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Many people shy away from these quirky pieces of headwear as they’re often considered expensive to buy and tricky to make. However, with our easy instructions you’ll be ready to party in no time. Make a bold statement with regal purple or bring some brightness with sunshine yellow, either way, everyone will be fascinated by your efforts!
Make a yellow fascinator
Start with an 11cm yellow sinamay base. Cut a 35cm length of flower motif lace trim and sew it around the edge with yellow thread so the lace sits on the sinamay binding (Fig.1). Do not pull too tight as the flowers will not lie flat; keep any knots of cotton on the underside of the sinamay. Use yellow paint to spray over the base, and the trim, until it’s all one colour. Leave to dry.
Cut 22cm x 50cm of yellow veiling. Gather the long edge by sewing running stitch along the entire length (Fig.2). Pull tight and wrap thread around the gathered end. Attach to the sinamay base 5cm in from the edge. Curve the net at the corners by trimming. Sew the veiling to the centre of the sinamay base.
Take a yellow rose, curl the stem up into a coil, hiding it underneath. Place it onto the sinamay. Sew the lower petals to the base, working the next laye
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