It was a bit of a big week for us last week. It was my graduation ceremony on Friday, so I now have a piece of paper proving I can make hats!! And I graduated 'with distinction', the highest grade you can get for an HNC, *and* it says so on the certificate!.
Other news - I've now finished the charity headpiece that I've been working on in my spare time. It's made from hand rolled sinamay, mounted on a sinamay covered headband. It's 100% hand made - the process of rolling the edges can only be done by hand. As the pieces are cut, and then the edges rolled, and shaped by hand, every piece made using the technique will be slightly different, making the hat unique.
The piece is based on a design I'm working on for our Spring / Summer 2014 collection, but in different colours (chocolate brown and yellow, as shown below). We will be listing this piece on Ebay shortly, and donating 100% of the selling price to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for the Philippines (I'm taking no payment for either the materials or my work).
Sinamay originated in the Philippines, and a large quantity of the world supply of sinamay comes from there - including that used to create this headpiece. As there are currently people in the Philippines who have lost everything thanks to the recent typhoon Haiyan, this is the least I can do.
Other news - I've now finished the charity headpiece that I've been working on in my spare time. It's made from hand rolled sinamay, mounted on a sinamay covered headband. It's 100% hand made - the process of rolling the edges can only be done by hand. As the pieces are cut, and then the edges rolled, and shaped by hand, every piece made using the technique will be slightly different, making the hat unique.
The piece is based on a design I'm working on for our Spring / Summer 2014 collection, but in different colours (chocolate brown and yellow, as shown below). We will be listing this piece on Ebay shortly, and donating 100% of the selling price to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for the Philippines (I'm taking no payment for either the materials or my work).
Sinamay originated in the Philippines, and a large quantity of the world supply of sinamay comes from there - including that used to create this headpiece. As there are currently people in the Philippines who have lost everything thanks to the recent typhoon Haiyan, this is the least I can do.