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Millinery for beginner tools?

Starting out in millinery can be daunting as the blocks & steamers etc. involve a financial outlay. Of all the millinery equipment &…

Started by Elaine Mergard in MILLINERY SUPPLIESLatest Reply

History Of Hats Sketches

"Study the Past to define the Future." During my training in millinery, tailoring and dressmaking in 1964/65 we had to study Fashion Design…

Started by Elaine Mergard in VINTAGE MILLINERYLatest Reply

Logo for your Millinery Business

Hi I've been looking at online at logo making site's for my millinery business.  But I'm finding it dificult to decide which site to use.  …

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Wiring the entire frame of a small mad hat

Hello to all Millinery enthusiasts  I do not have a smaller mad hatter block version and I have been trying with buckram but cannot curve t…

Started by Catherine Cazes-Wiley in ASK A MILLINER

1 on Saturday
Reply by Carolyn Devins

Felt hat old looking

Hi all, I’m going thru different techniques to make new felt hats look older, but somehow I saw a hat that is using I suppose oil or someth…

Started by Daniela Sanz in ASK A MILLINER

0 Mar 29

Melusine top hat

I purchased a melusine top hat from a hat maker in London. When I received it I had to take it to a hat manufacturer in Colorado to have it…

Started by John Ferguson in ASK A MILLINER

0 Mar 26

Blocking with lace?

Hello. I am working with guipure lace for the first time and I would like to place it over a improvised top hat wire frame. I appreciate an…

Started by Mary McCann in ASK A MILLINER

1 Mar 17
Reply by Catherine Cazes-Wiley

Travelling with hats?

Many are traveling to Melbourne this Spring Carnival but packing hats in amongst clothing in a suit case might create a millinery mishap. H…

Started by Elaine Mergard in HAT CHAT

3 Jan 27
Reply by audrey Ava

Melusine stiffener

Hello please can anybody help me I need to stiffen Melusine double sided I’m afraid to don’t ruin the felt  thank you so much 

Started by Viorica Hiriczko in ASK A MILLINER

2 Jan 2
Reply by Viorica Hiriczko

how to remove foundation make up from a hat

Hi Everyone Still learning loads! would appreciate if you could please advise some tips on removing foundation makeup from a cream hat wit…

Started by ciara sweeney in ASK A MILLINER

16 Dec 9, 2023
Reply by S. Scheffer

What is the best hat for a roof cleaner?

Hello, I'm asking on behalf of a dear friend who cleans moss off roof shingles in Seattle for a living. The summer is over now so it's nice…

Started by LynnT91 in ASK A MILLINER

0 Nov 18, 2023

Attaching flowers?

I love having flowers on the hats I make. I buy the ones I don't make from Lubin's and they are very nice. My problem is attaching them di…

Started by Dianne Graham in ASK A MILLINER

7 Nov 18, 2023
Reply by LynnT91

Felt stiffener and white marks???

Hi all, This has probably been asked a dozen times but...? I use a flammable felt stiffener from Parkins UK, not cheap at £20.00 plus VAT…

Started by Susan Fage in ASK A MILLINER

29 Nov 15, 2023
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