I’ve seen this style of hat in fashion plates from the end of the 1790s through to about 1810-ish, but there was one particular image from 1809 that i loved – simple and stylish,with a twist of blue ribbon and a feathered plume.. I decided to try it. No instruction, no drawings, just a notion in my head of what I wanted to go.  Experimental straw millinery – lets do this!