The Alamo

[WalterF]

Complete

[WalterF]

Making the pendant for Gini was my purpose in tooling a tiny flower, this is a completed one and she was happy so job accomplished.

[WalterF]

A brooch

[WalterF]

Had a little spare time tonight, working on tiny tooling and did a little petal lifting.

[YinTx]

On 12/7/2025 at 1:13 PM, WalterF said:

Worked on some more hatbands

 

Those came out well.  heck all your stuff is looking good!  I've always wanted to make some hat bands, but I've always wondered how to make them if you don't know the size of the hat it will end up on, and how they are attached to the hat.  Any pointers?

[WalterF]

2 hours ago, YinTx said:

Those came out well.  heck all your stuff is looking good!  I've always wanted to make some hat bands, but I've always wondered how to make them if you don't know the size of the hat it will end up on, and how they are attached to the hat.  Any pointers?

Thank you, I use a soft tape to measure the circumference of it and and some if using a concho, on my first one made a connector strap for the back to fit it. This way it will fit different hats with a new backstrap. On the one with the concho you could make some extra hole on the bottom piece for adjustment. For fit try to make it snug so it stays on the hat, be careful if to snug it will make the hat tight, could use a dab  of hot glue for added security or a stitch. For me being able to remove it easily for cleaning or changing bands cause I made a different one.

 

Added photos to show, hope this helps.

[WalterF]

Forgot could do  a ranger belt style buckle set-up, I want to try this.