The Joy of Sinamay – 2 Days

Sherry Richardson Fairwinds 41BCliff Road, Darfield

18th & 23rd March Experience the luxury of creating your very own Sculptural headpiece over two consecutive days using the wonderful textures of Sinamay, a beautiful hat-making fabric, using traditional techniques by blocking on a Dome shaped wooden Millinery block. A chance to unwind and give reign to your imagination and develop your very own […]

Making Spring Flowers with Anne Tomlin

West Dean College West Dean

Tutor: Anne Tomlin Make beautiful silk spring flowers, including narcissi, anemones and snowdrops. Learn lots of flower making techniques, experimenting with traditional heated tools to manipulate silks and velvets to shape the petals. The aim of this course is to learn about millinery of silk flowers from observation of flowers and to interpret them using […]

Fabulous Fascinators for Beginners

Holly Young The Studio, Pendower Road, Veryan, Cornwall

In this creative workshop I will show you how to make your own simple but effective fascinator to wear to weddings and special events. You will learn how to decorate and trim a pre-made base (approx 10cm round) of your choosing using traditional hand sewing techniques. The skills you learn will enable you to continue […]

Virtual Buntal Mats Techniques Workshop – 1/2 Day

Online Virtual Class

Online Class with Jenny Roberts This course is aimed at: Those wanting to explore this innovative material and push the boundaries of its capabilities to create a truly unique design. The course will involve: Information on buntal mats and their uses How to prepare your buntal matt for use Learning how to form a buntal […]

Fabric Covered Hats with Sarah Lomax

West Dean College West Dean

Millinery is a large subject area, and the course will begin on the first evening with an introduction and an explanation of the variety of different materials and methods used for millinery, and when and why one might be used over the other. Following the introduction, you will learn the skills needed to construct a […]

Raffia Hat Making with Claire Richards

West Dean College West Dean

You will learn how flexible and relaxing it can be working with raffia and how adaptable it is to new designs. You will be provided with full printed instructions on the technique and also the patterns for completing your own hat in the correct size for you. Your finished hat will be beautiful, but also […]

Fabulous Fascinators for Beginners

Holly Young The Studio, Pendower Road, Veryan, Cornwall

In this creative workshop I will show you how to make your own simple but effective fascinator to wear to weddings and special events. You will learn how to decorate and trim a pre-made base (approx 10cm round) of your choosing using traditional hand sewing techniques. The skills you learn will enable you to continue […]