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 There are different ways of attaching your couture silk or leather flowers to a headband.  Here’s one of them that I like using in my work. This way your flower (s) is not permanently attached to a headband, therefore can be taken off at attached to a hat or used in another way.   First, cover the headband with a strip of velvet in the chosen colour (hand dyed or otherwise). Prepare a strip of velvet about twice as wide as the headband (my … Read More

For the second year running we are excited to be able to present you with our tutorial Subscription packages. Much like with a magazine subscription here you subscribe to a series of tutorials, and receive a new one into your inbox on the 1 day of every month (or on the 1 day of every alternate month in case of 6 month subscriptions) As last year, there are three types of tutorial packages: ❀ a full 12 month subscription (includes 12 … Read More

As you know making flowers is a lengthy process with a number of steps involved like cutting out parts, dyeing, shaping, assembling etc. Although there is not a great deal we can do about speeding this lengthy process up, however there are a few shortcuts that allow us, makers, save a bit of time creating beautiful hand made flower masterpieces. When it comes to dyeing, one thing you can and should do is to dye your petals in small piles … Read More