Felt Scrap Purse

I was inspired by Andrea Grahams recent posts on the Felters List to try making a small purse of out of some of my felt scraps.  I have lots of felt scraps since I have started using traditional millinery techniques to make my felt hats.  A bit more cutting and sewing is involved and it is nice to have the extra felt on the hood to get a good stretch when you are blocking the hat. 

The purse is still an ongoing project as I am having fun embellishing it with some simple embroidery.  I am looking forward to trying another one soon.

And here is a hat which I finished yesterday and it was picked up for a holiday gift.  I have had my cloche hat block modified to remove a thin piece of wood from the crown so that I can now make a cloche with a shorter crown and then add the piece of wood back on to make a taller crown should the next customer require that.  In this case, the young lady tried on a tall crown cloche and we decided the short crown would be better for her.  Her mom drove up to pick it up and shared the good news that the young lady has been accepted to Harvard so this hat will be heading east next fall.