Hours and hours of lessons. Here you can learn how to make and wear and love hats and use creativity for Mental well-being.
Waltraud Reiner believes hats are the art of the heart. A hat has to fit. A hat is so much more than a covering for your head. A hat can give you access to how you feel. Explore through colour and texture something about your life. Waltraud uses many metaphors as she makes hats and talks you through the process.
Apart from being a milliner for over 30 years, Waltraud also holds an MA in Gestalt Psychotherapy.
What is Millinery? What does a Milliner do? How do you block a hat? How do you make a hat without hat blocks? What do hatblocks look like? How do we use veiling? Hats for men, women and non-binary? How do I know what hat suits me? What about silk flowers? What are Jinsin, Sinamay, fur felt, Parisisal, crinoline, Petersham, Panama, straw and silk abaca? How do I measure my head-fitting? Where are the Millinery suppliers? How is a turban made? Where can I get Esparterie? How do I stiffen a hat? How can I use hat-making for my well-being? What are the hats for Happiness? Why is making stuff good for us?
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The beginnings of how to make a hat without a hat block from Sinamay using 2 colours. You will learn how to roll the edges, stitch in lace for the head fitting and shape the hat with an iron. Also how to fray. All whats needed is 1 m of Sinamay unstiffend. This video is a few years old and still relevant for learning the beginnings of Sinamay.
I made this tutorial a long time ago. It was the first EVER tutorial I made, and it is more relevant today than back then. People were not ready for free shaping in 2000, but they are now. The wonderful technique of how to finish and roll the edge tied is just one lesson. Also how to stitch in a ...
