CynthiaParkhill

One of the pleasures of reading aloud to students is being able to share stories that have been recognized as exceptional works of children...

My latest hat and blouse creations repurpose fabrics from other uses. Lace and embroidered trim are from a now-retired blouse, and the pa...

Completed just in time for school pictures this past week at Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts: a couple of blouses, and a “newsboy”...

Reverse-engineered Jonathan’s “helmet liner,” to produce these new articles for him to wear over his hair during exercise. I’m especially...

Here are a couple of my recent sewing projects, out of a beautiful green herringbone flannel. The jacket is from an old McCalls pattern, ...

I managed to create one final hat before packing up my sewing supplies for the move back to northern California. With the black-and-white ...

Walking around Medford, we got so many compliments for this “Leaf Corps” hat by Hat People that I got Jonathan for Christmas. (I assemble...

An official staff photo by Lifetouch School Portraits commemorates my beginning a new year as a library professional. I’ve come a long w...

His and her newsboy hats are assembled from scraps of Guatemalan cotton, interspersed with panels of black cutwork embroidery (repurposed ...

The Brother 1034D Serger will really streamline bill-assembly for “newsboy” touring caps . I want to credit Candice Ayala for starting me ...

This newsboy-style hat, in panels of blue, green and purple, repurposes fabric from a purple tunic, a blue and green floral-print dress an...

Talk about a win-win situation: I chop the hemline of a dress or long tunic so that I can wear it, paired with pants or leggings, while I...

It’s a treat to see pieces I’ve assembled for Hat People of southern Oregon, in the hats’ final completed form. These varigated cr...

What would my ‘customer service’ hat look like? Among library blogs, 500 Hats by Barbara Braxton is a personal favorite; it expands the...

I assembled various fabrics, in orange, green, blue and brown, into a spectacular hat. I love the way these fabrics work together, m...

Sewing helper Starfire and friend Time once again to bring out my “Cat in the Hat” hat for Read Across America Day, which is being obser...

My part-time work sewing bills and crowns for Hat People​ in southern Oregon now has tangible representation. My newsboy hat, in brown-a...

I’ve assembled bill and crown of the most fabulous hat yet for Hat People in southern Oregon: panels of my favorite brown-and-green plaid...

I spent “Caturday” adding a fabric liner and ties to my fabulous cat ears hat , originally crocheted from Kelley Freeman’s pattern on Ra...

Until this Christmas, my sock-knitting pursuits involved “Boye” Size 3 double-pointed knitting needles that I found packaged in a tube wi...