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Wet & Nuno-Felted Hats
Tutor: Dawn Edwards
Find out more »A Hat in A Day
with Leonie Shelton
Find out more »Diadem workshop
with Lana Semenova For beginners and advanced! For the first time, I will give a workshop to make a diaphragm with silk tulips. It will be an interesting workshop. We are going to take the old botanical tulip, known from the ancient masterpieces of the seventeenth century, as beautifully as possible. In the workshop, we learn not only the painting technique but also a piece of woodworking technique to make the stamens themselves. The participants go home with their own…
Find out more »Advanced Bootcamp (Millinery 201)
Follow up to our Beginner Bootcamp, beyond the basics of millinery. Tutor: Laura Hubka
Find out more »Tricorns and Bicorns with Jane Smith
In this three day master class, you will learn about the history of tricorns and bicorns and how they were created in the 18th and 19th centuries. Jane will demonstrate using traditional hat making techniques, how to create both the bicorn and tricorn today. You will then block one of your hats using fur felt and create the other with buckrum and plush. The class includes all of your supplies and tools for creating 2 hats, (a tricorn and a…
Find out more »Fantastic Fascinators
with Leonie Shelton
Find out more »Wire Frame -1900 thru 1920’s with Jane Smith
Using millinery wire and lace or sheer fabric, you will create at least one Edwardian/Teens/1920;s hat simioar to hats seen in the movies “Cheri”, “Titanic”, Howard’s End” and “Enchanted April”. The workshop includes your supplies for 2 wire framed hats covered with silk organza or lace and lunch each day. You may also bring 2 yards of an outer fabric of your choice. A basic sewing kit will be needed. (shears, pins, tape measure, thimble, tailor’s chalk)
Find out more »One of a Kind Draped Hats
Make Stand Out Hats in Traditional and Specialty Fabrics Tutor: Laura Whitlock
Find out more »Blocking Straw and Fur Felt wih Jane Smith
Using both fur felt and straw hoods, you will block on our wooden hat blocks two hats suitable for the the1920’s thru the 1950’s. Period hand finishing along with wiring techniques and a variety of decorating methods will be taught. The class includes supplies for one straw hat and one fur felt hat along with your lunch each day. A basic sewing kit will be needed.
Find out more »Felt Draping
"Make the free-form felt hat of your dreams" In this workshop students will learn free-form draping and hand sewing skills needed to create a soft draped felt velour or straw hat that fits perfectly. Using steam and a basic head shaped block, students will learn to make a small or large brimmed hat of their own design and a variety of techniques for finishing a felt edge. This workshop is appropriate for the novice or continuing student who would like a…
Find out more »Pillbox Hats
with Leonie Shelton
Find out more »Introduction to Millinery
This is the perfect course for those who have a taste for Millinery and want to expand their knowledge of millinery techniques and create headpieces using sinamay. On this course: • You will be given a comprehensive overview of millinery materials, techniques and styles • You will block a sinamay shape ready to be adorned • You will create a flat headpiece base with sinamay • Trims will be taught dependent on previous experience and the requirements of the group…
Find out more »Recycle/Up-cycle
with Leonie Shelton
Find out more »Fedora and Bowler
“Blocking the shape and draping the pinch” In this 2-day workshop students will learn to block a felt into a classic fedora or bowler shape using a 2 part hat block and customizing the hat with the hand draping method to create the crown shape of choice. Exploring many options for traditional trimming, students will learn to finish the fedora with grosgrain ribbon and hand and machine sewing techniques. This workshop is appropriate for first time students and continuing students…
Find out more »Freeform Headwear
with Leonie Shelton
Find out more »Silk Cocktail Hat
This is the perfect course for those who want to expand their knowledge of millinery techniques and create headpieces using silk and other fabrics. On this course: • You will learn how to block a hat base using buckram. • You will learn how to line and cover with silk or fabric for a beautiful professional finish • Trims will be taught dependent on previous experience and the requirements of the group but they can include, handmade flowers, silk loops,…
Find out more »A Hat in A Day
with Leonie Shelton
Find out more »Free form sculpting techniques in sinamay and parisisal straw
With Tracy Chaplin in France Workshops have a maximum of 5 students to ensure time for personal tuition. The workshops can also be tailored to suit the individual or group, if you have a particular area of interest you would like to focus on please mention this when booking.
Find out more »Premier Advanced Millinery Course
with Anya Caliendo
Find out more »Millinery Workshop
With Jane Fryers Jane Fryers designs and makes hats for film, cabaret and fashion shoots as well as for special occasions and everyday wear. She is best known for her love of using traditional millinery techniques to make couture hats out of unusual materials. She is passionate about teaching and has recently been invited to attend The International Millinery Forum in Australia as an International Tutor. Whether you've got your eye on a career as a professional milliner or becoming…
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