Steampunk Hat D.I.Y!

Hi All. Today's post is of the geeky D.I.Y variety. This weekend coming up we have a Victorian Faire that is happening locally and I am very keen to get all dressed up and go and experience some old-worldly fun! I have an outfit, but felt I needed an accessory to go with and decided to make myself a steam-punkish hat to top off my outfit! I am sharing how I did it in case there is anyone else who wanted to try.

YOU WILL NEED:
1x costume hat
steampunk/victorian related embellishments
craft glue (E600 is brilliant)
netting
feathers
elastic band

 I got this hat at one of the local Chinese stores for a dress-up years back. It has 2 clips underneath to attach to the head.

 I wanted a slightly different look to the brim of the hat, so after reading about this method I decided to try it. It's not a huge difference, but I think it looks better than the purely flat brim.

 Sorry Typo is E600 not 6000... but it's the best BEST glue for D.I.Y and crafting- it's industrial strength and a little goes a long way! Good steampunk type of embellishments are clocks, keys, cages, gears, locks,cameos anything that has that old-timey/time-travel/Victorian aesthetic.

 I used a maroon leather to match the maroon velvet coat I will be wearing.

 Play around with placement before glueing. And make sure it's fully dried before next steps to prevent stuff falling off or moving!

You can see the new "brim look" nicely here .

 This step can go directly to step 9 as the glue doesn't have to be dry on this step before gluing it to the hat!

 Very important to let this dry fully, as it could move or fall off if used before it's properly dry!

There we go- a new steam-punk inspired hat. Obviously if you have more time and you want to paint-technique the hat base and add extra to the hatband etc you can go all out!

If this tutorial helped you to create a hat please send me a picture or a link to your creation so I can see and admire:D

I will add a pic of me with the hat in full dress-up mode after this weekend!

Happy Steam-punking All!