"Going Vintage" CP Design Days - Jennifer Beason

Hello everyone!  When I heard we were "going vintage" for this month's assignment I knew exactly what I wanted to do.  You see,  "way back when" when I studied fashion illustration in collage, one of my favorite classes was fashion history.  I decided to take the assignment literally and make an altered piece with a 20's feel.  Although the majority of this project uses "vintage" Collage Press collections, I did use a little of the newer CP lines as well.

 

The base of my hat is made out of a plastic cup flipped upside down.  But anything you can find that has a good dome shape would work fine. Raw chipboard was used to make the brim of the hat. Since it's flexible, you can bend it to the desired shape you like.

I covered the plastic cup with strips of brown paper first, because I wasn't sure how the patterned paper would adhere, but it's not a necessary step.

After the top section of the hat and brim were covered with patterned paper, I used a strip of patterned to create a ribbon to go around the sides.  In the close up above, you can see the stitched details I added, along with the border punched details.

A couple leafy vines from the Vines patterned paper were mounted to raw chipboard, stitched and then cut out, before adhering them to the front of the hat.  Chipboard elements, a felt flower, feathers and brown netting were all added to finish off this project.   

 


 

Collage Press Supplies:

Seeds - Portico

Seeds - Vines

Margot - Port Royal

Knave of Hearts - Summer's Days

Joyride - Cherry and Bright

Other Supplies:

Maya Road - Chipboard ring, buttons, felt flower and pin.

Fiskars - Border punch

Hobby Lobby - feathers, micro-beads, pearls  and embroidery floss.

Comments

[Andrea MacDonald]

That hat is gorgeous!!!

[keandra]

AMAZING!!!!

[Amy Duff]

oh me oh my! This is absolutely stunning!

[Juliana]

This is amazing Jenny!!!

[Rhonda V.]

This is just fabulous! Holy smokes!!!

[Sasha Holloway]

AMAZING working girl .. simply.

[delisa]

Wow, Jen...you totally rock the paper woman! I'm not surprised to find you studied fashion, your creations are awesome :>

[MichelleG]

Love, love, love this! So gorgeous!

[Gramjak]

Absolutely awesome -- I think we should all design new fall hats!!!

[Brook]

This is a beautiful hat with a lot of great textures.

[Keely Yowler]

This is amazing, Jennifer!!!

[Jennifer]

very very cool! I will have to try it!