Hat Making Project
Pleated Sinamay Headpiece
Make a sinamay button hat with a metallic effect pleated trim.
Hat Making Project
Pleated Sinamay Headpiece
Make a sinamay button hat with a metallic effect pleated trim.
Projects / Pleated Sinamay Headpiece
Project Overview
Adding a pleated sinamay trim can transform an average button hat into a next level, race-day ready fashion statement.
Sinamay is a versatile millinery material. As well as being a great choice for blocking and draping projects, flat pieces of sinamay can also be folded. In fact, many origami techniques for making paper flowers and other designs actually work really well with sinamay.
Pleating is a method of folding commonly used in clothing and upholstery to reduce the width of a fabric. Folding sinamay in this way will give this versatile millinery material a brand new look and texture.
This pleated sinamay headpiece tutorial was written by London milliner and tutor Katherine Elizabeth, founder of the Katherine Elizabeth Academy for Millinery and Business. Katherine likes to make a different design every time she creates a hat. She made this one with navy and yellow sinamay and added a special metallic effect. The principle is the same no matter what colour you use, though. You can manipulate the technique into your own design.
Category: Fascinators, Hats, Trimmings
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What You Need
- 0.5 meter (20 inch) length of sinamay (for button hat)
- 1 meter (40 inch) square of sinamay in a contrasting colour (for pleated trim)
- Sinamay for a bias strip (to match pleated trim)
- Needle and thread
- Medium button block
- Clingfilm (plastic wrap) or a plastic bag
- Cotton cloth
- Small iron
- A spray bottle filled with clean water
- Blocking pins
- Straw stiffener
- Tape
- Tape measure
- Long pheasant feather
- PVA wood glue
- Gold spray paint
- Millinery wire
- Wire cutters
- Fabric for the lining
- Hat elastic or headband
Project Overview
Adding a pleated sinamay trim can transform an average button hat into a next level, race-day ready fashion statement.
Sinamay is a versatile millinery material. As well as being a great choice for blocking and draping projects, flat pieces of sinamay can also be folded. In fact, many origami techniques for making paper flowers and other designs actually work really well with sinamay.
Pleating is a method of folding commonly used in clothing and upholstery to reduce the width of a fabric. Folding sinamay in this way will give this versatile millinery material a brand new look and texture.
This pleated sinamay headpiece tutorial was written by London milliner and tutor Katherine Elizabeth, founder of the Katherine Elizabeth Academy for Millinery and Business. Katherine likes to make a different design every time she creates a hat. She made this one with navy and yellow sinamay and added a special metallic effect. The principle is the same no matter what colour you use, though. You can manipulate the technique into your own design.
Category: Fascinators, Hats, Trimmings
What You Need
- 0.5 meter (20 inch) length of sinamay (for button hat)
- 1 meter (40 inch) square of sinamay in a contrasting colour (for pleated trim)
- Sinamay for a bias strip (to match pleated trim)
- Needle and thread
- Medium button block
- Clingfilm (plastic wrap) or a plastic bag
- Cotton cloth
- Small iron
- A spray bottle filled with clean water
- Blocking pins
- Straw stiffener
- Tape
- Tape measure
- Long pheasant feather
- PVA wood glue
- Gold spray paint
- Millinery wire
- Wire cutters
- Fabric for the lining
- Hat elastic or headband
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