I've always had thoughts about designing hats and fascinators. This week, i decided to stop thinking and start doing. So, i took a trip to Barnett Lawson - an excellent haberdashery supplier on Little Portland Street (
http://www.bltrimmings.com/).
Not only do they have anything you could want to do any crafting and designing (I was like a kid in a sweet shop - decided i really didn't need the maribou boa..), but they were also very helpful for novices like me; i was given advice and was patiently talked through the basics for how to make a simple fascinator. Also, which i really appreciated, was the advice: "on the first visit, customers should just look, take it all in and then come back and get started at their own pace". And that's exactly what i did.
I came home armed with the simple components - alice band, fascinator base, veiling, some feathers...
I found a little bit of scrap fabric to add a little colour...et voila:
The Boy's verdict? "You bought this, no?" Even he was impressed - though i had to explain what a Fascinator was...
