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Gingham fabric has been a huge fashion trend this year, featuring in multiple collections during London fashion week and adorning mannequins in most high street shops.                                      Gingham prints are being used on everything from blouses and skirts to dresses and even sh …

This week I finished my fasinator. I included some of our patterned clearance sinamay to give it some extra colour and detail. I think it really adds to the fasinator. I molded this patterned sinamay around the original shape of my fascinator. Again I had to wet and iron the sinamay in order to get the shape I wanted. I then secured this by stitching it in place, making sure to use a m …

In our next millinery class we moved on to sculpting the main part of our fascinators. I had initially planned to make a sinamay flower to decorate my hat but ended up changing my design during this class. So to make the next part of my fascinator I began by cutting a square out of my sinamay, about 25cm by 25cm. Next I folded it diagonally to make a triangle and wet the sinamay so that I cou …

Recently I was looking for a beginners millinery course in the city. I looked up a few options online and after talking to a few people and doing a some research I decided to go with a 6 week course in Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa college of further education. I will be writing blog posts for the next 6 weeks about what we are learning in these millinery classes.This week we started making a hat …