How to stiffen a felt hood or capeline for millinery using chemical stiffeners. Universal millinery technique essential for beginner and pros. Use chemicals at your own risk. You are responsible for your own safety. All health & safety protocols detailed on the product must be followed.
Read MoreMillinery’s best kept secret | Turbans, pleats & the bias
What is the bias? Why is it important to millinery? What can you do with it? Find out the answers in this video. I shall be showing how to make a pin tuck turban and also how to use bias pleats to cover a buckram foundation. Shapes explored in this video include a front twist turban, pillbox and a teardrop. You can use any shape buckram that you like, including: calot half hat, beret, percher, button, teardrop. You’ll need a blocking net foundation for the turban, as well as a sewing machine.
Read MoreHow to clean and oil a front or top loading sewing machine
You should clean, oil and service your sewing machine regularly to keep it in good working order. I’ll take you through the steps of how to do this first for a top loading bobbin sewing machine (Husqvarna Viking Emerald 118) and then for a front loading bobbin sewing machine (Frister Rossmann Panda 6 MKII). These steps will be similar for any branded sewing machine, but if in doubt you should check your machine’s manual.
Read MoreMaking my own Blocking Net | Turban Foundation | Vintage Millinery Science
Millinery blocking/Paris/Dior net for hat making turbans. What is it? Why is it? Where is it? An experimental video fusing together science and millinery. I will be testing for starch, making my own starch fabric stiffener, and then making a few different turban foundations.
Read MoreDress Like Jackie | How to wear a vintage pillbox hat
A style guide to dress like Jackie Kennedy in the 1960s. The first lady’s favourite accessories were her pillbox hat, gloves and pearls, but what else is essential to get her look? I’ll take you through hair and makeup and touch on Jackie’s hat designer Halston. Let’s open up the wardrobe and get started! Being a milliner, I made my own version of Jackie’s famous inauguration pillbox hat first: watch this video here: https://youtu.be/wj_xzdXD4wE
Read MorePaper + Plaster = Pillbox | Jackie Kennedy’s Inauguration Hat using vintage techniques
How to make a DIY hat block out of Plaster. This pillbox hat block is based on Jackie Kennedy’s Inauguration Day hat made by Halston in 1960. In this video I’m also blocking with wool felt – it’s easier than you think! Download your paper net pattern here: https://www.byilona.co.uk/product/jackie-kennedy-inauguration-pillbox-wire-frame-paper-net/
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