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04 - BINDING WIDE, BRAID, SINAMAY
6 members Latest Activity: Jul 20, 2018
Give your hat a professional finish and vintage feel by covering the edge with fabric, braid or straw. By experimenting with matching straw or…
05 - CONNECTING & BANDING
8 members Latest Activity: May 14, 2016
Complete your first hat as you connect the brim to crown and add a decorative band on the outside plus an internal head band. Use these…
06 - BOWS AS TRIM
8 members Latest Activity: Feb 24, 2016
Transform a basic bow with this collection of 10 creative techniques. This includes how to twist or double knot a bow, or make sinamay, soft…
07 - FEATHER TRIM SHAPING
15 members Latest Activity: Jul 4, 2019
Discover how to manipulate feathers so they are more than a filler in the trim process. Learn specific skills unique…
08 - WORKING WITH LOOPS
13 members Latest Activity: Sep 9, 2017
In this flamboyant approach to trimming headpieces you will see how to assemble wide or narrow loops, in either fabric or straw. It also…
09 - REDESIGN FEATHERS
9 members Latest Activity: Mar 27, 2017
This lesson focuses on using feathers as a design feature for your headwear. As well as transforming popular feather types watch how to create…
10 - INSERT, SPOT, SHOT
5 members Latest Activity: Jan 29, 2022
Gain expertise to redesign a regular brim in three different ways. By inserting and adding extras to the straw we create a new…
11 - BRIMS - PLEAT, INLAY, DROOP
7 members Latest Activity: Mar 15, 2016
This lesson teaches you ways to add embellishment to sinamay with fine braid, extra layer of straw and pleating the edge. Give your hat…
12 - EMBROIDERY, INSERTIONS
4 members Latest Activity: Feb 9, 2016
Learn how to accomplish cornelli embroidery on sinamay using your regular sewing machine. Inserting contrast coloured sinamay shapes into…
13 - PATCHWORK, FABRIC COVER
4 members Latest Activity: Feb 25, 2016
Give your sinamay headwear new life when you learn colourful patchwork geometric design. Learn to include fabric to complement your…
14 - CUT & CURL
4 members Latest Activity: May 1, 2018
Cutting and curling your sinamay adds movement and life to designs when you dare to cut into the basic brim shape and reinvent it with a…
15 - ADDING EXTENSIONS
6 members Latest Activity: May 14, 2016
Revitalise your straw brim or disc hat by learning how to add Swirls and Curls as extra add ons to your basic shape. This system gives you…
16 - DOUBLE BRIM TECHNIQUES
7 members Latest Activity: Jun 16, 2019
Reinvent a brim by adding an extra sinamay brim with a different shape. All the know how is included in this lesson plus see how…
17 - BUCKRAM CROWNS
17 members Latest Activity: Oct 22, 2022
Buckram has been a favourite for milliners for decades. The traditional methods of blocking with buckram are detailed in…
18 - CROWN METHODS
6 members Latest Activity: Mar 1, 2017
This tutorial outlines a system to create a double crown and includes how to cut away a portion of the crown to expose the trim concept.…
19 - FELT HATS BASICS
22 members Latest Activity: Feb 6, 2019
Learn how to shape fabulous felt. It moulds easily with thorough steaming. It is the most creative medium in millinery as no risk of fraying.…
20 - BASIC FELT TRIM IDEAS
5 members Latest Activity: Jun 19, 2019
Add elegance to your felt hat creations with these trim concepts for flowers, leaves and loops. Due to the nature of felt…
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