Detour

Back to millinery after summerholiday. I have two hats under way and looking good! I love working with sinamay - it works like a charm and after testing with some simple shapes I have high hopes for the future designs.

Here is what I have done with the hydrangea hat so far:

The basic shape is made by streching two layers of fabric over a styrofoam head. The layers are glued together with pva-glue thinned with water. After that the base is simply cut to the desired shape and trimmet with some ribbon.

Now I've been attaching hudreds of little flowers to make the effect of a hydrangea. The flowers are made by cutting the shape from stiffened fabric. I added some color variation by spraying some clorite on the fabric.

But now I am finishing an order for some of my old designs - skulls and heart brooches. Back to the hats later.

xoxo /Anu