The Washington times., 1910-05-27
.HAND-PA PAINTED HATS
THE LATEST FANCY
Clever Women Can Produce
Them At a Very Modest
Cost.

With few tubes OF color. an IN
trimmed hat OF fine straw al4 a little
ume, the woman who can paint flowers
can produce a CONNECTION for her head
such as the less clever woman is forced
10 pay so. SO. or 800 TO secure.
Hand painted hats are one OF the
latest fancies Of the season, for tie
hrst Of Them being only lately imported.
those that are well done are really
I exquisite. and they have the advantage
OF requiring little trimming.
The first step for the woman who
wants TO crown her locks with one OF
these hand-painted hats, and doesn't
care 70 pay out a handful Of dollars.
IS 10 buy an untrimmed hat Of some
becoming shape. IL should be vide
I brimmed, for toques and turbans do
not lend themselves % this style OF
l decoration.
Also It should be Of some nne straw.
LeghOrn or Panama or something Of
mat sort. Rough straw IS difficult 70
paint and would not snow on the de-
sign so we'll
The color Of the straw should be white
or cream since these afford the best
background for the painted flowers.
Inc next Uing Is 70 make a natteru
OF the brim Of the hat and Inc TON ~
the crown III stin light brown paper.
these being the parts that are pa-fnfed
The floral deEiSn should be drawn on
the pattern, and then cut out with a
pair OF sharp scissors, that it may be
stenciled on the hat
PTettiest Designs.
The pre-tiest designs are vines bear
ing bunches Of blossoms. Wistaria. for
instance, IS very effective. Small bunch
e. Of flowers. roses or viOlets or
orchids. dotted at intervals over the hat
are prett., too On one hat Just i'm
ported were painted punches composed
OF two or three pink roses, a few
4 leaves and some bright blue forget-me-
nots- The flower clusters by the way,
should not be over three inches long.
The outlining color used IN stencil
iuR the design on the hat should be
one that viii sink in With The distinc-
tive hue Of the hat. and II must be
put or with q steady hand. for a wav-
ering outline spells the effect The
outline finished. the body color should
BE- laid on with a Fat brush, as rap
I idly as possible
Best Paints to Use.
The hat is meant to appear a mono
I tone background for the floral deco
ration. and the color Of the back
( ground must be one that viii harmon
ize with the flowers The flowers may
/ have several coIors and may be very
elaborate, but they are most effective
! when simple IN design and broadly
done, with as few coIors as possible.
The paints known as tapestry dyes
are best for this work thew are mex
2 pensive and they come ready prepared
in liquid form, so that they sink read
ily into the straw, changing its color
completely A great deal Of care
must be taken 10 apply the body color
evenly. as a blOJChed effect spells the
work II is we'll 10 practice on some
old hat or piece Of straw before IN
Certakiug the new hat
The painting done, the rest is very
simple. Much trimming would only
detTaCt from the real decoration. 4
charming model seen at a wedding
lately mad a background OF robins
egg blue. with little punches or pink
and yellow roses 81 intervals on the
hrim, just as If they had fallen there-
/ 4 wide strand OF blue maiiue was laid
/ loosely about the crown. held in place
I by small fat boWs OF velvet ribbon.
yellow. 10 match the soft zone OF the
/ painted yellow rose petals