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hey all!, when i joined the…

2021-03-02T01:32:02.889Z

hey all!, when i joined the millinery association of australia just end of last year there was an opportunity to learn illustration fashion with an amazing teacher by the name of Tracy Hogan and I absolutely loved it, i now sketch for my customers with a quote so there is an image as i know doing both bridal and racewear it is very hard for the customer to get the idea in their head without having images.

I would recommend to go online and google classes - we did it on zoom so that was different but worked out well.

:) happy sketching and millinery, x

I would love to be able to sk…

2021-02-27T15:00:15.235Z

I would love to be able to sketch the ideas i have, but when i try, its not at all what i was thinking ;) I would love it if there was a class offered to learn hat sketching

Thank you :)

2014-10-29T02:53:53.708Z

Thank you :)

I sketch my designs and note…

2014-10-29T01:48:53.785Z

I sketch my designs and note details of material colour on the sketch.

Of course when I start making the piece it changes along the way. I try and stay true to the sketch as much as possible :)

Ani Choubouk - Millinery

Great stuff Bonnie! It is fun…

2014-10-29T00:35:27.969Z

Great stuff Bonnie! It is fun isn't it.
The thing about having a design book, is that you can see where your designs have come from, how the design process has evolved. Don't forget to add the odd date in here and there too. For some reason, I always leave the back few pages for any written notes, like suppliers or supplies, prices etc. same with the front page,or two, I leave those to write down any finished pieces names, as a track record of the range. Also any theme ideas that the range may sprout from.

Thanks for the idea of keepin…

2014-10-28T11:39:05.749Z

Thanks for the idea of keeping a design book loaded with all the goodies you mentioned, Roz! Just happen to have a couple right up on my shelf. I am so new to this hat making process, and I just tucked in to my first "on-line" lesson on making fascinators. I'm totally in love with this! And inspired. Now, I'm off to collect.....

One of the first things we we…

2014-10-28T07:31:11.965Z

One of the first things we were told at design school (what feels like a gazillion years ago), was to buy a book with blank pages and sketch, draw, stick fabrics, the lot, to keep hold of all the ideas. This has stuck. Every new season since then, - previously clothing ranges, I would start a new book, black cover, spiral bound, blank pages. These are in the bookshelf of resources. For individual clients, each has a file, with a specification sheet, including contact details, date required, budget etc. Details of the event the item is for, plus any pictures they may have collected to start off the idea.

I have been doing the same for my recent head wear range. The black bound book has been invaluable.

Well done glad it helped!

2014-10-26T19:02:15.054Z

Well done glad it helped!

I just purchased Chris Hart's…

2014-10-26T14:52:58.179Z

I just purchased Chris Hart's book, and that has certainly kick-started my sketch journal!! I'm just throwing ideas down; I'll never know when they will come in handy. Having trained as an architect, in school we were taught to never throw out our yellow trace sketches!!! So they'd end up in a heap all over the floor! And sure enough, some little tidbit might re-surface to appear in the design. So all little crazy sketches and ideas are worth the journal. I'm glad for that little book.

And as with any design I'm working on, my sketch notes are just that, notes. And I will re-arrange ideas all through the "making" process; because the mind does love to stay busy.

When I sew clothing, I always…

2014-10-15T17:50:42.848Z

When I sew clothing, I always do a sketch but when I do a hat it seems the materials "speak" to me and guide the creative process. I do, however, take digital pictures along the way and especially in the trimming stage. I usually have more than one idea of how to trim a hat so I will pin each of these ideas to the hat body, snap a picture and compare them side by side on the computer. I also keep the "rejected" ones for future hat ideas. I have tons of books and magazines for inspiration.