More adventures in millinery history, and a couple of links.

I've just found a wealth of other great blogs lately, the most recent being Theatre North Carolina, written by my coworker, Shane Hudson, PlayMakers' Associate Director of Development. Shane covers all kinds of topics pertinent to theatre in North Carolina (which i guess is implicit in the blog title). How exciting to find another blogger in the building even, just up the hall! :)

Her blog's not new, but I have to mention yet again the excellent kuki_milliner, who's got some great images up from the recent Passejada amb Berret (Parade of Hats) in Barcelona, Spain, as well as an excellent couple of posts on the mechanics and products of her vintage spiral braid-stitching machine.

I was inspired by her recent miniature spiral-braid creations, and spent the weekend working on one of my own...

( photo behind the cut, as well as some historical info... )