Julie Powell – Australia

Category: Traditional

Description

Bringing the traditional materials together in my headpiece with fusing together the brim to a teardrop block and bringing colour to the piece with teal and blue flowers and leaves using french flower tools. I woke up from a dream of how i would make this piece and it came to life so beautifully.

Materials

• Sinamay
• wire
• leather
• cotton thread
• lace
• design master
• stamens
• brim and teardrop blocks
• french flower tools
• quill feather
• braid ribbon
• elastic to hold headpiece on head

Techniques

• Blocking and french flower tools
• sewing machine on brim sinamay