[Sewing] Stupid Cake Hat

Today I took better pictures of the stupid cake hat I made yesterday.

I was tired of waiting for the Melty Chocolate cake hat to show up on second hand sales, and also I am trying to reduce the fabric pile I have at home, so I thought, "why not making my own damn cake hat?"

I used leftovers of materials I had at home, especially leftovers of lace fabric and leftovers of the wool I used to make a coat a long time ago.

I didn't wanted to spend not even a penny on this, so no felt fabric - one, because I am full of bills to pay, and two, because it would be more leftovers to handle later. I used some corduroy to make the letters and tried to embroider all around it. I still need to improve this hability, but looks just fine for the first attempt.

I also used some leftovers of pink pearls I had here. It was very satisfatory to embroider them all around the letters, and double satisfying when I used deffective pearls that had two pearls glued together - the ones I am not able to use to make necklaces. I feel that I am giving it a good use after all.

If you watch closely around the letters, you will see the lace pattern. Initially, I was going to paint the wool in a pink color, but again, I didn't wanted to spend money on this, so I sewed the lace over the wool to make it more pink. The improvised solution gave some texture to the cake after all. I used it on the top and on the sides. The lace was taken off a dress I was going to give away.

I am not very happy with the final result, maybe because that's too OTT for me; maybe because it was so damn tiring to make. But it is kinda cute looking. I just think I am going to need a huge wig to match with it, and maybe that's the reason I didn't liked it. Being a daily lolita is a lot more easier (and more comfy) than wearing an OTT outfit.