+II-29 First Bloom Hat

Intermediate Level  14"wide x 151/4" high 166 pieces. First Bloom Hat is a sun hat with lots of flowers, daffodils, poppy, daisy, tulips and miscellaneous little flowers, with a red ribbon bow. Woods Used: Peroba Rosa (orange/yellow), Red Heart, Yellow Heart, Holly, Basswood (hat), and Peruvian Walnut for the dark, 1/8" maple/birch dowels. Suggested Blades:  Gold #5 for Western Red Cedar or any softwood. Pegas MG-3,  Platinum Plus #5,  Platinum #5,  TLB #5  for the hardwoods.  PLP-2/0, or TLB #2/0 to cut the interior lines (after the exterior lines are cut). Texturing: The Mini Wheel was used to texture the hat. The basswood was so soft it was hard to keep from going too deep. If you use a harder wood a  Wonder Wheel would work great. I used the wheel to detail the leaves. Click here to see Judy's video on how to prepare the wheel for texturing and for how to use the Wonder Wheel.  I added lots of instructions to help make this fun hat.  Some are printed on the pattern and some on the photo of the finished piece.