Archive for January, 2010

As I began thinking about what Anna had said about a ‘reasonably priced hat’ I realized that most of my hats demanded a lot of hours and therefore at the very least a decent price for my time. I knew that if I made Pillbox Hats the construction time would be much shorter, because they don’t have [...]

In late summer of 2009 I went to England to visit my sister Simone and also to see if getting surgery there would be feasible. I realized it wasn’t so made the most of my trip. These fascinator hats are all mounted on hair bands I went to a store in Milton Keynes, with Simone [...]

When the New Year began I knew I had to make the second Red Hat to show Anna. She had mentioned a style I call ‘bucket’ hats and it is a simple hat with a down turned brim. Why the name bucket hat came into my head, I have no clue, but the name sticks. [...]

I had recently met a lady (Anna) on line who lived in Cypress on this side of Houston and we had creativity in common. She has her first children’s book out and because I love writing children’s stories too, we decided to meet up in Houston to get to know each other. This was just [...]

Three of my Victorian Perch Hat Experiments. I looked everywhere I could on the Internet to understand what women wore during the Victorian Era and I noticed that many of their hats were what I call ‘Perch Hats’. In other words the hats perched on upswept hair that puffed out at the sides and fell [...]

My journey as a milliner. Where did I start? By the time I switched my brain to making full size hats, I was at a loss as to where I should start. I had no clue as to sizing a hat, so once again I turned to the Internet and found a chart where it explained [...]

Playing around.  It may seem shocking to ‘normal’ people to think someone could wake up one day and begin designing hats, but that’s exactly what I did. I didn’t exactly intend to become a full blown milliner, because my intention was to make small versions of hats that would become fascinators. My sister Simone in [...]

Luton Bedfordshire England was the main hub for the hat trade from the late 19th Century until the 1970′s.  It is sad but the hat trade has dwindled down to a few factories.  I purchased this minature straw boater during a visit to see family in England soon after I left the country of my [...]

You are never too old to start something new! That’s my Senior Citizen motto! I’m a natural redhead curtesy of my Irish grandmother. I realize young designers think that they have all the modern flair, but not so. Designing has nothing to do with age. It has everything to do with open mindedness. I sit [...]