Fascinator making with Buns & Roses

Last night was our fascintaor making workshop at Buns & Roses WI. Hayley very cleverly gave it the title (Sina) Major Tom, sinamay being the scratchy material used to make fascinator bases!

Anyway, seeing as I have made several fascinators now I was there mostly to run the bar and help other members, but I did find time to make a little brooch in the same method.



I used some of the waste sinamay in a rectangle shape. It is also curved at the opposite corners so is quite funky.

I covered it in brown silky material and edged it with orange gingham ribbon.



To decorate I scrunched up some bright orange fabric and orange lace and fastened on with some buttons.



In the opposite top corner I folded a bit of the same gingham ribbon round the edge and added another button.



And here it is in-situ!

You can see some more pics of what we got up to and the creations of our lovely members at the Buns & Roses WI blog.

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Wedding accessories

My friend Georgiana (president at Buns & Roses WI) gets married at the beginning of April and it wouldn't be right if I didn't have at least some homemade part of my outfit. So, with the assistance of Hayley during her workshop for the WI federation last weekend, I have made a fascinator and bracelet.



She had some yummy sinamy with embroidered flowers so I got myself some matching trim and beads and away I went!





I made a matching bracelet too.





Now I just need shoes and a handbag!

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Fascinator number two

I made this one to match a rosette brooch I made with the WI a while back (which is lost somewhere in my room!). Anyway, I covered the base in the same chequered material and used a maroon bias binding to edge it and some maroon netting. The feathers are black and maroon goose and the ribbon is a strip of the chequered fabric stitched into some bias binding. I am in love with it. Now need somewhere to wear it ...
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Fascinator number two

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Fascinator making with the WI

At last night's Buns & roses WI worshop we made fascinators. I decided to go for Chanel-influened green and pink for mine, with ribbon and buttons. It will go nicely with a scarf I am knitting in the same colours. Don't expect to see that anytime soon though!

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