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Great Doctor Bag from Hermes Diane Scarf for a New York Fashionista !

A New York City Hermes collector ( and fashionista!) will soon be sporting her new Hermes doctor bag recently re-purposed from her lovely yellow and brown Diane scarf here at the ticklepie Scarf Spa. In addition to the bag, the title of the scarf graces the center point of her new twilly that was sewn from this scarf along with a detachable shoulder strap that was created from the tan equestrian print micro suede used for the lining . Pieces of silk were used at the ends of the strap as well.

   This is a very intricate and difficult bag to sew....but also one of the most interesting and beautiful with all its pieces and sections. I especially like the equestrian micro suede lining...all sewn in by hand, as it is so soft and cozy. Distressed leather was used for the handles and bottom. 

   

 

   

 

   

   I also have 2 great bags available for purchase that I have sewn this week...the first is one of my Chop Suey Messenger bags that features a mixture of fall tapestry fabrics with rust and black paisley, black and grey corduroy with tobacco colored linen lining.......tons of storage and organization in this bag ! Fits most laptops as well with a size of 16" x 12" x 5" with 2 side pockets, 2 back pockets and 3 inside pockets. Shoulder strap is 42" long. Available at $88 plus $8.95 shipping.

 

   

 

   

 

   

The second bag features one of my all time favorite tapestry fabrics because I just love, love, love the colors and the texture. Great size , too at 16" x 8" x 3" with  26" shoulder straps that easily go over a  coat.... zipper top closure and inside pockets in an aqua and brown paisley lining. Available at $88 plus $8.95 to ship.

 

   

 

   

Please contact me via email should be interested in either of the two tapestry bags shown above, or should you need your Hermes scarf to be upcycled into a new accessory or bag by clicking on the EMAIL ME icon in the upper left corner of this blog.

Happy Hermes Halloween ! and a Parures Des Sables scarf becomes a beautiful ensemble of re-purposed items !

 

Ghouls and Goblins will bring a TREAT, not a trick to a lovely East Coast Collector who recently sent her HERMES Parures Des Sables to the Ticklepie Scarf Spa for re-purposing  into a new ensemble of twilly, bucket bag, and clutch wallet with wristlet. Hot pink silk lining provides even more tantilizing eye candy !

 

And me.....oh yes....I decided to be a witch this year for Halloween......not just your ordinary witch.....but a glamorous one with pink and (slime) green Bolduc scarf and black beaded cashmere sweater.....nothing like looking glamorous while you are riding your broomstick ......complete with little spiders on your veil !

Hermes Texas Wildlife Scarf travel or storage Pouch

Many , many collectors have written to tell me how much they enjoy my scarf travel pouches and how often they use them for their scarves. Hopefully, I will find some time before Xmas to cut some more from various Hermes scarves, but for now I have a very special one available cut from Kermit Oliver's Texas Wildlife. This is the hot pink, taupe and teal  colorway and is lined with latte satin and trimmed with gold french braid. It ties with a satin ribbon. In the last photo , you can see how you  slide your scarves in and out. Please email me if you are interested in purchasing. Please be sure to view the post just prior to this one where there is a new Messenger bag(leather and Hermes Silk) for sale and a new Silky City in Grand Tenue also available for purchase.

 

   

 

   

New Messenger style bag with Hermes Zephyr scarf and great alternative to Silky City in Grand Tenue and POO

Please enjoy these photos of my newest messenger bag ....cut and sewn here from Hermes "Zephyr", a 1992 scarf design from artist, Julie Abadie. Note the gorgeous strong women...carved mastheads from the ships. Click on photos to enlarge to see greater detail.

 

   

 

   

 

 This bag has 2 end pockets with tab closures and is lined with aqualine linen and 2 inside pockets. The scarf's original care tag was re-attached at the pocket top. The gusset panel is distressed leather. This bag is available for purchase at $249 plus $14.95 shipping.

   

 

   

 

The following are photos of the new alternative to the SILKY City bag and are sewn from a brown Hermes Grand Tenue scarf and a black Hermes Pierres d'Orient et d'Occident scarf. They both have leather shoulder strap that is adjustable at the side of the bag, leather ears at the bottom corners and a cloche strap that hangs forward on the bag. The Grand Tenue is available for purchase at $249 plus shipping. The Black Poo belongs to a private collector.

   

 

   

 

   

Here is the Grand Tenue bag

 

   

 

 

Ticklepie travels to Las Vegas to treat fellow scarfies to a trunk show !

Ticklepie has just returned from Las Vegas where there had been a scheduled hook-up with fellow scarfies for a weekend of silken splendor, silken swapping, and silken mayhem. I had invited everyone to my hotel room on Saturday morning for a trunk show and tell of many bags and accessories that I had made from the silks as well as other bags to provide inspiration for future scarf cutting projects. Photos below show members  holding up their (and others) scarves that were being swapped and shopped! If you click on the photos, it will enlarge them so that you may see greater detail. 

   

 

   

 

   

And here is a stunning photo of one the members of our group who looks like an Hermes model herself, sporting one of my new CARRE BAGS, that allow you to wear your scarf without wearing your scarf, as it is secured through a handle loop system at the top. No more lost scarves ! I think our member should appear in the next issue of LE MONDE D' HERMES  !

 

For Act II, our group left my hotel room at the Paris, and moved across the street to the Bellagio Hotel and settled ourselves into a lovely restaurant called OLIVES, which is located right next to the Hermes Boutique. A sumptious lunch and fellowship was enjoyed by all.....and , oh yes,  more scarves !

   

 

   

 

For Act III, we arrived at the Hermes Boutique at 2 pm. for a presentation and scarf shopfest with asst. mgr. Carol and her cadre of sales associates. It was not long before the scarf locusts had ravaged the scarf counter !

   

Did you note that scarfies were  workin' it from BOTH sides of the counter?

 

It also seemed that with our group so actively looking and displaying various items to each other, that people walking by became curious, as if Hermes must be having a 2 for 1 sale or something, as it seemed more and more people kept coming into the store from the outside. We hope that this was a most profitable afternoon for the store and that Carol and her crew did not have too big of a job restoring their scarf counters to their previous condition !  Scarf piranhas are sometimes a deadly species !

For Act IV and the Grand Finale, we dined together that evening at Bolud's in the Wynn Las Vegas, which was absolutely fabulous.....out of this world  FABULOUS ! If you have not seen the Wynn, please put it on your list for your next visit.....you WILL NOT be disappointed....and I must say, it would be a great weekend getaway treat for yourself !

And to the HSCI team members who took it upon themselves to make our various lodging, event and eating arrangements.....please stand up and take a bow......you made some truly stellar choices and we deeply appreciate all of your hard work !   (APPLAUSE  APPLAUSE    APPLAUSE   !!!!!!!)

New Carre Bag designed just for your Hermes Scarf !

Living in Arizona does not allow one to wear Hermes scarves very comfortably(or at all!) in the summer time. Many collectors in other parts of the country had expressed the same problem, so I recently designed a brand new bag just for scarf collectors who wish to be able to show off their lovely scarves year round. My inspiration was actually a bag that I had seen Audrey Hepburn carry in one of her earlier movies. Using my own dimensions of the most popular size to carry and making some modifications to the shoulder straps, I created a totally new bag to make collectors scarf adorned and care free. Here are 6 of the new bags in the new colors......keyed to the colors that appear in many of the Hermes scarves.

 

   

 

And here we go with adding some gorgeous Hermes scarves and knotting in the front. I have made the top of the bag the exact dimension to allow for full display of the scarf  all the way around and tying in the front.

   

and here are the backs of the bags

 

   

 

Here is a closeup of the brown herringbone bag with my Hermes Bolduc Carre. Great brown color for fall!

    

    

The 6 bags featured here today are done in the following fabrics : Red Ralph Lauren Denim, Bankers grey wool suiting, Eggplant microfiber Ann Taylor suiting, Belgian linen in tan/white, Black and white linen, and brown textured herringbone. These bags are available at $78 and $88 plus $8.95 shipping. Special color requests are also welcome.

Dimensions are 15" across the top and 18" across the bottom. Height is 12". Shoulder straps are 26" long. Bag has one inside zipper pocket and has been double interfaced and reinforced to be able to stand on its own, while still having a slouchy silhouette. You will love this bag  !!!! This bag can ALSO be sewn from an Hermes silk scarf for a totally different look as well !

Bags may be ordered with either a magnetic snap closure or a zipper top closure. Please email me using the EMAIL icon in the upper left corner of this page.

Hermes Pavement Silky Pop Tote plus 5 more new accessory items are upcycled from one blouse !

A lovely Hermes silk blouse done in the scarf pattern "Pavement" recently arrived at the door of the Ticklepie Scarf Spa, sent by a lovely East Coast collector. Turquoise and brown are the predominant colors and this is probably the most stunning colorway of this exquisite mosaic design.

 

I first cut large sections to be used to make the new tote bag that is the alternative to the silky pop and found a great turquoise lining to use.

 

The front placket and buttons were kept intact to accent the front of the bag.When I did the back of the bag, I did have to re-engineer the print a bit so that the Hermes-Paris ended up at the center top of the bag and not on the very underneath, as it was originally appearing at the very bottom hem edge of the back of the blouse.

   

 

I removed the original Hermes care tag that had been in the neck of the blouse and re-attached it to the inside pocket.

   

A convenient storage pouch with horn button closure was created for the bag and it was lined with the mosaic silk. In addition, a twilly was done along with a key fob, small cosmetics bag and a fabulous belt with faux tortoise buckle.

 

   

 

   

The Pavement pattern is so dynamic and beautiful when upcyled into new items that can be used everyday.....it works especially well as the pattern is so small and detailed. Below is a photo of a scarf that I have available for purchase in this pattern in the red/turquoise colorway, should you be interested in doing something as exciting for yourself ! You may contact me by clicking on the EMAIL icon in the upper left of this page and I will be happy to send you the details of the entire process.

Ticklepie welcomes our newest member to our team !

On Sept. 2, 2008 our newest team member was born and we are happy to welcome Kaydence Leeann Miller , weighing in at 7 lbs. 2 oz. She is the daughter of Matthew and Nicole Miller, both active duty Air Force stationed in California. Her parents are both veterans of multiple tours of duty in the current Middle East conflict war zones. Way to go guys !

   

Two Hermes Les Rubans du Cheval scarves visit the Scarf Spa and are magically transformed !

Two Hermes Les Rubans du Cheval scarves recently entered rehab here at the Ticklepie Scarf Spa, sent by their proud owner, an Hermes collector, to be upcycled into new items.....one in the black colorway and the other in blue.

   From the black scarf, a new bucket bag with matching wallet was created for daytime 

   

Along with a great evening clutch with detachable wristlet and gold quilted interior

 

   

A small cutie pie belt pouch was also done utilizing the rolled hem edge of the scarf as the loop holders for the belt

 

 From the blue Les Rubans du Cheval, four wonderful accessory items were created. In the next photos you can view the SCARF TRAVEL POUCH , Sunglass Case, Zipper Cosmetics bag w/rhinestone pull and finally a folding jewelry organizer. The folding jewelry case took me quite a time to engineer with its twin zipper pouches at each end and multiple open pockets of varying sizes in the center, allowing for all the types and sizes of jewelry items that women carry.

   

 

     

    

 

     

    

This Hermes collector now has 8 lovely items she can use on a daily basis made from her vintage scarves to be loved and enjoyed instead of being locked away in a drawer unseen and unappreciated. Just gorgeous !

Hermes Anemones Scarf and Hermes Pavois Plisse become exciting alternatives to the Silky Pop Shopper tote !

I always enjoy upcycling an Hermes Plisse scarf that has had its pleats removed. What is always left is a wonderful shimmer-essence that is actually the shadow of the former pleat, that gives the bag an artistic quality and visual movement to the elements that are contained within the original design. Witness below the transformation I did of an Hermes Pavois plisse scarf.....the flags now appear to be actually almost waving in the breeze. It is also interesting to note that Pavois is one of those rare scarves where the title , the artist signature(Ledoux) and the HERMES PARIS are all contained within the focal of the scarf. I also constructed a twilly to tie on the handles along with a silk storage pouch that features the rolled hem edge as the top edge of the pouch. Note the original vintage tag was re-attached inside to the top pocket edge.

 

 

   

 

 

   

I did another tote bag that is the alternative to the silky pop for a second collector who submitted a stunning pink and black Hermes Anemones. I had a matching pink lining that was exactly the same as the pink in the scarf and the results were absolutely eye-poppingly gorgeous.

 

   

 

   

The coordinating storage pouch was done in black silk with horn button closure and lined with the remaining piece of the Anemones scarf. The loop closure features the rolled edge hem of the scarf ! Nothing is ever wasted when I cut the silks...everything becomes new again !