I found this great blog post on another millinery website on a blocked beret made with a straw hood. They show a technique I had not seen before of using reed that is used for basket making to hold the hood in place on the block, this is particularly important in the block shown in [...]
The dates for the next millinery forum in 2011 have been announced so mark it in your diary now. From feedback given at the forum the organisers are committing to providing the following:
Ensuring workshop material lists are appropriate and include essential items only; they will be looking into kits and methods of making this process [...]
This article gives tips on making a a 1920’s style turban, this was a fashionable hat at the time. This article provides assistance for making a turban
Gloria Swanson wearing turban based hat Image via Wikipedia
I was recently lucky enough to attend the International Millinery Forum, a hat making spectacular, in Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia. On the first night I actually had time to write a post… the rest of the nights I was too busy finishing hats or exhausted from the [...]
Today, day 1, of the International Millinery Forum in Wagga Wagga, Australia.
I was lucky enough to attend a demonstration by Richard Nylon on techniques with feathers. The amazing expanse of his imagination and experimentation with feathers was shared generously with all attendees. I know that I was in awe and benefited immensely from his knowledge [...]