How to Make a Fascinator Part 3
Posted by Lia on 18th Mar 2017
This week I finished my fasinator. I
included some of our patterned clearance sinamay to give it some extra colour and detail. I think it really adds to the fasinator. I molded this patterned sinamay around the original shape of my fascinator. Again I had to
wet and iron the sinamay in order to get the shape I wanted. I then secured this by stitching it in place, making sure to use a m
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How to Make a Fascinator Part 2
Posted by Lia on 2nd Mar 2017
In our next millinery class we moved on to sculpting the main part of our fascinators. I had initially planned to make a sinamay flower to decorate my hat but ended up changing my design during this class. So to make the next part of my fascinator I began by cutting a square out of my sinamay, about 25cm by 25cm. Next I folded it diagonally to make a triangle and wet the sinamay so that I cou
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How to Make a Fascinator
Posted by Lia on 16th Feb 2017
Recently I was looking for a beginners
millinery course in the city. I looked up a few options online and
after talking to a few people and doing a some research I decided to
go with a 6 week course in Coláiste
Stiofáin Naofa
college of further education. I will be writing blog posts for
the next 6 weeks about what we are learning in these millinery
classes.This week we started making a hat
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Winter Millinery
Posted by Aine on 18th Nov 2016
We hope everyone had a great time at our two millinery demonstrations on Sunday the 13th! Colleen made a selection of fascinators and demonstrated step by step how you can make them yourself.During Colleen's demo she made some gorgeous pieces using some of the materials that are most popular in millinery this season. Millinery trends this winter season include fabrics such as velvet, leather,
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