What I am getting into now?

My youngest daughter is getting married. She wanted a custom made dress that is vintage looking. So of course I stepped in to take care of that. After all I've been sewing since I was about 12 yrs old.

Not only did I adapt the pattern she chose to fit her very petite frame, but I also created a vintage tea hat for her veil. Plus made all the vintage bridesmaids dresses and their fascinator hats.


And all of this was planned and finished before the Royal wedding made it all popular!

What has emerged is my old love for vintage / retro hats. And I decided to re visit the art of millinery or hat making. I hat done it a bit years ago for my kid's costumes for plays and Halloween.

I will make a long story short by telling you that I have had soooo much fun, that now I am selling these items on Etsy. I am keeping them affordable in this bad economy. That way you ladies can have the fun looks without a guilty conscience.



So if you have a wedding or fancy hat worthy event to go to this year, follow the link in the title. Or follow it here for a bit of fun and if you buy something, that's even better.
The Twisted Grits

How to make a vintage 1950's small hat

The finshed product

My oldest daughter's b-day was coming up and she asked me to loom knit her a ruana.

So I had her choose her yarn and started to work. It's an easy thing to do and I got one side done.

She wants the other side in a reverse color scheme, so that was the next step.

I'm thinking WHEW this is a cinch...

Got a nice length and funky pattern whizzing along, and then... like the bricks that fell off the load..I went ahead and bound it off.

Bless my little cotton pickin heart! I held the 2 sides up to each other and started swearing at myself.

The darn thing was 8 inches too short....OH LORDY, LORDY, LORDY!!!!

I had to go back, undo the knot in the boucle yarn, unbind it, and add more on....RIGHT!!

I ended up hunting down super strength reading glasses and STILL couldn't get that sucker undone.

So I did the next best thing. I clipped the yarn on the row below it, got the loops back on the loom, tied on another yarn and off I went.Twirling, loopin, and swearing.

Fortunately she chose various weights of yarn in her favorite colors. She asked me to make it "funky and interesting"

Trust me!It couldn't get more interesting unless I added neon bananas with poki dots,and figs with feathers.

Next up is the angel hair yarn cable trim on the sides, attached to the ruana body with violet pom pom yarn.... then putting the two body halves together with leather cord.

Now ain't this just gonna be precious!!!??? I'll let you know and post pics.

Here's a link to the dang looms