Usually I´m very carefull with expensive and high-quality panama-hat bodies. But sometimes, everything goes wrong.
I wanted a yellow cartwheel with lace on the edge. But after finishing, the hat looked a bit “aside”. I removed the lace, but had to life with the fact, that some clearly visible sewing-holes remained. I simply couldn´t wear the hat this way. So in the end it turned out to be a asymmetrical cloche. I stayed with black & yellow, but let alone the lace. Instead I took some vintage petersham ribbon, old velvet and a handmade vintage flower. Now everything is satisfying and I wear the hat a lot.
And after all, I made another cartwheel from the same material and color!