Mad for Fascinators

You'd be amazed by the number of requests we get for custom made accessories. Early last year, a soon-to-wed couple asked us to make hat fascinators for the bride's entourage. Honestly, we knew nothing about making one.

Thank God for YouTube tutorials. Our hats off to these people who take their time to document and post tutorials for if not, we'd still be clueless.  

The very first hat fascinator we made was a mini top hat. Luckily, the materials were on hand so after watching this video, we began our mini top hat project.
Amazingly, it was simple enough to do; by nightfall we finished one!

 Learn about May here.
P.S. If you don't have E6000, you can always use glue stick with the aid of a glue gun. 

Take a look at our own mini top hats!
We added a rustic colored lace and tied it up into a ribbon on one side. Secure it by either gluing the lace or stitching it on the felt.

Here's a tip: you can do a blanket stitch around the edges of the large circle. Use a different color for the thread for the stitch to pop up.

Alice Wears the Hat Head band  was inspired by Alice in Wonderland. We thought, what if Alice wore a hat instead of the Mad Hatter.

This mini top hat on the other hand was covered with black lace then we stitched chains with linked charms on one side of the hat where the laces draped.You can also use other fabrics to cover your top hat. We like working with velvet, soft tulle and dull satin fabrics.

Here's another used for a fashion photo shoot  featured on 

TrendHunter.

Credits

Photographed by MELSON BOLONGAITA
Styling / HMUA by ROSHEL ESTERON
Model: JESSICA CHIAO-HAN YANG

 Our search was not over. We continued to look for noteworthy tutorials. Our favorite so far was this video from Threadbanger. 

Unlike making a mini top hat, making a pill box hat needed assistance from our sewing machine. 

The output:  a clip on pillbox hat adorned with feathers, sequins and a lace birdcage.

There is always pleasure in discovering new projects. Go mad and enjoy making your own hat fascinators!