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Amelia Earhart, Eat Your Heart Out
If Amelia Earhart was still around, I feel certain that she would have commissioned me to felt her a hat like this. I also feel certain that she would have loved Linda Ruth, who did commission me to make this hat. I met Linda Ruth a few weeks back at the Lunenburg Farmers Market and…
Read MoreThe Making of a Wet Felted Hat
I love this hat and fortunately, I love my aunt, who I made it for even more. Making this sort of hat is a small act of insanity. There is no measuring the hours. I had to stop calculating somewhere after 3 days. Wet felting is a process I truly love and the clock just…
Read MoreAdorable Customers
So many adorable customers. This is Jamie, sporting her Charlotte hat in the rain. A woman with style. What more can I say. She’s just perfect. Randi is one of my favourite regular customers. It’s true I have a lot of favourites, but that’s because fabulous, strong women are attracted to my hats. I love…
Read MoreA Walk Around Lunenburg
The other day my dad e-mailed me to see if my blog site was not working. He thought it odd that the last post was from August 31st. Hint well taken. So, here I am, coming up for air after having completed a few hundred hats for wholesale orders. Thought I’d bring you along on…
Read MoreHello From The Middle of Summer
Hello from the middle of summer. Tony and I had a very rare date together. This was courtesy of Dusty being at a 5 day overnight camp. There’s a whole story there in itself, but I’ll sum it up by saying that I’m not as tough as I pretend to be. I know the minute…
Read MoreAlmost Ready
It’s really happening. Tony just hung up the first round of hat stands in my new studio. I think I may actually start moving in tomorrow. So, is it true what they say? “If you build it they will come.” See you this summer in Lunenburg, right?
Read MoreA Hat Shop Fit For a Princess
No longer will I have to find fabric in a dark closet. I’ve got shelving! I look at this beauty and wonder how I will fill it up, but I know I am kidding myself. I have been collecting anything that looks like it might be useful to me at some point in my career…
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