Congratulations to all those who were selected for prizes this time round and well done to everyone who took part. Pushing yourself to create a hat to a brief like this is a brilliant way of expanding your knowledge and honing your millinery skills.


The Millinery & Business Academy, teaches technical skills to design and make hats, as well as business foundations needed to share, sell, or simply grow your craft with confidence.


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Winners


Beginner category 1. SD Equine - Shauna Davies Prize: millinery supplies


2. Olga Rancie Prize: button block


3. Rachel Margetts Prize: a year’s subscription to HATalk


4. Lesley Vandemark Prize: millinery book


Intermediate to advanced category


1. Amanda Wheal Prize: Guy Morse Brown hat block


2. Karen Elmy Prize: £50 remnants box from Petersham Millinery Supplies


3. QLR Design Kaie Kuuler Prize: a year’s subscription to HATalk


4. Dara Biegert Prize: millinery book


Karen Elmy


SD Equine Shauna Davies Lesley Vandemark HATalk | APR 2026


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