A Day of Textiles

Elizabeth Morley ran her Sea Urchins workshop for the Innovative Stitches group today. It was intensive work, but most enjoyable. We needed to prepare six base segments ahead of time, so that today we bound and embellished them. We were then to stitch them together. For once I wasn't left behind in a workshop - in fact I was the only one to manage to assemble it. Here are some of the pieces.


This evening I went to the Art to Wear fashion parade which was part of the Melville Textile Art Expo. It was an impressive show, though I didn't manage many good photos. The models were school girls, seen here wearing pieces by Jennie Abbott.

While there I was chuffed to be told that I had won a prize in the Mad as a Hatter competition for the Tea Party hat and that one of the bowls I had in the Designing Women display had sold. Happy dance here!

Finished Hats

My entries for the Mad as a Hatter competition are finished - two days early, which would have to be a record for me. I am usually pushing the deadline.

I decided the Geek Hat flag wasn't quite right, so I made another one. I like the effect of this one much better.


Here is the Tea Party Hat. I am quite pleased with it. The pillbox shape base DOES look rather like a cup with its beaded handle. I made the teapot quite a while ago, so it too is recycled.


Next task - try to finish off a few textile pieces so there will be something to display on our stall at the Expo itself.

One Down

The Geek Hat is finished. It's not quite as I originally visualised it, but I can't think of anything more to do.


Today I have been prepping the base for the next hat. I am using a pillbox hat from Spotlight. The only colour I could get was black, so out with the trusty acrylics again. I want it to look vaguely like an upside down teacup, so it is turning white.

Friday Flower

This rose is almost lavender in colour.

I have almost finished sewing on the computer bits, but my hand is hurting so I have called a halt for today.

More Geek Hat

I finished the stencilling.

Then I made a flag by ironing vliesofix to fabric and cutting out the reversed letters.

Ironed them on, then stitched around them.



Tomorrow I need to enlist Kevin's aid to cut some of the computer bits smaller and drill some holes so I can sew them to the hat.

Mad Hatter Competition

The City of Melville is running a Mad as a Hatter competition in conjunction with the Textile Art Expo at the end of the month.

I have entered two hats. This is the start of Geek Hat.


Base: recycled ladies bowling hat.


Embellishments: stencils and recycled computer parts.

More progress pics to come.