THIS was a joyous romp through hat making! I have zero intentions of making this one--it's a bit beyond my current skill set--but I had fun watching nonetheless. You are a great teacher!
One of the very first hats i made was a fabric sewn one very similar to this, in a church craft class, and hat making was the only class that had a space left - and I was addicted. On a totally different note, I would love to see a tutorial on how to dye velvet milinery flowers and leaves into darker colours. Yup the brown obsessed girl strikes again, I am decorating 1950's pixie hats and cannot find the right shades I need. I know youve touched on dyeing before but if theres a way of safely dying velvet milinery flowers of unknown fibre, I would relish the opportunity!
Hi Roxann! Lovely to hear from you 😊 With regards to your velvet leaves - as they are already formed, dyeing them with traditional methods might damage/destroy them. You could try spraying them with floristry spray paint. A brand recommended to me by other milliners has been "Oasis" - I don't know if these are available in Australia. Maybe test this on a scrap piece of velvet fabric to see if it will worth first though. Also, floristry paint isn't colour fast, so do bare that in mind. There is another spray paint brand - "Rustoleum" that make a fabric spray paint.
Ok - consider advice taken! How about making my own. Ive seen the duo metal stamps, and have considered making my own. Do you know how these are used specifically, do u have any, and any chance of a patreon tutorial on the materials used and how to use the stamps. Another high profile costuber took the plunge and bought the special heat kit and has done a series of episodes, making various flowers, but its only a copy of what youve already shown us. But I cant find anything that shows the materials and methods of the litlle metal stamps. Its not the cost of the flowers per se thats choking, its the postage. So Im considering investing and making them myself - long run, much cheaper. Lastly I found and bough the 1940's copy of "Modern Milinery Made Easy" and its a thorough encylopedia of milinery of the day. It talks in length of Espartra, and other materialls Ive never heard of, and - YES!! answer to the question of what did they use over their blocks before cling wrap....nothing. Just T pins! There you go. Mystery solved. I do have a lot to catch up on milinery related. @ByIlonaMillinery
I will probably never make a hat but I just adore you & find watching you makes me smile💗 Love Your Talent!!!
An incredible hat. You will always be my favourite Barbie 💋
What fun! and of course this could easily be made in any fashion fabric with a pattern that you like or that matches your favourite sundress
Thank you your directions were so clear and easy to follow. I am hoping to make one for each of my 4 granddaughters
THIS was a joyous romp through hat making! I have zero intentions of making this one--it's a bit beyond my current skill set--but I had fun watching nonetheless. You are a great teacher!
Very nice thanks
I went looking for pink gingham before I went to the Barbie movie and there wasn't any to be found! Hopefully they'll get and back in stock soon!
Thank you
This turned out great! 💝
So helpful
One of the very first hats i made was a fabric sewn one very similar to this, in a church craft class, and hat making was the only class that had a space left - and I was addicted.
On a totally different note, I would love to see a tutorial on how to dye velvet milinery flowers and leaves into darker colours. Yup the brown obsessed girl strikes again, I am decorating 1950's pixie hats and cannot find the right shades I need. I know youve touched on dyeing before but if theres a way of safely dying velvet milinery flowers of unknown fibre, I would relish the opportunity!
Hi Roxann! Lovely to hear from you 😊
With regards to your velvet leaves - as they are already formed, dyeing them with traditional methods might damage/destroy them. You could try spraying them with floristry spray paint. A brand recommended to me by other milliners has been "Oasis" - I don't know if these are available in Australia. Maybe test this on a scrap piece of velvet fabric to see if it will worth first though. Also, floristry paint isn't colour fast, so do bare that in mind. There is another spray paint brand - "Rustoleum" that make a fabric spray paint.
Ok - consider advice taken! How about making my own. Ive seen the duo metal stamps, and have considered making my own. Do you know how these are used specifically, do u have any, and any chance of a patreon tutorial on the materials used and how to use the stamps.
Another high profile costuber took the plunge and bought the special heat kit and has done a series of episodes, making various flowers, but its only a copy of what youve already shown us. But I cant find anything that shows the materials and methods of the litlle metal stamps. Its not the cost of the flowers per se thats choking, its the postage. So Im considering investing and making them myself - long run, much cheaper.
Lastly I found and bough the 1940's copy of "Modern Milinery Made Easy" and its a thorough encylopedia of milinery of the day. It talks in length of Espartra, and other materialls Ive never heard of, and - YES!! answer to the question of what did they use over their blocks before cling wrap....nothing. Just T pins! There you go. Mystery solved. I do have a lot to catch up on milinery related. @ByIlonaMillinery
I cant seem to get the rim to stand out its so floppy, I cant get any more wire in so not sure what else has gone wrong 😔