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Mama’s Got a Brand New Hat

Featuredby towera 6 Comments

Remember the sinamay hat I posted back in January? Well I just got back from delivering it to its intended owner in Malawi a few weeks ago… and I hope [...]

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Millinery, Hatmaking, Sinamay hat, Straw hat, Bespoke millinery, Wedding Hat
I like orange

Friday Hat

April 27, 2012by towera Leave a comment

This one’s been running in the background for a while, but I finally got it finished yesterday! Quite happy with it, and I think it’ll go nicely with my orange [...]

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Textile Accessory, Design ideas, Millinery, Hatmaking, Wool felt
silk velvet pillbox with flower trim

My Week with Rose

April 26, 2012by towera 1 Comment

Wow! I spent last week in London with the wonderful Rose Cory and about 6 or 7 other students soaking up millinery knowledge and enthusiasm. I’ve been raving about this [...]

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Textile Accessory, Design ideas, Millinery, Hatmaking, Wool felt, 1940s hats, Bespoke millinery, Rose Cory, millinery course
ad hoc kitchen hat studio

Home Hat Factory

February 14, 2012by towera Leave a comment

Over the last few weeks I have been collecting bits and pieces so that I can do some hatmaking at home. Of course to work with felts you need a [...]

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Design ideas, Millinery, Hatmaking, Wool felt, Bespoke millinery
hats on display, exciting!

Christmas again

January 26, 2012by towera Leave a comment

More deliveries today! Very much enjoying having my 2nd and 3rd hat blocks and my new flocked display heads and wanted to share. Having the hats/headpieces out of their boxes [...]

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Textile Accessory, Hatmaking, Wool felt, 1940s hats
cute little feather pad

New kid with a block

January 25, 2012by towera Leave a comment

I am now the proud owner of my very first hat block! This came hand-delivered this afternoon and I’m very chuffed with it. It’s a 23″ cloche block with a [...]

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Millinery, Hatmaking, Bespoke millinery, feathers
sinamay rose

Sinamay hat!

January 17, 2012by towera 1 Comment

I finished this hat back in December, but Christmas got in the way of me posting the images! This hat is for my Mum, who wanted something special to go [...]

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Design ideas, Millinery, Hatmaking, Sinamay hat, Straw hat, Bespoke millinery, Wedding Hat

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