Louise Macdonald has mastered traditional cockade trims and teaches you how to adapt for contemporary styled headwear, whether for a saucer hat, halo headband or trans-seasonal headpiece. Discover an intricate and practical system to ensure each fold is precise to bring the piece together to crea...

Join Master Milliner Louise Macdonald for an exclusive live masterclass tailored to complement your learning journey. With expert guidance, practical insight and support, Louise helps you develop your sinamay skills with creative confidence.
Contemporary Sinamay Course | Worksheet

Classic meets contemporary. Complement millinery designs with the distinctive feature of bias sinamay. Discover how to add a transparent extension following the circumference of a blocked hat, or hand sculpt an elevated sweep to combine with a beret headpiece. Louise Macdonald instructs in detail...

Discover inspirational techniques for sinamay straw under the direction of one of Australia's leading Millinery Educators and Master Milliner, Louise Macdonald. Once you understand how to manipulate this versatile material you will master designing luxurious trims for your headwear. Complement th...

In this course, your tutor Louise Macdonald teaches you how to prepare, manipulate and finish robust buntal straw to create showstopping trims with a concealed sinamay edge on a blocked buntal beret shape. Design options are unlimited, giving you the opportunity to create your own unique piece. P...

Saucer Hats are a popular millinery style as they suit all face shapes. Through mastering the flexibility and strength of the buntal straw, Master Milliner Louise Macdonald teaches you how she has innovated a technique to create saucer styles with out using traditional blocking methods. Louise in...