinery Wire
Thread
Lace fabric
Gold Plated wire
Gold beads
Silk leaves
Hat elastic

Techniques:

Fosshape used for blocking on wooden millinery block, steamed and shaped to create the base.
Edge wired with millinery wire.
Edge covered with bias strip cut from tarlatan fabric and stitched to it.
Tarlatan fabric used to cover entire block on upper side and sewn to bias edge that I had created.
Entire prepared base covered with lace fabric and secured on the upper side edges and sewn together on the underside.
Beads threaded on to gold plated wire and shape formed.
Beading attached to the hat and then silk leaves secured to the hat.
Hat elastic secured to underside.

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