Millinery Shorts: How to Block a Hat With Buckram | vintage millinery technique

If you've enjoyed this video please like & subscribe 👍🔔, this really helps me grow and reach a larger audience ❤️ I post new videos or do a live stream from my studio every week ✨✨✨ In this video I’m demonstrating how I block with buckram. This is my favourite hat base material to work with – it’s easy to shape with steam and dries stiff enough to hold a good shape whilst remaining lightweight. This is my preferred method, there is no right or wrong way – just whatever works for you. → Follow me ← Instagram: @byilonamillinery Website: https://www.byilona.co.uk → Tools & Materials ← Block with stand (mine is a DIY plaster block with a jar as a stand) Tape measure Buckram (medium weight) Pencil Rulers (I'm using a set square) Kitchen scissors (for buckram) Cling film Steamer (or a clothes iron with a steam setting) Blocking pins (black steel, 26 x 0,85mm) Thimbles (metal) Domet (fusible) Fabric scissors (for domet only) → Suggested Suppliers ← I like to shop around between all of these to see who has the best prices: Parkin Fabrics Macculloch & Wallis William Gee 0:00 Blocking with Buckram 0:28 Tools & Materials 0:36 Measure the Block 1:00 Measure & Cut the Buckram 1:24 Prep the Block 2:19 Steam 2:30 Pin on the Straight Grain 5:51 Steam & Pin the Diagonals 8:52 Fuse Domet #buckram #millinery #hatmaking