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Tinsel tooling your hat for winter

I am a tropical person, so much so that I dread the onset of cold weather here in the Midwest.  It makes  me lazy going out of my temperature controlled abode for it means putting on five to ten pounds of clothing. Shrink wrapping your body is no fun but getting pneumonia ain't no picnic either.


When you used to live in a country which  is within the blistering range of the equatorial sun, any precipitations in the temperate zones sounds so nice and fuzzy. After living here for almost 6 years, I wish my sisters in the Philippines can send me barrels and barrels of sweltering sunshine to keep me warm on cold blustery winter time. 


So its time to fandangle my winter caps. Last summer, I picked up a fleece cap and beanie cap. It was  the best time to buy these for the prices were outrageously cheap. The hats are kinda plain , a little bit of tweaking are needed so here's what I came up.



Yellow fleece cap with felt flower pin. I have this corsage pin for my summer dress.



My version of the beanie hat famous in the roaring 30's. 

I used the teddy bear of my stepdaughter to model the caps. I think these members of the ursine family (the actual bears not the teddy)  are the best representation of cold weather. They are snugly and woolly, I meant the teddy this time.   

Tips:

1. You can buy fabric flowers corsage with pins fastener, all you have to do is pin it on the hat.

2.   Attached the accessories by sewing.

3.  The earrings are quite tricky. Pin it like the way it is attached to the earlobe, cut the extra post and bend it . You don't want to end up with scratches on your head from the sharp points.

4.  Use of fabric glue is another idea but have not tried it on a stretchy material for a cap.

 I just hope that these refurbished winter caps will lure me to step out in the cold or I could go the other way, keep my ass in the house and  suffer cabin fever and order blanket snuggie on TV. 
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  1. AnonymousNovember 10, 2010 at 4:55 PM

    Adel hello! you are so creative!!!! Ang gaganda!!! Compliments sa iyo!

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