So very hot... [the video was shot in Grand Canyon - which is always very hot in July]
My ancient sun hat is looking the worse for wear. Round the rim the straw is fraying and shredding. But it's comfy, it squashes into a bag, and it does its job.
I am very fond of it. I found some beige tape in the Great Stash, an almost perfect match. I folded it round the edge, and fixed it with my quilting clips.
I sat in the cool lounge, and sewed it in place. I pressed and pleated my scarf** and tacked that back round the crown. It should last another summer or two.
I really don't want to spend money on a new one.
** the correct name for a pleated scarf wrapped round a hat like this is a puggaree.You can actually buy them online from millinery suppliers [here] [this comes from the East Indian word pagri meaningturban or scarf]
Do you have a sunhat? What is is made of - straw or fabric?
You did a good job (as always) renewing your sun hat. :) I do have a sun hat, which is made of straw. Several years ago, I hot glued a pink ribbon around the rim to prevent it from fraying!
I have a cotten hat with flowers on , it does the job well but I always feel like one of Ken Dodds diddy men in it, especialy as I seem to be shrinking a bit!! Keep cool.Val
Ah, I had a sort of material/strawy hat a couple of years ago that unravelled and I didn't have the skills to fix it! Shouldve sent it to Ang!!😁 Well done!! Good job! I have various hats (as you know) but mainly wear the straw ones in the Summer!
Straw hats are obvs eco-friendly because eventually they will biodegrade. But that does mean the old favourites start to disintegrate over the years ☀️👒👍😉
I have a much loved M and S cotton hat of similar shape to yours. It can wash in the machine and I have put new tape on the inside a number of times. Most folk think it’s a bit wacky but I just tell them to be grateful it’s not red! Catriona
Good morning Angela, I think your sun hat repairs are marvellous, I'm a great fan of make do and mend. I have a sun hat that scrunches up into a bag and then springs back into shape. I think it is made of a mixture of materials, the .hat is so old the label is completely faded. I pin flower clips and tie different scarves to it to ring the changes. We will need the sun hats today methinks. Stay as cool as you can. Regards SueH
Hi Sue - my hat used to have a little sunflower pin (I think it was from one of the cancer charities) but it fell off somewhere. Ringing the changes with scarves and pins is a good idea
I have three sunhats, a folding Panama which lives in the car alongside husband's hat. They're both in their storage tubes, so are stored in the boot, ready when we need them. I also have another two sunhats, my favourite which I bought many years ago is 56% cotton, 44% paper mix, big, floppy, and ties on in breezy weather. The other is a cheap 100% paper one, which I bought in June last year, on holiday. Our Panamas were in the car, which was about a mile away when the clouds lifted and the sun burst through, so £8 later I had a new hat! Somewhere we both have Tilley hats, bought when we were younger, more active and did a lot of hill walking and hiking, but they were put away years ago, and since we moved to the bungalow have vanished. They'll be in the loft, where you could possibly find Lord Lucan, and he'd be riding Shergar, our loft is huge and magical, things put up there just vanish! X
I have a genuine Tilley - bought years ago - in really heavy rain when in Scotland (and my hat back at the holiday cottage) it seemed expensive at the time, but in terms of cost-per-wear I have really had my money's worth. Lofts are a.whole other issue. There is not room for Shergar in mine. But if Harrison Ford called round, I'm sure he could find the Holy Grail, and other relics in amongst the Sylvanian Families, nativity costumes, and kilometres of bunting stored up there...
My hat is nearly 50 years old, made of navy lacy polypropylene (back in the day we didn’t worry about plastics). I have restitched it as it is made of flat strips rather like a straw hat. I have a puggaree too! Thanks for the new word. Thanks to Bess I can now repair my straw hat that the car boot lid chewed.
I have a straw sunhat which I bought from a shop at Heathrow Airport in 2009 and has been used constantly both at home and abroad. It is similar to yours, but the slightly longer brim curls upwards and the hat can be squashed down. When we went to Egypt I bought an old fashioned cricket hat which I brightened up with different scarves around the crown. You are so clever in prolonging the life of things.
I think it is wonderful that so many of these comments refer to genuinely ancient sunhats which have been around for decades. It sounds like you have kept yours going for ages too, Joan!
I probably can hold the record here for the oldest sunhat. I still have the Panama hat that I had to wear to school back in the 1950s! I put a ribbon around it to replace the school ribbon. I think the idea of a pleated scarf would be good for it. I also have a large hat made out of some kind of ribbon and a small cotton one.
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You did a good job (as always) renewing your sun hat. :) I do have a sun hat, which is made of straw. Several years ago, I hot glued a pink ribbon around the rim to prevent it from fraying!
ReplyDeleteHot glue was a good solution Bless. It would hold the straw firmly and give extra strength and firmness to the rim.
DeleteI have a cotten hat with flowers on , it does the job well but I always feel like one of Ken Dodds diddy men in it, especialy as I seem to be shrinking a bit!! Keep cool.Val
ReplyDeleteQuirkiness is a requirement of sunhat wearing - my neighbour says I look like Milly-Molly-Mandy in mine! ☀️👒👍
DeleteAh, I had a sort of material/strawy hat a couple of years ago that unravelled and I didn't have the skills to fix it! Shouldve sent it to Ang!!😁 Well done!! Good job! I have various hats (as you know) but mainly wear the straw ones in the Summer!
ReplyDeleteStraw hats are obvs eco-friendly because eventually they will biodegrade. But that does mean the old favourites start to disintegrate over the years ☀️👒👍😉
DeleteI have a much loved M and S cotton hat of similar shape to yours. It can wash in the machine and I have put new tape on the inside a number of times. Most folk think it’s a bit wacky but I just tell them to be grateful it’s not red! Catriona
ReplyDeleteCotton and washable is good, esp for people who are prone to perspiring foreheads!
DeleteGood morning Angela, I think your sun hat repairs are marvellous, I'm a great fan of make do and mend. I have a sun hat that scrunches up into a bag and then springs back into shape. I think it is made of a mixture of materials, the .hat is so old the label is completely faded. I pin flower clips and tie different scarves to it to ring the changes. We will need the sun hats today methinks. Stay as cool as you can. Regards SueH
ReplyDeleteHi Sue - my hat used to have a little sunflower pin (I think it was from one of the cancer charities) but it fell off somewhere. Ringing the changes with scarves and pins is a good idea
DeleteI have three sunhats, a folding Panama which lives in the car alongside husband's hat. They're both in their storage tubes, so are stored in the boot, ready when we need them.
ReplyDeleteI also have another two sunhats, my favourite which I bought many years ago is 56% cotton, 44% paper mix, big, floppy, and ties on in breezy weather. The other is a cheap 100% paper one, which I bought in June last year, on holiday. Our Panamas were in the car, which was about a mile away when the clouds lifted and the sun burst through, so £8 later I had a new hat!
Somewhere we both have Tilley hats, bought when we were younger, more active and did a lot of hill walking and hiking, but they were put away years ago, and since we moved to the bungalow have vanished. They'll be in the loft, where you could possibly find Lord Lucan, and he'd be riding Shergar, our loft is huge and magical, things put up there just vanish! X
I have a genuine Tilley - bought years ago - in really heavy rain when in Scotland (and my hat back at the holiday cottage) it seemed expensive at the time, but in terms of cost-per-wear I have really had my money's worth. Lofts are a.whole other issue. There is not room for Shergar in mine. But if Harrison Ford called round, I'm sure he could find the Holy Grail, and other relics in amongst the Sylvanian Families, nativity costumes, and kilometres of bunting stored up there...
DeleteMy hat is nearly 50 years old, made of navy lacy polypropylene (back in the day we didn’t worry about plastics). I have restitched it as it is made of flat strips rather like a straw hat. I have a puggaree too! Thanks for the new word. Thanks to Bess I can now repair my straw hat that the car boot lid chewed.
ReplyDeleteSorry, meant to say Bless.
ReplyDeleteYes, thanks Bless for the hot-glue idea. A true Hot Tip. But BE CAREFUL my friends, hot glue guns can give nasty burns if you aren't careful.
DeleteI have a straw sunhat which I bought from a shop at Heathrow Airport in 2009 and has been used constantly both at home and abroad. It is similar to yours, but the slightly longer brim curls upwards and the hat can be squashed down. When we went to Egypt I bought an old fashioned cricket hat which I brightened up with different scarves around the crown.
ReplyDeleteYou are so clever in prolonging the life of things.
I think it is wonderful that so many of these comments refer to genuinely ancient sunhats which have been around for decades. It sounds like you have kept yours going for ages too, Joan!
DeleteThat is an excellent repair!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite pale pink trilby style sunhat is in need of repair too.
I bet you look dead cool in that trilby!
DeleteI 'had' a sunhat, but after moving twice last year I cannot find it anywhere. I only found my wellies last week ... hidden under Alan's stairs!
ReplyDeleteThe sunhat will turn up at Christmas I expect!
DeleteI probably can hold the record here for the oldest sunhat. I still have the Panama hat that I had to wear to school back in the 1950s! I put a ribbon around it to replace the school ribbon. I think the idea of a pleated scarf would be good for it. I also have a large hat made out of some kind of ribbon and a small cotton one.
ReplyDeleteThat definitely sounds like the oldest hat today!
DeleteSpeaking of things turning up the odd socks have appeared after about three months to be reunited with their siblings.
ReplyDeleteBest foot forward then
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