Hi readers! Remember when I showed you my mood board for my latest millinery class at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology)--the bridal and eveningwear class? Well, my final collection is done and presented, phew.
Here's the mood board again, to refresh your memories.
I'm glad I kept my mood board free of any actual hats. It let me be less literal and have a bit more fun with the assignment.
The goal for the class was to create a collection of hats for a wedding party. Our first assignment was a Juliet cap, also called a cocktail hat. It's made of a buckram base, covered in taffeta an adorned a little polka dot net, faux flowers, and strawberries.
From there, we did a buckram-based headband for a flower girl. This is when I decided to really go for the dessert theme.
Lastly, the "mother of the bride" hat. The assignment was to make a fabric-covered hat with a traditional crown and shaped brim (definitely the most complex of the semester). I added a swirl of polka-dot tulle over my taffeta hat and then added strawberries on top. Yes, it's a hat that looks like a strawberry cake.
I'm very happy with how the collection turned out. The only problem is that it makes me constantly hungry for CAKE. And lots of it!
I also finished my UFO dress, aka Vogue 4011. Aren't I productive this week? I think this calls for a nap.
I also finished my UFO dress, aka Vogue 4011. Aren't I productive this week? I think this calls for a nap.
Your hats are super creative and definitely make me think of summer, gingham and CAKE! Love love love that blue dress. I may have to put V4011 a little higher on my to-sew list. Great job!
ReplyDeleteOh, my goodness! I love those hats! One of my goals for next year is to dive more into millinery. :)
ReplyDeleteThey are all lovely but holy mackerel I love that first one! I'm not at all a hat person and I would totally wear that!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE!!! these are too cute and look simply delicious! well done :D
ReplyDeleteThe dress looks stunning with your new hair colour!
ReplyDeletePlease post a tutorial about how you do your hair!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, but I NEED the first hat and my four year old desperately NEEDS the headband!! Great job! I am not a huge fan of hats, but every single hat had me saying, "Oh God" or "Wow" or "I NEED this..."
ReplyDeleteIt's all too adorable! I miss being close top FIT...sigh....
ReplyDeleteSo adorable; this post really made me smile and long for summer!
ReplyDeleteI love the thought of wearing hats (even though I don't wear them) and yours are fabulous!! It all ( the hats and that great dress) reminds me of 'I Love Lucy'. She had some wonderful hats. Great job!!
ReplyDeleteThese are SO FUN!!! What a wonderful job! I especially love the first hat. It's so unique and cute, but I could see it with many different outfits. Fabulous work!
ReplyDeleteI wish you would sell your hats on Etsy! I WANT THEM!!!
ReplyDeleteAll of these are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThose are some truly YUMMY hats. Haha, it had to be said. ;-)
ReplyDeleteNice work, they're all beautiful.
I like your hats and I hope you don't mind that they make me think of the Mad Hatter tea party in Alice in Wonderland!
ReplyDeleteNice work.
And your blue dress is stunning.
These hats are so beautiful!!! I love the mother-in-law's hat. I second what someone else said - please sell these on etsy. :)
ReplyDeleteQuestion: what fabric did you use for your dress? It's scrumptious with your hair.
Will you be giving a tutorial on the turban? I am in love!
ReplyDeleteI love how the color of the dress looks with your hair! :) Those hats are gorgeous too; I am smitten with the turban especially!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful dress, I'll be looking for that pattern.
ReplyDeleteYour hats are amazing! I would totally rock that flowergirl headband every day, haha. And the dress is beautiful, the colour is lovely with pink hair :). It sort of makes me think of fifties imagined futuristic, in the best way possible.
ReplyDeleteYour hats are wonderful!! And they all look fantastic with your pink hair and beautiful new dress. I love all of the color.
ReplyDeleteSuch clever hats! The turban is very reminiscent of "I Love Lucy"; I don't doubt that was the inspiration! I just picked up a copy of "From The Neck Up" and look forward to trying my hand at some of the millinery techniques described. Oh, and the blue dress is indeed very striking next to the hair!
ReplyDeleteHow much fun are your hats? I wish I could go back to the days when hats were the norm. Not that it being optional instead of expected stops me from wearing one on occasion (freedom of choice is always good), but I love the thought of how much creativity would be represented if we were all wearing hats. Maybe I just want to be in a movie where everyone is expected to wear a hat. I'd want to wear the first one.
ReplyDeleteGertie I love the whimsy you added to your hats. You should run a sew-a-long for a lovely spring hat.
ReplyDeleteWooow... All hats are amazing but I thnik first one is my favourite one.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!! I just love your hats. I think you should consider doing millinery design - maybe a book on it some day!
ReplyDeleteThe turban slays me. I think it's very Lucille Ball. And your dress is beautiful!
lovely, did you dye your hair again, its looking more red than pink now?
ReplyDeleteI really need your dress, and your figure to go inside it :)
The dress is so amazing!!! And it looks awesome with the hair color. And the hats...so cute, wish there where millinary classes here.
ReplyDeleteLove, Love, love!
ReplyDeleteThose are brilliant! I would love to see them used in a real wedding!
ReplyDeleteDear Gertie,
ReplyDeleteYou look absolutly gorgeous, I m loving more and more your hair colour (did you make it darker than at the beginning?) and the lipstick you are wearing on these pictures matches perfectly.
I adore your hats and especially the turban.
I adore turbans! It would be wonderfull if you could put a nice turban tutorial on your blog....or in your next book!
As I allready wrote you before your book is fantastic,very complete and I open it very often to check things or find ideas.
I bought a lot of sewing books but your book is absolutly my favorite and most usefull one, ( I even take it with me when on holidays!)
I would second the motion for a turban tutorial!
DeleteI love the sweet little ladybug on the turban. Fantastic hats.
ReplyDeleteI'm a hat fiend, so I love the hats - especially the turban! Funny that you ask who would wear it; my grandmother wore a turban-style hat for my parents' wedding back in 1967 and she made it herself. I still have it somewhere. When you suggested that perhaps it would be the eccentric aunt who wore it, I had an mental image of Angela Lansbury in "Death on the Nile" - her character wore a turban for part of that film and I'd definitely describe her as eccentric.
ReplyDeleteAfter WAYYYYY too much wine at our respective Christmas parties on Friday, my fella and I met up all drunk and happy. Then mister "never ever getting married ever, ever, ever" proposed about twelve times. (And he's sticking to his guns now we have sobered up).
ReplyDeleteSo now we are having a real "backyard wedding" at his parent's house in April. Methinks that I'm going to need a stunning piece of headwear to go with the frock I'll need to make.
Thanks for the inspiration and the mood board - I'd better get stitching (or commissioning a hat from someone who knows what they're doing).
Very quirky, pretty, fun, i would love to be at that kind of do, inspired as ever hope you get top marks!
ReplyDeleteLove the hats. They look like what Strawberry Shortcake and her friends would were to a party!
ReplyDeleteYou could do that as a theme, and then everyone could were the hats!
I love the hats and love the color on that dress! Gorgeous! I've been working on my UFOs this week too.
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love those hats! And they all look fab with your hair and that dress. Inspired.
ReplyDeleteThose hats, your dress, your hair---all amazing! Love the theme and colors!!!
ReplyDeleteI want to eat your hats and I mean that in the most flattering way possible. Red check reminds me of summertime in the peach orchards with my grandmother. Perhaps that's why the turban is my favorite. You may know how to get a similar look with a hankercheif or bandana...I've attempted that before, but never got it quite the way I envisioned it. Any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteJust starting my own blog, Gertie, and am looking for followers. I apologize for using yours as a springboard for it. I think I have about zero followers at present, so I'm becoming a little desperate.
DeleteI'm new to sewing and knitting, so I'm largely winnowing information from the internet in order to get started. It's thanks to your blog, tutorials, the Knit Witch, Whipstitch, and other like-minded folks that I'm able to get started with my practice. I am thankful for that guidance. Again, sorry to "advertise" here, but I like your stuff and am attempting join the community you've fostered.
http://joyfulnotions.blogspot.com.
Peace
~Joy
Ahh! I feel so Hungry now, these hats are adorable. So is the Dress, The first hat is definatley my favorite though. I would wear it during a normal day not just at a wedding :)
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My favorite is the first hat, the Juliet cap. :D I can totally see it with a red bombshell sheath or an A-line with a lacy overskirt.
ReplyDeleteAll the best people have pink hair, tis true. (Mine has been pink for the last - blimey - 30 years! I am 46). LOVE the dress.
ReplyDeleteCake that would go with these: http://sewingcake.com/
ReplyDeleteThe Juliet cap is really fabulous; I think it's the very, very classic style. But I love the bride's hat, too. Cherries! From flower to fruit, love that.
Oh I love these! The gingham is awesome and the first hat is super cute :)
ReplyDeleteOMG. I love this hats. Yumi yumi.
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog. I LOVE the red gingham hat with the ladybug.
ReplyDeleteHi Gertie --
ReplyDeleteA belated comment but I can't get over how cohesive and lovely this collection is; it's perfect for the project. Amazing work. I'd love to see each worn by a real-life or fashion-spread-life wedding party!
very blog
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Wow. Millinery is on my long list of things i want to learn. Unfortunately St. Louis doesn't exactly abound with options. Not to my knowledge anyway. Great hats. Now i want cake.
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