Before I can start combining all the elements I have (so far) on the hat, I needed to construct the ribbon going around the hat. As you may recall from earlier posts, I want to incorporate the Gemma on the hat as the knot of the bow at the bag of the hat. I could have used the ribbon that came attached to the hat to form the bow, but it was black and I didn't feel this was an Easter/springtime colour so I swapped it for an orange ribbon. Well...that was after very, very gently easing off the black ribbon, which the manufacturer had fixed onto the hat (with glue) extremely well!
I used some double sided sticky tape to keep the ribbon in place as I wrapped it around the hat and then used some stitches (with orange thread) to help it stay there. At the back I just crossed over the 2 ends where they met and tacked them in place.
To make the bows, I took 2 16cm strips of the ribbon and folded them over on themselves.
These were then tacked onto the hat.
In the middle of the bow, the Gemma will reside. Something like I have mocked up in the next picture with a purple disc showing where the Gemma would go:
Now the bow has been constructed and the flowers have been made, the next step is to sew everything (NeoPixels, Gemma, et al.) onto the hat. Exciting, apprehensive times ahead!
