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Duct Tape Hat

comments (3) May 31st, 2008 in gallery     

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XtinaS XtinaS, member
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Maybe it's beacuse I work for an HVAC company, but I am a huge fan of duct tape. It's sturdy, washable, colorful, and has body. The only drawback is that it's, well, tape. To make working with it practical, I fold lengths of tape in half, then weave the strips together and back them with more tape to make a heavy "fabric." After that, the sky's the limit!

This hat won a blue ribbon at the state fair last year, second year in a row for me in the Duct Tape division. Am I crazy? Yeah. But just a little.


Pattern or design used: My own design
posted in: gallery, wearable, chic, blue, other fiber, white
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XtinaS writes: Most of the decoration is the woven duct tape itself. There is a thin band of white duct tape around the brim, which isn't visible here due to the marabou. The white trim on the crown is bias tape, because it was easier and neater to make a finished circle with (unsticky) fabric than (sticky) tape. The bias tape was hot-glued on. The brim is trimmed with marabou, applied with the glue gun. The flower decoration is made up of two elements, both readily available at a craft or sewing store. The back part is a feather "spray" that came already fanned and the front is just a gool old silk rose. Really, the trimming was the easy part.
Posted: 8:38 pm on January 5th
1122 writes: plz tell me the way how u decorated this hat,,,in detain,,or plz via any video clip thnx
Posted: 2:53 am on December 28th
TRAYNE writes: Oh this technique would be so great to use when needing an hat for the theatre.. Thanks for the great idea..

T.
Posted: 3:35 pm on July 3rd
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