Peacock Feather Retro Beret

 

 

 

Peacock feathers are really my favourite feather as I love their vibrant colours. This teal straw blocked beret has a group of feathers anchored with a silk covered button, which was the exact colour of the ladies suit.
I stripped the feathers from the bottom and sewed each one to the teal quill that curls across the beret adding height. For the lining I used a peacock coloured raw silk. It looked great nestled in it's red spotty box and proved to be a very striking hat. I am really looking forward to seeing pictures from the wedding.

1930's Silk Beret

 

 

 

 

Yesterday I finished this lovely little silk beret trimmed with veiling and semi precious beads. It's for a wedding next Saturday and the reception will be held at a very beautiful old tearooms called Betty's in Harrogate North Yorkshire.
The lady has a vintage style deep emerald dress and shoes in the same colour as the hat.
My vintage hat block was used to create the shape as I had sandwiched two pieces of raw silk using buckram as the medium to hold them together. After removing it from the block I gently steamed the silk back on itself then added a hat elastic, binding and the trim.Voila! one silk beret ready to wear.