July 2012 I have been attending Morley College courses for the last year or so studying millinery and jewellery making. I signed up for a summer school class in block making. When working with felt or sinnamay you quite often mould these materials over a wooden block to create the shape of the hat. For felt you use steam to soften the felt hood and the stretch it over the desired shape and pin it in position and wait for it to dry out. Wooden blocks are, unfortunately, very expensive as it's...
