When you live in a tropical country, it is imperative that an umbrella follows you around wherever you go. Under the scorching sun you can feel yourself getting roasted alive. It's cruel. You can't even risk getting a nice tan. It's the dehydrating, exhausting, energy draining kind of heat. So you HAVE to protect your head.
If you happen to be the kind of person that keeps losing umbrellas or misplacing them ( It was just yesterday that I left behind mine at a friend's place), a nice hat would be a good alternative. You don't want a felt or a velvet one. Nope. Not for a humid place. A nice lightweight wide brimmed sun hat with a simple design would do.
Well, mine was a little too simple, but a roll of leftover velvet ribbon was just around the corner.
The operative word being 'simple' here, I didn't want something that seemed to imply that I was off to the Royal Ascot Race. Hence, a single round of black ribbon with bow to top it off was all that was done.
Of course fabric glue was created to make our lives easier but it couldn't be used here because I was dealing with plastic. Yep, the hat was made of plastic. And it's not that simple trying to run something like this under the sewing machine. So once again some good old hand stitching was done. I didn't intend to add the bow but since there was still some material left, thought I'd make good use of it.
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| Take a bow, Miss Hattie |
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