Class: Blocked hat projects!

[labricoleuse]

My millinery students presented blocked hats this morning, and wow! They did some great work!



1920s-inspired hand-draped bicorne in green felt, by PRC Wardrobe Supervisor Whitney Vaughan


Back view of same


Undergraduate Meghan Rutherford used a white felt hatbody with a printed tarantula to create this fun spiderweb hat!


Back view of same, showing the pearly water droplets.


Navy felt hand-draped cloche by undergraduate Lydia Hanchett


Back view of same.


Second-year graduate Kelly Renko made this bowler-inspired hat
with a coq feather spray. The brim is bound in velvet ribbon.


First-year Denise Dietrich used the same block combination to create this navy felt riding hat, bound in navy grosgrain.


First-year Colleen Dobson used an antique puzzle block to create this cute purple felt perch hat.

Comments

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

Beautiful work.

On the hand-draped hats, is it a case of blocking the basic cloche shape and draping the rest?

[labricoleuse.livejournal.com]

Milliner Jasmine Zorlu explains the process a bit in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nj0bBbkBA8

You block the round crown, then free-form the rest of it while still on the block employing steam and pins, then do a combination of sizing and stitching to reinforce your sculptural elements.

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

Beautiful. Thanks!

[giffydoll.livejournal.com]

Lovely! What types of felts did they use?

[labricoleuse.livejournal.com]

The first was a wool felt capeline, the spider was a printed wool felt hood, the next two were plain wool felt hoods, the navy riding hat was a velour felt hatbody, and the last one was another plain wool felt hood.

[giffydoll.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm thinking it's time I tried my hand at blocking and draping felt again. It has been over 5 years I think!