Millinery supplies

Machine Woven Sinamay Fabric, Medium Stiffening. The Beauty of Natural Textiles - Sinamay Fabric is made of abaca fiber also known as Manila hemp. This machine woven fabric uses premium quality fiber that has medium stiffening. It has less nodes and more even textile than hand weaved. Using steam or water processing makes the Sinamay Fabric easily molded, reshaped, curled or twisted. It is the perfect material for hats, headpieces and embellishment accessories. 14x16 yarns/inch Size: 35-36''…

LEKO All Purpose Stiffener (LEKO Felt Hat Stiffener). "PLEASE TEST ON FELT BEFORE USING, ESPECIALLY ON LIGHT COLORS."Add alcohol to dilute it if you need to use it on white. Always test first before applying. It should be a pale yellow to work on our white hatbodies, hatbodies that are not purchased from us are not guaranteed to be compatible). Shipped only in USA or Canada via FedEx Ground. NOTE: LEKO All Purpose Stiffener can only be shipped FedEx Ground, therefore all your other items…

Heavy Buckram fabric is a one-ply, coarse woven cotton fabric that is heavily stiffened. Buckram is used for making hat frames in the millinery industry.

Established in 1989, we have an 18,000 sq ft warehouse filled with hat making supplies ready-to-ship! We are the premiere millinery supply house.

For Master Milliner, Margaret Gill an opportunity was given to diversify from Fashion Millinery to Theatrical Work. Read about the challenges and delight she e…

Stage 1 – Hair Blowing and Mixing Process To prepare the hair it is blown in blowing machines to separate the finer hairs from those over 15 microns in thickness known as “guard hairs”. Thicker hairs cannot be used to make quality fur felts but are used to make “filter hoods” which are used in the dyeing process descri

From Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life": Chairman: Item six on the agenda: the meaning of life. Now, uh, Harry, you've had some thoughts on this. Harry: That's right. Yeah, I've had a team working on this over the past few weeks, and, uh, what we've come up with can be reduced to two fundamental concepts. One: people are not wearing enough hats. Two: matter is energy. People are not wearing enough hats!! I totally agree!! All those exclamation points might lead you to believe I am…

Sinamay is a natural millinery material available in a variety of colors, patterns and weaves. It's perfect for creating lightweight spring and summer hats.

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So, I've been looking for a variety of millinery supplies online--mostly because I'm poor, and I can't afford to buy supplies from the usual online supplier. In the process, I've happened upon numerous blogs and forum threads from people looking for both traditional and alternative materials and tools. A lot of the questions I've seen have been pretty simple, even for someone as inexperienced in millinery as I am. So, I thought I'd be nice and put together a brief guide for aspiring hat…