Hat Blocking

I have had an afternoon of blocking, lots of neutral tones in fine straw and sinamay ready to create a couple of orders.

The creamy ivory fine straw with the rippled brim is being made for the shop and I love the way the straw will mould into organic swirls.

However when it comes to stabilising the edge and creating a small silk edge the hand sewing gets rather tricky but with a little patience it's soon whipped into shape.

At the weekend it was great to see a hat of mine on the front cover of The Yorkshire Post, the photo shoot from last month was in their weekend magazine and there was a five page spread.

Very nice thank you very much.!

This coming Monday I have a bridal shoot which I am really looking forward to. Their will be some very talented suppliers involved so as soon as there are a photographs I shall get them on the blog.

Cocktails and Magnolias

The Magnolia tree outside the workroom at the back of the shop is in bloom at the moment and is just perfect. The shape and colours are really beautiful and very inspiring.

Spring weddings are in full swing now and every day we are making different head wear to compliment many different outfits. There have been some striking ones this week.

This little button cocktail hat was made to match a silk 60's inspired dress so I used a little of the fabric to create a flower.

I sandwiched together different tones of sinamay to get a tonal match and it worked really well.

Later this month I have arranged a  photographic shoot for some of my bridal pieces in a disused chapel which will be a brilliant backdrop and I am looking forward to posting the pictures at the end of the month.

Happy Easter

Easter weekend and I hope this lovely sunshine will continue. Early in the week I was in Helmsley in North Yorkshire and the weather was beautiful. I took a few pictures of inspiring spots and the light was paticularly pretty.
Hat making continues with some interesting bespoke pieces and lots of everyday cotton hats. This lunchtime the postman arrived with a few roll up Panama hats in various shades and they are all gorgeous. Pop in soon  if you fancy one they sell very quickly.  Happy Easter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Ya Bike!

 

 

 

 

'A boy a girl and a bike' A classic tale of boy meets girl set in a northern mill town, the girls belonged to a cycling club, the boy 'a posh bloke' knocked one of them off their bike and a romance blossomed.
Shot in 1949 around Huddersfield staring Dorris Day and Honor Blackman this old movie seemed a perfect title to style our own version for a photo shoot especially with the Tour de France passing through town this summer.

 

 

So together with a talented team of people, Debbi the owner of  Hair salon Zeitgeist and myself produced the necessary goods for the occasion. She cut and styled hair and boy can she cut hair, I took care of the head wear and Rachel Lucie made some perfect jewellery .
Hebden Bridge has plenty of opportunities for photographic backdrops but of course getting a great picture requires a little magic. This of course came from the talented lens of Shelly Mantovani of Toast Photography
who quite frankly never seems to take anything other than brilliant shots.
There are lots more photographs which I will pop on the blog soon.
Looks great doesn't it.!

Models  Eve, Jake and Florance.
Make up Aimee aimee@beautycall.co.uk
Jewellery Rachel Lucie
Clothes Amelia and Dynamite 35 Market Street Hebden Bridge
Karen Mills  Finder of props and all round help.