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getting more adventurous
Tiara Magic 1
Finishing Touches 1
Wild Hats
Millinery Materials
Finishing Touches 2
Setting up a Millinery Business
Hat Magic
Wire Frame Hats (NEW)

Working with blocks, simple felt cloches, hats from sinamay and straw...

Blocking silk, more ways with feathers, stitched strip hats, double brims...

Setting up a millinery business, a very useful guide to hat making materials...

HollyMay Pickell

getting more adventurous

From the magic of Tiaras to Wild Hats made without hat blocks, this is the place to go if you're feeling a little more adventurous and want to hone your skills further. We've also got a couple of very useful reference books in this section – Millinery Materials and Setting up a Millinery Business – a very popular book for those wanting a new and exciting career in hat making.

Tiara Magic 1 How to make the ultimate accessory. Instructions for three beautiful tiaras – create a Spirals tiara, a lovely Coronet and a Beaded Comb and steal the limelight at your special occasions! More...	Finishing Touches 1 A very popular book – how to make eye-catching trimmings, transforming an ordinary hat into a stunning masterpiece. Free patterns included. Follows on from Sinamay 1. More...	Wild Hats A new and intriguing way to create a hat brim – without a hat block! We demonstrate 3 different possibilities, and illustrate a further 8 different types of hats you can make in this way. More...

Millinery Materials Essential millinery reference: An introduction to the fabrics and other specialist materials used in hat making, with detailed descriptions, photos, and links to suppliers around the world. More...	Finishing Touches 2 Carrying on from Finishing Touches 1 above – more eye-catching trimmings for hats – this time with designs for four different hats. More...	Setting up a Millinery Business The definitive guide to making money from your hats – how to set up your own business as a milliner. More...

Hat Magic Like any other item of clothing, hats go in and out of fashion. In this book, we show you how to re-create two different hats from ‘old’ straw hats. More...	Wire Frame Hats An age-old technique that we've brought into the twenty-first century. Many of the hats have terrific ‘wow’ factor – you're sure to be inspired! More...

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