Matching Wide Brimmed Hat & Scarf

Using hand dyed silk fabrics as well as silk chiffon prints to add interest to this black wide brimmed hat. The hand felted wool and silk hood was then blocked on a vintage wooden hat block and trimmed with a leather band and dyed bamboo button. The Nuno felt scarf incorporates the same dyed silks and silk chiffons for a striking ensemble.

Silk Satin Devore Felt Hat & Scarf

The beautiful Silk Satin Devore incorporated into this felt hat takes it to a higher level. The fabric is repurposed from a beautiful dress I found in a consignment store on a trip to Florida. Not too many silk dresses at consignment stores in western Montana. The trim was inspired by a felt jewelry class I am currently taking from Deb Koesters. Always more to learn.

‘Dyeing Linen & Cotton’

I found a cone of white linen yarn in my studio and thought it might be perfect for adding textural stitches to my felt. I have also been thinking about the bolt of cotton scrim hanging with the bolts of silk fabric in my studio. I’ve been dyeing quite a bit of linen fabric for sewing lately so decided it might be nice to try some mini batches of the linen and cotton. Will post results later this week.

Two New Hats

Delivered a couple more hats to 4 Ravens Gallery this past week. Still playing around with adding Sumi Ink to the silk fabric before felting. The burgandy/brown hat is trimmed with black Dupioni Silk fabric. The grey hat has several different hand dyed silk fabrics on the surface, also embellished with Sumi Ink and trimmed with a black leather band and ceramic button.