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today's fleamarket finds 🥰

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Washday 🫧🧽💦
Why do I wash hats? These hats have already had a life, and they came to me because they were in a storage which needed to be cleared out (the last pics give you an overview how many were in that lot).
Felt is a superb material and can be shaped anew many times before the material wears out. I took off the trimmings and washed the felt cones by hand (never by machine!), and later on they will be put to good use in a new hat!
Upcycling felt is and has been done in hatmaking for many centuries. It saves natural ressources, it saves excellent Vintage quality felts from being thrown out (just look at the colours! you don't get that variety of shades today!), and it saves money. What's not to like?

Think about upcycling and getting your hat re-trimmed next time 😊

ps: cat for size.

Leider dem ORF nur einen Mini-Beitrag wert, aber immerhin.

Kleinfirmen stoppen Versand in andere EU-Länder - news.ORF.at Die seit einer Woche geltende EU-Verpackungsverordnung soll Müllberge reduzieren und Recycling fördern. Kleine Unternehmen kritisieren die zusätzlichen Kosten und den bürokratischen Mehraufwand. Viele Firmen haben deshalb jetzt den Versand ihrer Produkte in andere EU-Länder gestoppt.

Hi, I know I'm very late late to the game but the last weeks were quite turbulent for my family and me. And somewhere between medical emergencies, a heavy heatwave and plenty of online orders to fulfill there came this small regulation which threatens to kill small businesses.
So, as you may have already noticed in my etsy shop: I currently only ship to certain countries and for now it has to stay this way unfortunately.
The new packaging and packaging waste regulations (ppwr) are a horror for small to medium sized businesses as they make shipping in the EU unneccessary complicated and expensive. Meaning for me that not only is my own business in danger but also some of my suppliers might not ship to Austria in future. (Find millinery supplies locally in Austria? Ha, you wish! 😥 I'd love to but I can't even get the basics such as straw or felt cones, or decent petersham ribbons.)

While reducing packaging waste and making sure that all packaging waste is deposed of correctly is certainly a good idea -this has not been given enough thought.

I'll keep you updated if there are news on this.

gute Tat 😊🌾👒https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BcB2NVwHq/

King Charles has donated an entire field of wheat from his private Sandringham estate to a hat maker amid a national straw shortage👏🌾.

Milliner Emily Hurst, who crafts high-end women's straw hats, found her business facing major challenges due to a severe national straw shortage. Brutal drought conditions and poor harvests left traditional British wheat varieties like Maris Widgeon—a specialised material prized by traditional hat makers—extremely difficult to source 👒☀️

After training at the King's country retreat of Highgrove through a Chanel and King's Foundation fellowship, Emily mentioned her material supply struggles to the monarch.

Upon hearing about her plight, King Charles immediately stepped in to help by handing over a whole crop field to ensure her craft could continue.

The talented designer expressed her disbelief over the royal generosity during an interview on BBC Radio 4. Reacting to the massive gesture, Emily shared: "We've got a whole field's worth here, I could potentially create hundreds of hats from this. It's quite hard to imagine if I'm honest, it's still quite surreal, it's still sinking in."

Her passion for preserving classic British craftsmanship remains at the heart of her work. Reflecting on her trade, Emily explained: "Straw is an extraordinary and often overlooked material with deep cultural significance and an exciting future in modern fashion. I'm passionate about helping this heritage craft not only survive, but thrive again." 👒