My Shop "Inside" and Mondo Guerra Wearing My Hat..WHAT? Umh Huh

I haven't  had much time to do a tutorial or block on some nutty blocks I will now and I'll post really soon.  I had some really good news Mondo Guerra Project Runway Alum season 8 and now an Allstar is wearing a boater I made  http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway-all-stars

Guess which one he is... 

Something New

My Shop on Beverly Boulevard LA CA 90036

 

 

 

Here it is, I'll post pictures of the interior next.

Argus Eyes and Swords

I'm back curling and doing unnatural things to Feathers.  This time... Peacock.  Eyes and Swords. Curled, heated, bent, squeezed, smashed.. Its starting to sound like a Steinbeck Novel. 

I bought them like this

Curled Swords

Trimmed Eyes + Curled Swords

1.I stripped all the barb feathers from the vein.

2. Straighten out the eye a bit and hit it flat with the iron for a second or two. Watch it, they burn pretty fierce and fast.

3. I trim the eye. just because I like to.

4 Hit it with the iron again.  It's ready

                               

                                                                The Swords

1 Clean up the all ready stripped side of all the straggly barbs

2 Be careful when you do it by hand, scissors come in handy for this part.

3 Ready

4 Hold the feather with your left hand and use the knife along the vein just like curling ribbon for gift wrapping

5 Curl until you get the right curl for you

6 All curled up

7 Hit it with the iron. Wrap them with some floral tape. Done

In Barcelona.. May 8th

Come to Barcelona and wear your hat!

Next May 8th 2011 (Sunday) at noon we will wear our hats and take a stroll down Barcelona’s emblematic street, Rambla Catalunya. This will be the seventh edition of the “Passejada amb Barret” (Hat Stroll), our version of the Easter Parade that takes place every year on the Sunday after Easter (although this year it will be delayed one week to avoid clashing with any 1st of May events). We will be meeting in Rambla Catalunya / Diagonal (where the sculpture of the giraffe is). This year we will have people coming from far and wide, so why not plan your trip and join us on this wonderful event. It’s the excuse you need to get (or make) a new hat, and visit Barcelona ¡See you!

Two Crowns One Brim Fedoras + Turbans

Two Fedoras for Ozzie,  My favorite Hats from a fashion show and a commission of 3 Turbans for "Hats By Leko".. My most excellent friend Cristina de Prada ( you know her as The Rantings of a  Madhatter Wannabe) and Nina Palowsky (Milliner Extraordinaire) in Barcelona are having the annual Passejada amb barret 2011
B There or B Square

Brown Fedora

Black Fedora

The Blocks 

My Hands Turban

Do I need to Explain?

Fringe Flower 

Crazy Turban

Big Knot Turban

Not Much to say about these other than I had fun making all of them..

Question to Jens

This is a post to Jens.. 

Happy 4th Birthday To Me. No Hats, No Blocks, Just Me.

                                                

                              Yesterday was my my new Heart Birthday.  

                                                           

                                        Happy new body Heart. 

 Here it is open with a chicken heart in it.  The Chicken Heart is for U Know WHO.