Hat Making Project
Upcycled Denim Hat
Transform a pair of old jeans into a stylish blocked denim hat.
Hat Making Project
Upcycled Denim Hat
Transform a pair of old jeans into a stylish blocked denim hat.
Projects / Upcycled Denim Hat
Project Overview
As part of a special series of tutorials on making upcycled hats using hat blocks from the Guy Morse-Brown Vintage Smalls Range, British milliner Jane Fryers turns a pair of old jeans into a glamorous denim hat using the traditional tip and sideband method of hat making.
“The first item of clothing I ever recycled was a pair of Levis which had just become too risqué to wear,” says Jane. “I took them into Rose Cory’s class and told her I wanted to make them into a hat. Her advice was to forget that they were jeans and just work with the fabric in front of me.
I’ve always liked the contrast between a masculine fabric, such as denim, and a very feminine material like veiling. And this is my favourite combination of the Vintage Smalls collection. The BB62 and the CB60… so cute!”
Category: Hats
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What You Need
- Brim block (Jane used the Guy Morse-Brown BB62)
- Crown block (Jane used the Guy Morse-Brown CB60)
- Brown packaging paper
- Sellotape® or Scotch® tape
- Iron
- Permanent Marker
- An old pair of jeans
- 1 yard (1metre) of buckram
- Cloth
- Cling film (Saran Wrap)
- Chalk
- Needle and thread
- Millinery wire
- Pins
- 16” (41.5cm) length of
- 1” (2.5cm) Petersham ribbon
- Bar of soap
- Decorative buttons
- 30” (76cm) of 8” (20cm) wide veiling
- Hat elastic or comb
Project Overview
As part of a special series of tutorials on making upcycled hats using hat blocks from the Guy Morse-Brown Vintage Smalls Range, British milliner Jane Fryers turns a pair of old jeans into a glamorous denim hat using the traditional tip and sideband method of hat making.
“The first item of clothing I ever recycled was a pair of Levis which had just become too risqué to wear,” says Jane. “I took them into Rose Cory’s class and told her I wanted to make them into a hat. Her advice was to forget that they were jeans and just work with the fabric in front of me.
I’ve always liked the contrast between a masculine fabric, such as denim, and a very feminine material like veiling. And this is my favourite combination of the Vintage Smalls collection. The BB62 and the CB60… so cute!”
Category: Hats
What You Need
- Brim block (Jane used the Guy Morse-Brown BB62)
- Crown block (Jane used the Guy Morse-Brown CB60)
- Brown packaging paper
- Sellotape® or Scotch® tape
- Iron
- Permanent Marker
- An old pair of jeans
- 1 yard (1metre) of buckram
- Cloth
- Cling film (Saran Wrap)
- Chalk
- Needle and thread
- Millinery wire
- Pins
- 16” (41.5cm) length of
- 1” (2.5cm) Petersham ribbon
- Bar of soap
- Decorative buttons
- 30” (76cm) of 8” (20cm) wide veiling
- Hat elastic or comb
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HATalk Subscribers – sign in below to view the full instructions for this project.
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