Hat Class

Our Wearable Arts Group (WAG) started our year off with a bang with today's "Flirty Fedora" hat workshop, taught by yours truly. We had a great time, and the girls really did a super job with their hats, especially considering we're not exactly milliners! Most everyone got about half-way done and I demo'd techniques on how to finish them up, I can't wait to see their finished product! Hopefully they'll bring them to the next meeting, when we make our velvet flowers to embellish them with. For those who wanted something different, one gal brought in colored feathers for accent, so cute! Of course we had the usual wonderful food and fellowship, we always have fun. Such a talented group, one of the ladies Carolyn Sweet sent me photos of her purse from our Needle-felt Sweater Purse class we had last fall, I'm posting it on the left. Carolyn's sweater was unique not only in its wonderful use of color (don't you love the teal and gold?) but also in the fact that it was a button-front sweater with grosgrain ribbon trim. When Carolyn felted (shrank) the wool sweater, of course the ribbon did not shrink but instead made this wonderful somewhat ruched effect...I love it! A true work of art, Carolyn, thanks for sharing.