Andreas french hood

Continue using the curved needle to stich on the pearls at the junction of the hood and the brim.

Stitch the hood to the brim with a curved needle.

Ladder stitch the front of the hood over the frame and padding. Iron the Seam allowance over on the linning of the hood and slipstich it on.

Andreas French hood

After I added the wire to the stiffening I used spray adhisive to mount a felt piece of padding to the hat and brim. Let this dry thourally

Next I ladder stitched the top fabric around the padded side to make the front or top of the french hoods brim. I then slip stitched the linning to the under or back side of the brim. This took all day. Tommorrow I start on the top of the hood and the linning.

starting the french hood

Melinda worked on a skirt of many colors for Bridget.

While Judy worked on a pouch for Jade and worked on the french hood for Andrea.

Bella looks on to all this fuss and asks wheres the squeky toy.

Here I am adding wire to the stiffining for the French hood.