The 2015 HATalk Hat Making Competition focused on ‘Transition’ and we received over 85 international submissions creatively representing this theme.

So many amazing entries and so much talent made choosing a winner of the 2015 HATalk Hat Making Competition a very difficult task for the judges – Georgina Abbott of Atelier Millinery, Denise Innes-Spencer of The British School of Millinery and myself, HATalk Editor Becky Weaver.

1st Place: Anél Heyman (New Zealand)

Prize: 1-week Residential Millinery Workshop at Chateau Dumas in France.

2nd Place: Jo-Anne Rolfe (Australia)

Prize: £250 voucher for Guy Morse-Brown Hat Blocks

  3rd Place: Laura Del Villaggio (USA)

Prize: $150 of Wool Felt Products from Judith M

4th Place: Sally-Ann Provan (UK)

Prize: A selection of books from How2hats