Getting Back To Normal

These last two weeks have flown past since I re opened. It's been a while since I had a moment to blog but I just kept taking pictures to document progress and be able to share them. 

After much cleaning, painting of furniture, sourcing of new items and making decisions about 'everything' the shop and workroom are really shaping up. There's still a few snagging jobs to finish and a set of lights to buy for the workroom, but basically it's FINISHED !

With lots of new products and gorgeous new fabrics to cut into it's a joy to come down to work,even though I'm not quite sure where everything is yet.

Thank you to everyone who came and helped me celebrate and of course if you couldn't make it you are still very welcome to pop in anytime. Sadly all the pimms has long gone but there's always tea or coffee.

I hope you like the new look of the shop. It feels like an entirely new space,the workroom is now more visible so you can see what's being made and has a new layout too.The need to keep tidy is alarming !

So now it's back to making. cutting and shaping with the odd bit of baking!

Let me know what you think.

chrissie x

Liberty Print Trim

 

I am a big fan of Liberty fabric and love to use it in various ways when sewing. This two tone sinamay blocked button hat has a wire which I have bound in Liberty print to create a spiral trim. If I was going to a wedding myself I would be keeping this one to wear.!

New designs New on line shop

 

As it is now officially summer wedding season here in  the U.K. I like many other milliners am very busy making hats and head wear for lovely summer weddings. It's unseasonably cold at the moment [no change there really] but the ladies are not letting that stop them from wearing gorgeous outfits and creative head pieces.
I am also busy re stocking my shop on What I always wanted  here's a couple of the designs modelled by artist Julia Ogden  who is aslo my neighbour. They will all be for sale next week on their site.
My other project is keeping me up late at night and as the words describe I shall soon have my own on line boutique where there will be a selection of everything I sell in the real shop from head wear to scarves and accessories. I will post a 'fanfare' when it's good to go.!
Also this week in the post was a Finnish wedding magazine that I have been featured in, I can't read it but never mind. All those ace pic's from Toast of Leeds speak for themselves.