miniature hats

The miniaturists were invited to Hats-O-Fancy, the studio of local hat maker Renee Roeder, to make small hats and bags. We molded black buckram for the hats and let them dry tied over bottle tops. Buckram is a stiff material which can be purchased in most fabric stores. The starched material becomes maleable when wet and then stiffens again when it dries which takes about ten or fifteen minutes. We decorated our little hats with silk ribbons and flowers. The hat bags were folded and glued around wood blocks and labeled with mini Hat's-O-Fancy stamps.