![]() I attached these with a leather cord and then hotglued these to the center medallion from the back by the magnet. Then I could not find all of the beads I needed so I sanded down some larger beads and painted them. ![]() A magnet set was hot glued to add this onto the bottom layer of feathers and felt. This was backed with hairs from a dollar tree paint brush (dyed to match the original). It was hot glued to a two layer stack of suede leather, one off white, one black, that had been star edge cut with crafter's scissors. The center piece medallion was cut from a soda can bottom and embossed with a steel round tip stylus then painted with a custom mix of black and clear nail polish. The laminated snake band had an elastic cloth band hot glued to connect the ends, making a removable hat band. I first wrapped the entire hat in an amazing, non destructive wrap, Reynold's brand Press and Seal. I did not want to damage the hat so there is some intricate straps and magnets involved. View attachment 1578409 View attachment 1578410 I found the snake skin pattern online and printed it on a high definition laser printer at our local shipping store. Cloth beading/roping (boot lace) was glued on the edge of my laser prints (laminated) of rattle snake skins. The first layer of feathers was hotglued to a 2 inch square of felt cloth (not to the hat) that also had its own elastic band added to make it a removable part. The hat work was extremely intense and much of it was new to me. ![]() ![]() I purchased a Stetson hat and then dug through my mom's incredible pile of craft feathers and furs. Earlier in the year, I put together this Kid Rock impersonation cosplay. ![]()
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