Image via Wikipedia I have been researching better ways to put together tutorials on making hats… The ones that I like the best are on the Instructables website… Here are two I found on hats. A girl pirate hat – I think this is quite a good design and the way the instructions are set [...]
Yesterday I made my first visit to Dita Feather. Set in an old terrace house-shop just of Oxford Street. I was taken up the narrow stairs to select the feathers I wanted – available in all shapes and sizes (that birds grow) and in an array of colours to suit the current fashion and other [...]
Image by wallyg via Flickr I didn’t expect to find much on youtube on making hats. I did, however, find quite a lot of interesting videos from milliners and videos on making hats. I have listed below the four I like the most. Louise Green’s Milinery – I liked this one because it showed what [...]
The 20/20 has dried and is firm it is time to cut the cocktail hat to shape.Step 1: Take the shape of the block and cut of rough edges. Step 2: Mark the shape. Some points to note: You may wish to mark the shape into quarters – centre front to centre back and side [...]
Okay this may be my first post but I thought I would get right in and start making hats. I am currently making a cocktail hat for my certificate 3 in Millinery and have decided to attempt to document it here. Being new at blogging I am sure my instructions and photos will get better [...]