As the wedding season begins with lots of Easter weddings I always like to make a few neutral headband pieces and things that ladies can just come into the shop and team up with their outfit.
Everyone has such busy lives and often there is no time to have a bespoke piece made, however that does not mean that you can't have something original.
Both of these can be worn to a wedding or special event the first is made from pinopk, vintage petersham ribbon and veiling, the bottom one is all petersham ribbon, lace feather and a single button at the back.
It's also great to think that as they are simple colours you will be able to use them again.
I made some felt feathers many months ago, but only used them for a few trims. However in the week I needed to make something in felt for a lady to wear with a trouser suit and anything too fancy looked wrong, she liked the idea of feathers but they were too light and had decided she would like to have something made in felt. Hey presto felt feathers came to the rescue. I used two colours to tie in with her outfit and covered a headband in silk.I did have to sew a fine wire on the reverse side in order that I could twist the felt into a feather like shape. The result was very striking. Here's a few pictures of some I have made since then, I added small beads to two and also made a couple of leaves.
This is for a wedding on saturday so I hope they can make it to their venue.!! Very cold here in the U.K. at the moment.
