Are you invited to a Kentucky Derby party and have to dress the party but don’t want to spend a lot on a hat you’ll wear once? Try this fun DIY and make your own Kentucky Derby Hat with a removable component so you don’t ruin your hat base!
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This year one of my besties turned 40 and we helped throw a Kentucky Derby themed “Run for the Rose” (the wine) since the party was being held ON derby day. I was provided copy for the invitation design that read “don your derby hat and bowties” encouraging guests to dress the part.
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I knew I wanted to DIY my own one-time-wear Kentucky Derby hat and decided to call back the DIY floral technique I did for my wedding back in 2012.
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DIY Kentucky Derby Hat Supplies:
- Black hat base (found this one at Kohls)
- White tulle
- White satin fabric
- Fabric scrap piece or ribbon
- White Felt
- Beads
- Needle and Thread
- Candle
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If you look back to that post about my hairpiece, this technique is a fun one to make due to the candle aspect of the design! Yes satin style fabric curls when put near a heat source, like that of a candle flame, so it’s a fun way to create ruffled edges layered florals. Just make sure you’re safe in where you have your candle, like on top of a stovetop, and that you don’t actually burn the fabric.
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The key to this is to cut different sized circles and to layer the pieces with circles of white tulle.
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To bring in my party’s black/white/pink color palette a little more, I sewed in a few pink wood beads in the center.
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To make this a temporary design, I used a pieces of black fabric around the brim and velcro to attach it together. White felt was used as a base to pin all the flowers on so it would stay up a little higher on the hat. This was then pinned to the hat.
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I loved the off center look of this floral set on this DIY Kentucky Derby hat. Check out my Instagram reel to see this hat being made!
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See all the details on this Kentucky Derby 40th birthday bash, including this DIY backdrop here!
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