Blocking with Sinamay | How to use Sinamay for millinery | millinery hat making technique

Sinamay can be blocked on anything! So Lets put this to the test and try it on a banana. I will also go through making patterned sinamay button bases featuring pleats, chevrons and herringbones. → Follow me ← Instagram: @byilonamillinery Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ByIlonaMillinery Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/byilonamillinery Website: https://www.byilona.co.uk → Tools & Materials ← Hat block (such as a banana) Tape measure Baking paper Steam iron Triangle ruler Sinamay Frixion pen for marking sinamay Kitchen scissors Small plastic bag or clingfilm Pins Milliner’s straw needles & thread & thimbles UHU glue with toothpick Blocking pins A pin pusher/mini hammer or thimbles for blocking Flexible plastic corset bone → Time Stamps ← 0:00 - Introduction 01:30 - Blocking on a Banana 07:16 - Sinamay Button Bases 08:28 - Chevron Pattern 11:20 - Herringbone Pattern 14:02 - Pleated Pattern #fashion #millinery #hatmaking Please do not produce exact copies of by Ilona Millinery hat designs for your own commercial purposes. This video is intended to teach technique only. You are free to re-create these hat designs for your own use, as long as you do not sell the copies you have created.