Archive for the ‘Capes’ Category

Although I have been fairly busy this summer making custom pieces for weddings, I still try to fit in time to make a few special capes to wear as accessories to my hats and fascinators, ready for this Fall event season. I love this soft curly fur, so decided to offer it for sale to [...]

Back to work on my Fall Collection. This time I made a set in a gorgeous deep chocolate brown color. The fur has self colored stripes that show as they catch the light. I chose to make a round fascinator to go with this cape and a feather broach to wear on the cape, that [...]

Back to my world of millinery and hat making with this gorgeous set of cape with matching hat. This time I chose a bold patterned short pile fur with a giraffe inspired design all over. The colors are striking in black, tan and golden tan and will compliment most hair and skin colors. The hat [...]

Working with this gorgeous soft piled fur in the middle of July is probably a little odd. But that’s how any clothing or accessory designer has to work, during opposite seasons. Regardless, I could still envision a beautiful woman wearing these two pieces while riding in a sleigh or horse and carriage after an evening [...]

I think summer roses have been influencing my mind, because although I am working on my fall collection, roses keep flashing in my head. This time it is pink roses. I took some white biot feathers, dyed them pink and then curled them. I covered a round fascinator base I made first, with pink satin, [...]

This is another design that has been in my head for awhile and today I decided to use my holiday to create something very unique. I love designing while thinking outside the box and this beautiful collar and fascinator is the result. These two pieces took many hours of sewing but I am very happy [...]

While the world outside is baking, I am indoors creating! Happy July 4th (tomorrow) and I hope all those who love the heat, enjoy their day. For me I can’t take the heat so I enjoy my holiday doing what I love best. Designing! This faux fur cape and fascinator are for my Fall Collection [...]

This is the coordinating fascinator that goes with the black fur mini cape. See my last blog. I wanted to offer mini capes this fall to wear with evening gowns or dressy dresses for any occasion. Of course as a milliner, I don’t think you are fully dressed with that special something on your head [...]

Like most designers I have to work on my Fall Collection during the summer and here in Texas the temperatures are 100F (almost 38 C) all this 4th of July weekend. I just stay indoors in the air-conditioning and work on my designs. This is the first fur mini cape and fascinator. This is how [...]

This feather cape took me many, many hours of time to make but it was so worthwhile. It had been a vision in my head for the past few months when I decided to learn everything I could about feathers so that I could make more unique fascinators. My daughter Kim and I watched the [...]