Youtube Videos

Milliner makes silk velvet holly leaves for Christmas decorations. I’ll be using flower tools for these leaves, but you don’t have to have them – a household iron will do the same thing. You can choose to use these holly leaves as house decorations, hat trims, on hat pins or on hair combs.

Vintage style sponge roller wet set. How to do a voluminous bun hairstyle. How various hats look with hair up or hair down.

Velvet, plastic trims, wire frames, feather & berry sprays, veiling & flowers, creative use of blocks and feather pom poms. All these millinery techniques in 1 video. I’ll be finishing off all my autumnal UFOs (unfinished objects). I hope this video will inspire you to finish yours.

In this video I am making silk lilies out of white silk using flower tools or irons. I am also mounting my handmade flowers on an alligator hair clip as well as on a straw bandeau hat. White lilies are a symbol of St Catherine; the patron saint of Milliners. Her saint day is coming up on the 25th November.

A casque hat is a classic 1950s vintage style that invades your face. In this video I will be working with iridescent cockerel feathers on a fringe and talking you through my inspiration and design process.

Milliner (hat maker) makes Beauxbatons Harry Potter Goblet of Fire hat (designed and made for the film by Philip Treacy). In this video I will be modifying a plain crown block or poupee head using rope to create a pointy tip witch’s hat. I’ll also modify a mushroom brim block using hair rats. Then I’ll block and put together the whole hat using wool felt. I also made myself an authentic witch’s broomstick to complete the look.