little hats
January 12, 2013
another “find” at the second-hand store
this delightful child’s hat has an embroidered design on maroon velvet, is stitched with rows of tiny running stitches and trimmed with black velvet
lined with red cotton it was well-worn and repaired in several places, it still has part of an old label
another child’s head covering I’ve had for many years
the design is very fine chain stitch on cotton and it has wonderful cotton rag tassels
the construction is fairly crude machine stitching
the surface fabric is backed with an open weave cotton and only some of the decorative stitches go through both layers
I can only guess at the origin of these pieces
and wonder about the little heads that wore them
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precious! reminds me of a friend who used to go to oman a lot and had lots of cloth hats from there. but since they are not something she wears back here, she turns them upside down and keeps her keys and such inside. speaking of little heads, reminds me of susan tweit’s wonderful story: http://susanjtweit.com/2012/06/completing-a-circle-an-artifact-returns-home.html/
Aimee – your friend has it right, I was first attracted to the hat because of how it is pieced/constructed and thought it could make an interesting type basket. Susan’s story is heartwarming.
Beautiful children’s hats, Jean.
Hi Myra – they really “speak” to me