Parade Piece and Amelia's Made to Order Headband

Just found these photo's of the glorious parade piece I made for Mercedes fashion week 2006, also stretchy headband for clients little girl Amelia. Amelia looks so cheeky in the photo's but is the sweetest little girl and now a perfect picture in her headband.

How to Cover Headband

Just sent the whole day (!) covering headbands with narrow Petersham for a wholesale order and am not finished yet - only half way through. Have got this down to a fine art now just got to concentrate and get the stitching straight and all pushes onto the narrow metal bands quite well. The join of the petersham is hidden under the trim of the finished product. All stitched on my trusty Singer straight sewer.

Headbands

Some more designs that I have been working on, love the little velvet one with embroidery and the two beaded buttons. Just made the velvet one for the shop and the other petersham bow headband has gone into production. Petersham headband gives you a faintly 1940's look with a modern touch.

Diamante Headband with Satin Ribbon

Latest design hot off the press for the burlesque girl. A double headband in black satin with double diamante bows. Just the perfect headband to add some glamour to your wardrobe.

Spring Headpiece for client in USA

I covered the headband with satin and then two layers of the same tulle as the flowers are backed with, tricky but a better more finished option than just satin. Also lined the headband to cover the stitches from covering the band, again adds a more finished look to the end product.
Flowers were backed with hand gathered tulle - I always hand gather fabrics as I never think to do the gathering on the machine. I just automatically gather by hand as then I am happier with the end result - I have never had anything good come from machine gathering usually my thread breaks and you have to start all over again anyway so may as well have started by hand !





I ended up adding the comb inside mainly for stability - this type of headpiece can be tricky to wear and the client will need all the help she can get to keep this beauty in place. Now she will be able to do a cartwheel in it if she feels the need and it will stay in place !




For a charity event this was a pleasure to make and for such a wonderful customer in the US. I have attempted to take as many shots as possible so you can see the gradual build up to the finished product - now all finished and it is with my customer in the States. The hardest part was finding the exact same large real look Roses. As you can see I have added the photo from the client - this is what she wanted and it was up to me to make it. The headpiece is for a 'venetian' event and the headpiece will be worn with a mask to complete the 'Venice Festival' theme.