GUIDE TO MAKING A FREE FORM SHAPE USING YOUR HAND MADE BLOCK

Guide to making a Free From Shape using your hand made block or polystyrene head..

What you will need:

• Handmade block or Polystyrene Head
• Spray bottle of water/ Kettle/ Iron
• Cotton cloth
• Plastic to cover the block
• Sinamay of your choice
• Dressmaking Pins/Needles
• Stiffener and brush
• Millinery wire
• Cotton to match sinamay colour

When you are ready to begin:

Start by covering your block with plastic

Block your chosen sinamay with the bias running from the top to the bottom  (I spray the sinamay with water first, and then use a damp cloth and hot iron to block the sinamay)

then stiffen

When the sinamay is dry, draw your shape on to it , take off the  block and cut

Steam the shape lightly and flip the top over so that it curves the other way

Wire the edge with millinery wire using a blanket stitch

Edge with sinamay, either with the same colour or contrasting colour

Your free form shape is now ready!

For this Headpiece, I blocked a button pillbox which I then attached the free form shape to and then added the trim (two hand trimmed ostrich feathers with three roses at the back)

I then added a hat elastic, hat lining & petersham....

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