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On behalf of all the dolls here at Fashion Doll Stylist, I would like to wish everyone a blessed and joyous Easter! April For tutorials and more ideas on hats, click on the following links: Easter Parade Concour d'Elegance In My Easter Bonnet Belle du Jour Easter Bonnet Easy Straw Hats Our New York trend report will be up shortly! Follow us on Twitter: @FashDollStylist Like us on Facebook:  www.facebook.com/FashDollStylist We're also on Pinterest:  www.pinterest.com/FashDollStylist Come have fun & show us your stuff along on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/fashiondollstylist

Happy Summer Solstice! Now that the sun is out in full force, quite naturally, your girls will need straw hats!!!! The other day while strolling through my local crafts store when I spotted packages of raffia which brought back memories of a project we did at a school I worked for in Paris. The seniors had to make their own accessories for their mini fashion collections. One girl made a series of hats made from raffia which I later bought. The process for making straw hats is pretty simple. You braid the raffia, shape it over a form and sew the braids together. For this project you will need a small bit of raffia. A little goes a very long way so buy the smallest package available. You will need the hat forms we created in a previous post. You can find that tutorial by clicking HERE . And then needle and thread. 1. We start by preparing the raffia. You want to pull apart the strands. 2. The width of braid you want to create will dictate how wide or fine eac...

From my doll family to yours, we wish all of our friends a very Happy Easter. The holiday came very early this year, a little too close to Paris week. But, the new girls in the house got into the box of head gear and started their own "Easter Parade." So today, we're presenting a few of our favorite Easter hats from previous posts. The tutorials on how we made the wide brimmed picture hats can be found by clicking  here . And there are other posts on how we made hats from existing elements which you might like by clicking here and also here . Enjoy. All images and text property of Fashion Doll Stylist. 2016. Follow us on Twitter: @FashDollStylist Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/FashDollStylist We're also on Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/FashDollStylist Join us on Instagram and show off your stuff: www.instagram/fashiondollstylist

I've been wanting to make felt hats for awhile now. What's held me back is thinking I needed special rolls of wool. While I did buy a small package, I discovered that working with felt squares is easier, not to mention, faster! In preparation for this post, I tried a number of different approaches, all of which I share with you here. And while there is a plethora of photos on this page, don't think for a moment that any of this is complicated. The reality is it is enormously easy because we are working with a super simple base which serves as a canvas for all of your creative expressions. 1.Felt squares are sold everywhere. If you can, try to find wool felt or at least, a material with wool content. Above the orange square is wool, the purple synthetic. Wool will make the process go even faster because it practically melts with steam. But if you are not so lucky, the synthetic still works, though requiring a bit more work to get a smooth finish at the edges. You...