Posts Tagged ‘halloween’

When I designed the Pirate hat, I kept in mind how many times someone would make a pirate hat and decided to make the pattern more versatile. These two hats look entirely different and yet they are from one pattern with a brim that can be manipulated to change to either style. This is the [...]

This hat is for the totally feminine woman who loves to wear something very unique while attending a garden party. What you may not believe is that this hat frame is the exact hat frame that I designed for the lady Pirate hat. Please visit the last blog. The purpose of designing the hat pattern [...]

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 [...]

“Come fly with me, come fly, let’s fly away”. That tune kept playing in my head as I worked on this hat and wrote a tutorial to sell the pattern. In the event of the new ABC series set in the 1950′s about airline stewardesses, it reminded me of a hat I designed more than [...]

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 [...]

There is nothing more fun for a milliner than to get an order to do something unique for a wedding. So when I received an inquiry about making six little cigarette girl pillbox hats for bridesmaids, my inner vision went wild with pictures of young women wearing them. The young bride is leaving the country [...]

Designing a new line of Steampunk Victorian Hats made me realize my modern wigs did not show my hats the way I see them in my head. So, I began a search on line to find a style of wig that would enhance my hats and showcased them with an up do. By continuous photographing [...]

The Steampunk pop culture is growing in leaps and bounds which has made me very happy as a millinery designer. It means I can now design hats with glorious details such as large and ornate feather pads and beautiful fabrics that can be worn by women who love to be noticed. My English background has [...]