As you may recall, I posted my hat Fiona hat tutorial the other week (see post here). As part of my initial run on the hat, the ears decided to be rebellious and not stand up. I couldn't leave the hat with the ears not standing. When I looked at the hat it was almost like the ears were mocking me. So, I ripped the stitch that I had hand stitched shut on the bottom edge of the hat (one I used to turn the entire hat right side out). I turned the hat inside out again. I ripped the stitches holding the ears in place. This time inside of stitching the ears closed, I stitched around the edge of them to the edge of the opening, thus leaving the bottom of the ears open.
Next I took some of the foam floral wire I had (man there sure is a lot on a roll) and created larger shaping for the ears. Large enough that the wire stuck out through the bottom of the ears. I bend the ends up. and hand stitched these in place.
Viola! The ears finally stood. I ran the wire down the sides of the ears along the ear seams. Looking back on it, it would probably be better to run the wire in the front and back (not on the seams). But oh well, they stand up now. :)
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