In this course, your tutor Louise Macdonald teaches you how to prepare, manipulate and finish robust buntal straw to create showstopping trims with a concealed sinamay edge on a blocked buntal beret shape. Design options are unlimited, giving you the opportunity to create your own unique piece. Perfect your finish under Louise’s guidance to create this stunning style for your customers.
Louise Macdonald has been making hats for well over 25 years and her signature style often features fluid hand sculpted straw trims and shapes creating unique adornments for the head.
Louise trained in London, UK as a theatrical milliner making hats for productions such as Pride and Prejudice and House Of Elliot. Since returning to Melbourne Australia in 1995 she began making fashion pieces and now her millinery year is dominated by the Melbourne Cup.
Over the years, Louise has taught at various tertiary colleges, presented at international workshops / conventions and offered millinery courses from her Melbourne studio.
WHAT YOU GET
• Learn to make headwear in your own time
• Tutor correspondence included
BUNTAL TRIMS HEADPIECE DELUXE COURSE
LESSON PLAN
Lesson Modules:
• Blocking Base • Preparing Trim
• Sinamay Edge • Concealed Binding
BUNTAL TRIM DESIGN
Lesson Modules:
• Hand Moulding • Shaping Straw
• Trim Attachment • Perfect Finish
LEARN IN YOUR OWN TIME
You have unlimited access to all your lessons so you can return to modules and recap on specific skills.
VARIETY OF INSTRUCTION
Be inspired by millinery tuition that covers practical technical skills, creative techniques and industry knowledge.
LESSON ASSISTANCE
Access online contact with your tutor for three months to ask lesson specific questions and feedback.