This isn't rightly a refashion. More a repair long long overdue. So - how awesome is this hat! Fawn velvet with gold ribbon and that great jeweled accent on top!
Well, it's not something you might wear around the town, but it is a fabulous costume piece.
Unfortunately, the mice got at it when I had it in storage a couple years ago. I rescued it, but not before...
Well, it's not something you might wear around the town, but it is a fabulous costume piece.
Unfortunately, the mice got at it when I had it in storage a couple years ago. I rescued it, but not before...
...this happened.
Unlikely as it may seem, it was actually helpful that the hole went all the way through the lining. It allowed me access to do some invisible stitching.
With the addition of a little piece of extra velvet used as a tiny seam allowance, I repaired the hole as invisibly as I could, then sewed up the lining again. What do you think?