Inspired Skull Fedora

Inspired Millinery has 10 inches of snow outside, a cat on her lap and a skull print fedora underway. The fedora was a special request by her college age nephew. It's going to be fun for him to wear - and that's the point of millinery/hats - for most purposes hats should be fun to wear.

Can't wait for spring!

I, Inspired Millinery, am inspired by the wonderful colors I'm working with. I think my Spring/Summer line is my favorite!

Inspired Aretha

Talk about Inspired Millinery! Wasn't Aretha's hat amazing? 

hats @ inspired millinery

Inspired Millinery had to take a few unplanned days off from creating. Now she's back. I'll be letting all of you know my progress as the days go on.

skull fedora

Today Inspired Millinery received via UPS a couple of hat bodies printed with skulls to make a favorite relative a skull fedora! Why two? Because I make the crown and brim separately since I can't make my fedora crown block fit inside the brim block (different sizes). 

Spring line now has to be put aside for a while!

Wear hats!

dying sinamay

Inspired Millinery will be dying some sinamay straw today to make embellishments for a sinamay hat. The straw for the hat was dyed a few months ago, then when I blocked the hat I found that there would not be enough straw left over to make the embellishments I had in mind. 

Inspired Millinery has to start working toward a spring/summer line to show at the Eiteljorg Museum's Women's Art Market in March. Working with lightweight materials and pretty summery colors will help pass these gray winter days!

Inspired millinery

Inspired Millinery has been drawing new ideas for new hats for the Spring. 

Inspired Millinery website

Inspired Millinery met with the website guy today. I hope to get some time to go in and tweak the site so it looks more like me. He'd shown me how to do-it-myself months ago, but I got busy and forgot! 

Kitty Mann is toasting his kitty feet on my lap. He's not wanting affection, he's wanting warm toes! It's cold today - a good time to be wearing a wool or fur felt hat! 

More later......