Purchased santa hats after christmas .25 cents ea. , they are fully lined with silky fabric. Easy to make. the handles are plastic tubing with ribbon run through I used Velcro to close them with after appliq. the initial on a piece of white satin.(Emb. does not do well on the fuzzy material of hat, buries itself) these are for Christmas 2013 for my 2 Great G. daughters Kapri and Abby/Lillian
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145791Dear Lillian these are just gorgeous and I know your great grand-daughters will love them. I love the applique initial too. Love Chris
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140717Lovely work Lillian and you are so well organised thinking about next Christmas. Hugs Sarah.
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255050I have made a ton of these but I never thought about adding the satin applique it really makes them stand out, great idea!!!
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Isn't this cute!!! Great idea and stitching!! Hugs, Laura*
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96266Neat way to use the hat. Found a free Santa Hat Purse Tuturial on the Zippy site. The direct link didn't work so I typed in the search.
www.zippydesignz.com
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89895What a brillant idea..
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by lbrow
13 Feb 2013
Not my own idea it came from the zippy site. I dl the tutorial last yr. Thank you/Lillian
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38558Oh now i wish I had bought ALL those santa hats after Christmas !! This is a wonderul project for next Christmas ! I hope I remember this one. Thanks for the idea ! Hope all is well .
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by lbrow
13 Feb 2013
thanks Betsy, we are doing better. You can maybe still find some . I know some of the stores still have their Christmas stuff marked way down./Lillian
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299559I put those up in a forum in 2005 and have seen a lot since in different variations.I am glad you found them and can use them.
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by lbrow
13 Feb 2013
Thank you. I came up with these from a tutorial at zippy site that I DL last yr/Lillian
1167Talk about thinking outside of the hat. I love this idea you know their friends will be wanting one too.
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by lbrow
13 Feb 2013
Well they are still real young, ages 3 and the other will be 2 in May. the 3 yr. old will be 4 this coming Dec. the other 2ill be 2 in May. thank you/Lillian
3308Great find. I made these for my GD's a couple of years ago and they loved them. Your GD's will too.
I have a box that I keep all the stuff I make for gifts to be given. Made the mistake once of hiding something and when the birthday came around, I couldn't remember where I hid it.
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by jerrib
13 Feb 2013
We all just have so much on the go, and its so easy to forget the hiding places. My kids are on their own, so I don't need to hide them anymore, but still keep everything in the same spot...
by lbrow
13 Feb 2013
LOL I've done that on several occasions and would have to go and buy something else, now I have one Cedar chest that I put all gifts in as I make or buy them and that way I never lose them anymore. Problem is, sometimes I forget who I made what for. LOL Getting old is the pitts/Lillian
by jerrib
14 Feb 2013
Well there is an easy fix for that Lillian, just put a little note on the gift,then you will remember. I also make a list on my computer in excel and put the name and gift so I remember too. Yes getting old is the pits
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29237Wowwwwwwww what a deal 25 cents i love it and love your c/mas purse hugs carolyn
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360641Great idea these are darling for sure. Hope you got a remember where you put them spot.
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by lbrow
13 Feb 2013
Got 1 special place for all gifts so I won't lose them these days. thanks Lillian
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