Hats, Hats, Hurray for Hats!

Friends, the balder older I get, the more I love hats.

Sewing for Mom + My New Hat

I have the fabric, I have the mother, now I just have to get started.

This and Hat

To those of you who celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday, a belated Happy Thanksgiving to you.  To the rest, happy Friday!

100% INDY PATTERN TESTING free + New Hat Muslin!

If I learned anything this week unrelated to indy pattern testing, it's that a good hat is hard to make.

A Drop in the Bucket (not a joke)

Readers, even I am tired of seeing close-ups of myself in this hat so I can imagine how you must feel.

But I must update you on my latest hat tweak.

Hats Entertainment or "Kicked the Bucket"

I've been told I have a pretty good hat head -- or is it hat face?

A Drop in the Bucket...Hat

Friends, after the excitement of yesterday's musical comedy vlog extravaganza, anything that followed was bound to be an anticlimax.

Arrival of the Vintage Stetson Bowler!

Is there anything more exciting than a package in the mail?

Bowler Hat Conundrum: KEEP IT or RETURN IT?

Friends, I want a bowler hat so bad!

ULTIMATE Upcycle -- Leather Sofa into Leather Newsboy Cap!

Believe it or not, friends, I used to own the same identical sofa pictured above, picked up at a thrift store nearly 15 years ago for a song.

DAY 3: The Completed Cap + Newsboy Cap FAQs!

I know what you're thinking...

DAY 2: Newsboy Cap TRUE CONFESSIONS!

This was a very productive day, newsboy cap-wise, readers.

The Newsboy Cap Project -- Getting Started

Shall we start the new year by making newsboy caps?

FIRSTS for 2014 -- Book, Pattern, HAT!

I know we're only three days into the new year, but let the clutter begin!

Tweed Coat Selfies + New Hat!

Readers, is it still called a selfie if you balance your camera on a flat surface and switch it to auto mode, or do you have to be holding it in your hand and standing in front of a bathroom mirror?

Five Days to Coatmas!

Readers, you know I'm not big on the holidays, but this coming Thursday, December 19, I will be celebrating Coatmas.  And I do hope you'll join me.

Feeling low? Buy a new hat!

Is there anything more uplifting than buying a new hat?

Adorin' Lauren + flea market vintage hat SCORE!

Readers, many of you may know that sewing blogger Lauren Taylor (aka Lladybird) of Nashville is here in New York City this weekend and I am one of the lucky many who got to meet her.  Actually, today was our fourth date.  We'll find out what happens next at tonight's rose ceremony (hope you get the reference).

Hats Entertainment!

The balder older I get, the more I like hats.

Seriously, I do think hats are great.  Not only do they keep your head warm in winter and cool in summer, they can give an ordinary face a little something extra and they can certainly pull together an outfit.  I have never made a hat myself (a few makeshift turbans notwithstanding) but I've come close.  Remember when I planned to make myself a bucket hat?  For various reasons, that never happened.

Fabulous, Feathery, Flea Market Finds!

OK, so I made an impulse purchase.  Like you've never done that?

Maybe it's the heat (blistering), maybe the humidity (wilting), or maybe I just like sky blue feathers (fun!).  This feathered stretch cap -- vintage 60's I believe and made in the former Yugoslavia -- is perfect for those mornings when you need to run to the Piggly Wiggly in your curlers.  Or if you're just having a bad hair day.