Blue...not a fan but forced myself (!)

NEW ADDRESS we are moving down the road....

FROM THE 30th SEPTEMBER WE WILL BE RE LOCATING TO FIRST FLOOR, 296 - 298 MALVERN ROAD, PRAHRAN. enter from ESSEX STREET, just ring the bell and come on up !

Teal feathers anyone ?

Spring Racing 2012

New styles for Spring Racing

Fine Straw Hat : making

the finished hat !! I have taken lots of photo's of me making this hat so you (hopefully) can follow the steps required to get such a finish. I started with a beautiful fine straw in a sensational dark cream colour which helps with the whole effect. I'll often hang onto a hood for years before I take the plunge and make a hat out of it as you need all the elements around you that you know will work well together.....as I am moving studio and shop I have uncovered some lovely materials and came across the soft tulle that I draped around the crown of this hat....and so it all began !

below the desk so often so full of 'stuff' you can't see the actual desk but then out of this mess a hat emerges. You can see the hat shape taking place I have just finished wiring the brim and softly letting the edge wave.....I also decided that the edge should have a tiny, tiny edge so as to not distract from the straw and so I chose a satin bias which took me a couple of months to find the exact colour I wanted (an ecru colour)....