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Buntal Trims Headpiece Deluxe Course

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DESCRIPTION

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.

TUTOR

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

• 2 creative on-demand lessons
Unlimited access on any modern device
• Learn to make headwear in your own time
2+ hours of comprehensive video tuition
• Tutor correspondence included

BUNTAL TRIMS HEADPIECE DELUXE COURSE



LESSON PLAN

BUNTAL BLOCKING & SINAMAY BINDING
Learn to manipulate the robust fibres of the buntal straw over a beret block to make a complementary foundation to support your sculpted buntal trim. Discover how to add a perfect sinamay edge to the trim piece ready to style.

Lesson Modules:
• Blocking Base • Preparing Trim
• Sinamay Edge • Concealed Binding

BUNTAL TRIM DESIGN

Explore how to hand shape your buntal trim to produce a contemporary organic hat trim. You will learn to attach securely with an impeccable finish and stiffen straw to hold the unique 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.

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.

BUNTAL TRIMS HEADPIECE DELUXE COURSE



RECOMMENDED SUPPLIES

Millinery Product Kit - Discounted materials for this course.

BUNTAL TRIMS HEADPIECE DELUXE COURSE



RECOMMENDED SUPPLIES

Millinery Product Kit - Discounted materials for this course.


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.