Bonnie

Catherine Doherty

Scotland

• Beaded Flower Stamens Project by Ann Morse-Brown

I have not been doing millinery very long. I joined Katherine Elizabeth Millinery Academy 3 months ago.

I took my inspiration from the beaded flower. I have been involved with jewellery making, sewing and adding beads to garments to make them unique. So I wanted to incorporate that into my hat

I absolutely love making hats and can't wait to make more. I love making bespoke items that you know nobody else will have.

My hat I have entered is made with Petersham sinamay and was not as stiff as some sinamay. I have sewn on small beads round the edge and also added a beaded flower.

• Petersham sinamay/red, stripped
• Millinery wire
• Millinery Stiffner
• Thread
• Bead
• Florist tape
• Tuft
• Lining
• Petersham ribbon
• Pillar hat block

• Cling film hat block
• Shaping sinamay
• Adding stiffener
• Sewing in millinery wire
• Sewing sinamay trim
• Hand sewing single beads
• Joining flower
• Joining leaves using florist tape
• Steaming tuft to shape
• Sewing on flower, leaves and tuft
• Hand sewing lining and added to hat
• Hand sewing Petersham ribbon