INGE MCARTHUR WAS BORN AND RAISED IN AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND AND WAS TAUGHT TO SEW BY HER MOTHER. SHE EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1967 AND SETTLED IN THE COMOX VALLEY. 
HER SEWING SKILLS CONTINUED TO INCREASE OVER THE YEARS AS SHE MADE HER OWN CLOTHES AND MOST OF HER HUSBAND’S GOLF ATTIRE.
IT WAS THE GOLF CAPS AND VISORS SHE WAS MAKING AND SELLING AT CRAFT FAIRS THAT PROMPTED A LOCAL WIG RETAILER TO ASK, IF SHE COULD MAKE SOME WARM HATS FOR HER CLIENTS THAT WERE UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY. SHE ENJOYED THIS SO MUCH SHE DECIDED TO EXPAND INTO STYLISH SUMMER AND WINTER HATS & CAPS.
HER SHOULDER BAGS WERE ADDED AT FIRST TO MATCH THE HATS, BUT SHE NOW MAKES A WIDE RANGE OF BAGS IN ALL COLOURS AND SIZES.
HER USE OF COORDINATED PIPING TO COMPLIMENT THE MANY DIFFERENT COLOURS, PATTERNS AND TEXTURES OF HER FINISHED PRODUCTS IS EVIDENCE OF HER AIM TO MAKE UNIQUE AND AFFORDABLE PRODUCTS OF SIMPLE ELEGANCE. 
WORKING BY HERSELF, OUT OF HER HOME IN COURTENAY, SHE PRODUCES HATS AND BAGS THAT HAVE BEEN SOLD THROUGHOUT B.C. AND AS FAR EAST AS MANITOBA. SHE WELCOMES INQUIRIES AND CUSTOM ORDERS FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE SOMETHING SPECIAL, OR TO MATCH A HAT OR BAG TO THEIR WARDROBE. ALL HER PRODUCTS ARE MADE OF WASHABLE FABRICS.
You can lots more of Inge’s magnificent and stylish work at Side Street Studio, Victoria.
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