Easy sew trim

Last week I went along to a 1940's event at the Hebden Bridge W.I. which was great fun with victory rolls and kiss curl hair do's and me with vintage inspired hats and headbands.

This was a little easy to sew project that I made to show how easy it is to make a little trim to add to your hat using very little. (as would have been true in the 40's)

Made with 3 biot feathers, a vintage button, petersham ribbon and a brooch pin.

When it's sewn together add it to a hat or coat collar for an instant trim.

Peacock

Peacock feather's are just so beautiful and I love to use them with a contrasting silk,this one is a double thread silk of peacock blue and red giving it a deep rich hue.

This piece sits to the right side of the head sloping down past the right eye.

The vintage button used to anchor the two pieces together is a soft pearl grey and very beautiful.

I have sewn the silk twists on to a headband so there are no worries about positioning, just pop on and go.!

Vintage buttons & cocktail frippery

As you may have noticed I very often use vintage buttons on my hats and accessories, as I just love them for their simplicity and beauty.
This morning I went to a local antique fair where I found these Delicious little gems, plus two vintage prints of hats.
All in all a very good outing as I have most of my materials sent via post or courier and getting a pass to leave the workshop gets very difficult these days.!!
The material pictured above is crin, which comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes, it twists and turns to create great shapes, of course it does need a little persuasion.
I will take photographs of my hat prints as they too are just delightful and I will be torn between hanging them in the shop or just keeping them for myself at home.
I have some nice ideas for my buttons already but I'll keep you posted on that later.