Blossom of Spring

Ilze Zabello

Ireland

• HATalk Issue 163:  3 Simple Sinamay Trims by Amy Fowler

I only started millinery journey last year (2019) and first material that I was experimenting with was sinamay. Came across HATalk magazine issue about flower making and thought to try out. In the result of experimenting with this technique I wanted to achieve different, fuller look of the flower. So instead of using square shaped sinamay folded diagonally I tried to use triangle shapes instead.

Rest of the design was inspired by thoughts of spring and nature waking up. Blossom of flowers, birds singing, brighter mornings and warmer evenings. Happier times to look forward after very long lockdown across the world.

• Neon Pink and Ivory Sinamay
• Cotton covered millinery wire
• Clingfilm
• Blocking pins
• Crown hat block
• Needle and treads
• Lining fabric
• White braid
• Hat elastic
• Glue drops

• Cutting sinamay on the bias
• Blocking crown wooden hat block
• Trimmed, folded and handstitched wire inside the edge using tread
• Blocked crown shaped lining
• Lined inside
• Covered inside edge with white braid using glue drops
• Hand attached elastic
• Sinamay flower making technique
• Sinamay bias strips technique for making spirals
• Hand stitched flower and spirals to the base using matching threads