Archive for the ‘Hat Collections’ Category

I don’t think there is a woman out there who hasn’t watched the Victoria Secrets Fashion show and thought to herself I would love to dress like that. So, my inspiration for these wings, halo and neck cuff is all about what a woman would love to wear for a photography shoot or to wear [...]

When I designed this skirt, I designed it for my daughter to take glamorous photographs of her, but as soon she saw it, she was not only thrilled with it, but said she thought that I should offer them for sale.  So here they are! To sell these custom made skirts, I set to work [...]

For the past several weeks I have been putting together hat patterns combined with complete step by step photo tutorials. With each design I have added as much difference in detail as possible. This new perch hat has trilby style and flair and it is entirely different than any of the other Steampunk Victorian hat [...]

This is the second hat I have made with my new pattern and I wanted to use bolder colors and change the brim to offer two very different styles of hat from one pattern. The first hat I made is in more natural colors with both sides of the brim turned up. I wanted to [...]

This style is entirely different than any other Steampunk Victorian hat that I have designed. It has a Victorian Trilby shape to it and reminds me of the hats worn by Victorian ladies as they stroll through the park on a Sunday afternoon after church, wearing all their finery. Hence the name I have given [...]

I have received so many requests about a pirate hat and of course a pattern to make one. so I decided to start work designing this hat a few days ago. It takes me several days to work out a pattern, drafting pattern pieces, and then make a buckram frame, covering it, and then have [...]

Yesterday I finished my tenth Steampunk perch hat, I decided to put all ten in one blog with a link to a detailed blog about each piece. All these hats could be worn for your next Steampunk or Dickens Victorian gathering. I have designed two hat patterns for the two styles and have written complete [...]

Although I am instantly drawn to beautiful and pretty things and many of my hats lend themselves to those styles, I also know I as a designer, I must explore other avenues to cater to all tastes. Recently on a trip into Houston I stopped to check out the new fall fabrics and spotted a [...]

My inspiration for this hat was the Magenta fabric that I almost left at the store. I was looking at fabric about a week ago and saw this glorious magenta colored crinkled fabric that my eyes were drawn to. I think I must have been a butterfly in a past life because bright and beautiful [...]

A few days ago, my friend Anna stopped by on the way to Austin to visit her daughter and family. She had her gorgeous dress with her that she will wear for her son’s wedding in Peru next month and it was a beautiful raspberry rose pink, with a rhinestone feature. She came to show [...]