{"id":64,"date":"2007-04-16T21:47:13","date_gmt":"2007-04-16T20:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kuki.deprada.net\/?p=64"},"modified":"2007-04-16T21:50:35","modified_gmt":"2007-04-16T20:50:35","slug":"making-a-cloche-hat-from-the-italian-hat-block-trimming-off-excess-felt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.deprada.net\/?p=64","title":{"rendered":"Making a cloche hat from the italian hat block &#8211; trimming off excess felt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/242\/461919940_ce586535ab_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Trimming the felt off with a scotch paper cutter - click to enlarge\" alt=\"Trimming the felt off with a scotch paper cutter - click to enlarge\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/242\/461919940_bb823819b4.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>The hat came out of the block quite easily. I had pulled it well under to avoid pinning on the brim of the block (it&#8217;s quite a fragile block), but then I had to cut a lot of the extra felt in order to pull it out. It&#8217;s always\u00a0tricky to cut felt while it&#8217;s still on the block because one risks cutting down to the wood and damaging the block. Well, here you have a good solution. I tried it and it works, the new <a title=\"Link to the paper cutter's page on 3M's website\" href=\"http:\/\/solutions.3m.com\/wps\/portal\/3M\/en_US\/home_office\/home\/product_information\/paper_cutter\/\" target=\"_blank\">3M\/Scotch paper cutter<\/a>. A clever little invention that believe it or not will cut through felt, making it safe for your block, because the blade is protected in such a way that it will not enter in contact with the wood.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/232\/461927695_f026f56cbd_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Another view of the cutter - click to enlarge\" alt=\"Another view of the cutter - click to enlarge\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/232\/461927695_e3dc2f059c.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"uneven edge after trimming all around\" alt=\"uneven edge after trimming all around\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/249\/461927263_6443ac71e1_m.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/>One has to be careful when using the cutter because if you apply to much force you might end up\u00a0cutting something you didn&#8217;t want to cut!\u00a0After cutting all around there could be an uneven edge that needs to be trimmed with scissors.<br \/>\nIn the end I cut the felt closer to the edge, because it looks nicer on the finished hat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/232\/461919750_a5db538c72_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"After trimming the felt - click to enlarge\" alt=\"After trimming the felt - click to enlarge\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/232\/461919750_9e14807291.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hat came out of the block quite easily. I had pulled it well under to avoid pinning on the brim of the block (it&#8217;s quite a fragile block), but then I had to cut a lot of the extra felt in order to pull it out. It&#8217;s always\u00a0tricky to cut felt while it&#8217;s still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cloche-from-italian-block","category-millinery-projects","category-millinery-techniques"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.deprada.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.deprada.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.deprada.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.deprada.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.deprada.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.deprada.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.deprada.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.deprada.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.deprada.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}