One of the most iconic accessories of recent times has to be the “bee keeper” hat from the Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2013 collection. It is everywhere! I don’t think I have seen a hat used in so many fashion spreads before (from the time the collection came out in October 2012 until now, it hasn’t [...]

The spring here is just awful. I want some sunshine and  heat for more than two days in a row. Rain is forecast here for the rest of week and my brain can’t even process that information. My feet can’t bare to be in socks anymore!!! And more importantly my umbrella is getting old and [...]

While I was sewing yesterday afternoon, I put on a few Marx Brothers films to keep me entertained. I’m quite a big Marx Brothers fan, I started watching them when I was little. My favourite film of theirs is “A Night at the Opera” (1935) and though I fully understand why everybody loves Groucho Marx, [...]

I started making this big straw bow the other day, it is quite simple but I just wanted to something really BIG! I’ve haven’t gotten far at the moment, I’ve just started adding the ribbon trim to the edge (I have had a yummy throat infection the past couple of days that has really had [...]

It’s so nice to be able to blog again! Sorry for the my absence! I had spilt tea on my laptop computer once too many and it had to go have it’s keyboard and trackpad changed and it took longer than expected! I obviously told myself that I would never drink anything while using my [...]

These past couple of months I’ve taken it upon myself to watch the “Indiana Jones” trilogy (the forth movie doesn’t  really count it’s so bad), I hadn’t watched all three of the films in quite some time and I really did enjoy myself. I finally got round to watching “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” [...]

This weekend I picked up the latest issue of “A Magazine”. “A Magazine” is a fashion magazine that has an interesting way of developing each issue, they have a guest curator each time that basically shares whatever they want with the readers (it’s full name is “A magazine curated by…”). Past curators include Yohji Yamamoto, [...]

A while ago I bought a bag of stuffing to make a cloth doll, obviously the doll I made was quite small and the bag of stuffing huge. I hate it when this happens, when you just need a small quantity of something but you have no other choice but to buy a huge amount [...]

My other passion in life, besides hats, is music. Not that I play an instrument or anything, just love listening to it. So, I was well chuffed when I recently bought a record player (…and speakers…and an amplifier…and, of course, records). I think I probably love music more than hats actually, music is my fuel. [...]

So, here is the little hat I’m working on at the moment! A cute miniature fez! I actually shaped the felt on the bottom of a big plastic cup I have! As for the trimming, I’ve had this black fringe for quite a while and I’ve never been able to use it so I thought [...]