NEW BLOG

Please go to my new Blog at www.dollsbyarline.blogspot.com

Dolly Delights

Please go to my new blog  www.dollsbyarline.blogspot.com

Every girl needs a hat!!

Elza on her way to a special little girl!!!!

Lizzie the Lamb looking for a new home

These are just a few of my new creations. Working with dolls brings me back 40yrs to a time when I made dolls for my sons school Christmas Bazaar. The delight in the eyes of little girls and boys is something that I never get tired of. When they get their new doll or stuffed toy, the look on their face is precious!!!!

Something New

Here are a few of the new cloth dolls I will be offering in the coming months!!!!

NEW BLOG

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 This style is one of my most popular. I did many in cotton for the spring, but have decided to make them in wool for the colder months ahead. This hat can be done in many colors to match your coat. Just contact me  for your color choices. Hat is $30.00

For Orders

I am not using my Etsy store right now. If you would like to place an order, please email me at arlinepozzo@yahoo.com or call at 860-4808775 or 860-7382270 Thanks

Hartford Magazine Article Oct 25, 2014

Hartford Magazine

Chapeau Designs By Arline

When you picture a hat designer, you probably imagine someone from another era, slaving away over hats for proper ladies. And, while Arline Pozzo does design 20s- and 30s-style flapper hats, she's a thoroughly modern business lady.

Pozzo's whimsical fascinator-style hats and flapper chapeaux are inspired by period television shows, including "Downton Abbey." She says: "[The] 18- to 25-year-old girls love them! At each craft show, I sell three or four of them."

Still, those aren't the only type of hats Pozzo makes. "For my hats for hair loss I use beautiful linings, and decorate them with veiling, feathers, or hand-crocheted flowers. I have a special needs daughter and I went to her group home to give her a hat and the staff went nuts for the designs. I made hats and protective clothing for all the people in the home. I used lace and ruffles on the ladies' adult bibs. For the men, I made protective clothing that looked like the front of a tux. For my nursing home and special needs customers I keep my prices reasonable and I use cotton linings for comfort."

For this crowd, she makes ponchos, wheelchair bags and walker bags, crafted from old jeans and swatches of colorful dress fabric. Nothing goes to waste in Pozzo's workroom.

When you step inside her workroom, it feels very homey — which makes sense, because it's actually in her home. The room is filled with seven sewing machines (one for embroidery, three sergers for strengthening hat construction, plus three regular machines), feathers, repurposed and recycled fabrics, beads, ribbons, bows, hand-crocheted flowers and lace.

Pozzo learned to sew in high school, but her mother was her inspiration. "She always told me you can do whatever you love, and I love making my hats." 

Pozzo sells at local craft shows and in shops. For details, visit http://www.facebook.com/ChapeauDesignsByArline or her blog at grace-gracefulgreetings.blogspot.com