Sensational Sinamay: Two Techniques

 

Sinamay, sinamay, how do we use you to make hats?  Using this contemporary millinery straw (yardage), you will create at least two lovely hats or headpieces--one traditional, one avant-garde. Take the mystery out of methods used in blocking this sinamay yardage, plus the more contemporary free-form styling used in many of today’s European-styled ‘fascinators.’  From blocking over hatblocks, to stiffening, to bias cuts, to free-styling, to bindings, learn all the tricks-of-the-trade used with this versatile millinery medium. Many couture finishing techniques will also be demonstrated. You’ll be pleasantly surprised by this often misunderstood medium!