Elevated Trimming
Sinamay Circle
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59m
Defy gravity by engineering dynamic embellishments that ascend elegantly with structured stability. Learn how to use lightweight sinamay to successfully add volume to your hat or headpiece as you follow Louise Macdonald’s creative and detailed instructions.
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☰ Lesson Chapters:
• Shaping With Pattern • Steam Sculpting
• Wire Engineering • Attachment & Lining
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Cocktail Hats
Block foundation straw and cover a button shape with silk and other fabrics or use sinamay and sculpture with parisisal creating a different appeal.
LESSON PLAN: Cocktail Foundation | Wire and cover | Trimming and Lining | Sculpturing
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Fashioned Straw Flowers
Amongst the new sinamay straw roses and lilies we create a large sculptured Parisisal rose. The larger flowers will lend themselves to be the dominant feature of your trim or fascinator. Learn to add wire stems to the daisies so you can give the trim a three-dimensional effect.
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Hatinators
Create this sculptured combination of a hat and fascinator. Learn to block basic Hatinator shape then discover how to remould, twist, pleat, splice, braid with the addition of textiles to give a totally new look.
LESSON PLAN: Styling and sculpturing with sinamay | Pari and crinoline | Adding f...
