Pansies for a summer wedding

  Each piece of silk is first stiffened and when dry cut out into the petal shape you require. You then need to create a  centre for your flower with a bead or something that can be wired. Then you can start to wrap your petals around the wire and curl them into shape. Light navy veiling was sewn to the navy fine straw button and the pansies anchored it to the hat.

A small silk clutch bag in a deep pink was made to compliment the flowers. Really pretty.!

 

Magenta Magic

Just finished and for sale in the shop a sculpted sinamay hat with a circular trim which as such isn't a trim but somehow stands out much more.
I do love hats that have a strong shape and little or minimum trims they are always the ones that I like to wear myself.
I bought myself a little button hat block last week and I shall be using it to block a new piece [can't wait to use it] I will post a picture soon.
I also made a pretty ivory crin headband with a coral lace frond that has little seed beads sewn up the spine.
Lastly a big teal pedal straw hat perfect for anything outside, if we ever get a summer again !

 

 

 

A Cumbrian Wedding

It was great to see that Ellen a bride I made a hat for last year had her wedding featured on the unstoppable wedding blog RockNRollBride this morning. There was a post last year about the little felt hat and the gorgeous Liberty Freedom who are very kindly loaning me some clothing for a shoot next Thursday.