Since it's the the night before Halloween, maybe just a few people will be able to use this idea, sorry I'm so last minute. I decided to follow a TV thing I saw and make myself a witches hat to answer the door with.
I have sitting here in this photo, a plant pot, fabric stiffener, a pack of black cheese-cloth, a skein of fuzzy black yarn, funny shaped wood beads, and a black tinsel thing I found in the christmas section of the craft store.
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I placed the center of the cloth over the top of the cone and then draped it over my mold. I let the base edges of the cloth ripple around the base.
I pinned around the top of the had so that I could keep my point in the fabric.
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Within the first 3 hours, remove the hat from the form and give it a slight pinch on two sides so it's not round but oval like a head. Letting it dry on the form will make removing it later very difficult. Also set it on a surface it will not stick to and one that will clean up easily if you added paint to the mix.
I made this yesterday, it's dry and stiff, but I still need to decorate it for tomorrow. Here's what I've done and will do...
If it's too big, I plan on sinching it up by stitching embroidery floss around the base a couple times and tying the ends to the required circumfrence.
I've spray painted some of those funny shaped wooden beads black. I am going to use the skein of fuzzy thread to stitch them to the hat in a type of band around the base. It looks fluffy, but it's actually very thin. I will stitch through the hat to the outside, string a funny shaped black bead, a small black seed bead, and then go back through the funny shaped bead to the inside of the hat. I'll exit again and repeat for another bead.
Then I have that tinsel thingie. It's on wire, so I am going to decide if I want to keep it on the wire and connect it to the hat so that it's a bit of a bobble exiting the point. I haven't yet played with it, so I don't know how I'll make that work. Maybe it should be more of a focal at the front of the hat near the band.
Then to finish it off, I need to trim the base of the hat so it's not square. I figure I will try to keep it rough, and not circular, but definately not square.
I'm also going to give it a coating of hairspray to try and keep the glitter from getting itself all over the house as I walk around :)
TFL!
8 comments:
Hi, This looks like a great idea! Its Halloween already here in NZ though, but I will definitly think about doing something like this next year.
I just wanted to say that a Hat or Cap that you know fits your head could work well as the base of your mould, that way its the correct size? I don't know how well this would work, but thought I would share anyway :)
Kylie
Thanks Kylie,
I made such a mess of that plant pot it's just as well I didn't use a hat of mine :D
I would just use one of my partners caps - he has so many he wouldn't notice one missing! hehe.
Great project though :) Enjoy your halloween!
What a fun idea! tHANKS for sharing, I may have to file this idea away for next Halloween!
You are not gonna wear a flower pot on your head all night! It gives me a head ache just thinking about it!!!!!!!!!
This looks cool already, even without the decorations. I love how you left the fabric all wavy for the brim!
will you post a finished photo?
Very cool!!!!
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