Celebrating 9 Years Of Hat Therapy

So on Saturday there will be much to celebrate as you can see by my notice at the top of the page.

The shop has been dressed with foliage, lights, tartan clad mannequins made from chicken wire with ivy skirts and fairy lights for the windows.

Lots of lovely hats and accessories have been made with a last dash of making tomorrow and Friday in preparation for Saturday.

I guess it is an achievement these days to survive in business and it's good to have lots of people who have purchased hats and accessories in the shop for a festive drink and food to say 'cheers'.

Christmas is really drawig closer so we have a great selection of smaller gift ideas as well.

All made with fabric using millinery techniques and trimmimgs.

If you are local or planning to visit Hebden Bridge please feel free to drop in anytime 10am till 5pm.

Boiled wool And Taffeta

A carpet of leaves have started to fall everywhere.I love the colours,shapes and patterns that they make.

This week I went to my local library and spotted sitting on the shelf the new Vivienne Westwood auto biography, It was the first time it had been displayed for loaning and I was the first person to take it out. It felt very special with only the one return date stamped on the front sleeve.

Ive only read a little so far but it's good and very detailed were the story begins in Paris fashion week.

I then went fabric shopping which is never a chore and found some grey boiled wool, damson taffeta, and a few other nice pieces of winter fabrics.

So I got busy with Evangeline and together we made a few hats and neck wraps.

A few have sold straight away, I think fabric speaks to you as you spot it and it's what constantly draws people into the shop, fabric, shape, and tone.

I'm looking forward to using more this week and seeing which shapes we will create.

Also need to create a Halloween window or my daughter will not be too pleased.