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Hello <<First Name>>,



Welcome to all of you who signed up to my Newsletter last weekend, when I was at the light-filled and charming Center of Harmony. While it wasn't a bumper record for hat adoptions (sigh), the event surpassed the typical number of newsletter sign-ups.

Thank you for joining me on this journey!
 
As seen in Harmony.

The photo was taken by my extra-wonderful booth neighbor KloRebel.  I purchased three of her iconic Pittsburgh tea towels. 
 

But, onwards I go.

Yes, Handmade Arcade is only 22 days away. While I technically won't have every day to make hats, After all, food has got to get cooked for Thanksgiving! Hopefully, there will be time for both! (Although, I've no idea of what I'm preparing!)

If you don't live in Pittsburgh, you may be unfamiliar with Handmade Arcade. Let me share its wonders with you: it's an amazingly well-organized, intelligently curated, and well-attended craft fair that happens annually at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. It has Free Admission, with activities for the kids, too. Last year, it was a great event, hat-wise. Hopefully, this year will be just as happy.

However, due to the recent high rate of hat adoption at Etc, Wheeling, West Virginia, I am low on hats. It's not an entirely bad problem, but it's not good either. 

Yes, it's time to get cracking. What is needed? Well, more large-sized hats. Right now, there are too many small sized ones, which frustratingly, most folks cannot get upon their heads.

Also, with the adoption of my over-the-top Earth Day hat, I need to make another 'eye catcher' hat. Also, in chatting with a visitor who was interested in brimmed hats, I realized that I no longer have any styles with wide brims. So, I better make one or two of these 'grand ladies.' They are very visible hats, so they get visitors' attention.

Wish me luck:  wide brims are fiddly because they are gravity-defiers!
 
Busy in the Studio

Trying to be efficient and use my whole felting table. The plastic stuff underneath is a large piece of pool/sauna cover. It makes it easier to roll three floppy and wet hats up like a big burrito.

The middle hat is a beret which is still awaiting a layer of white wool. You can see how it turned out below. It's the one on the white mannequin.

FIVE new hats for this week! It's one of the positive side-effects of being at a not-so-busy craft fair on Saturday and Sunday. The red mushroom was laid out on Saturday, while the spring-green beret was born on Sunday.

The three on the right are still awaiting topstitching and their inside headsize ribbons. I may (or may not) trim the red and blue one with some of the beautiful marbled fabric that I made in the Spring.

Enough
If I could make this many hats every week, then there wouldn't be a concern about not having 'enough.' What is enough, after all?

It's a self-created issue. I don't think that I should become my own, personal 'sweatshop.'  But, it's tempting artistically to want to Make Make Make....and also have the hats adopted out.

Since I cannot control the external world of Hat Adoption, as long as I make the connection with the fiber and creating, I'm contented.

Now, to get back to the studio!
 
Coming Up

This Friday, I will be at the Opening Reception for the Holiday Shop of the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.

It's from 5:30-9:00pm, with a Fashion Show at 7:00pm. I've heard that my Tiny Purses will be toted on the runway by kids!  It should be fun (or at least adorable)!
 

Until next time, felt-fully yours,
 
Signature of me, Juliane


 
P.S.: Loved reading about the design process of the milliner, Stephen Jones HERE. Recently, he lectured about his hats and collaborating with Dior at the Denver Museum of Art.  There is an exhibition on the clothing opening next week. 
 

 
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