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March 2019
Silk & Fabric Flower Making
Silk and Fabric Flower Making (2 day) £195 inc all materials This course is aimed at: Those who have always wanted to make detailed fabric flowers to adorn hats, headpieces, bridal designs or corsages. The course will involve: Working with a range of silks/fabrics in different compositions and discussion on the pros and cons of these materials when making flowers. Understanding of how to apply these techniques to other fabrics such as man made fibers. Exploring a variety of shaping…
Find out more »Felt or Straw Hat making Workshop
Louise Pocock
Find out more »Advanced Open Blocking
Advanced Open Blocking This course is aimed at: Advanced students who would like to spend time in the studio exploring the 100’s of blocks and creating designs of their own. The course will involve: Use of the following facilities during the workshop Use of over 150 blocks Use of French Flower tools and presses. Use of 5 steam blocking and ironing stations Use of feather cutting and shaping utensils Extensive range of millinery tools. Access to our collection of hats…
Find out more »ADVANCED FLOWER MAKING
ADVANCED one-to-one day FLOWER MAKING WORKSHOP Level: advanced*** Along with the range of our photo and video tutorials PresentPerfect Creations offer an opportunity to book individual flower making workshops with Svetlana Faulkner, the designer/maker behind PresentPerfect Creations for a day on a flower of your choice, leather or fabric. Fabric flower making classes take place in the fine city of Norwich (https://www.visitnorwich.co.uk/) where Svetlana lives and creates her flower pieces. Come and learn to create a wide range of stunning flowers from silk flower brooches to bridal hairpieces…
Find out more »Wool Felt Pillbox Hat (2 days)
£195 (inc all materials) – Level: Intermediate
Find out more »4 day Millinery Workshop
with Judy Bentinck
Find out more »Jinsin & Silk Abaca Explored
Jinsin & Silk Abaca Explored This course is aimed at: Those who want to explore working with Jinsin and silk Abaca. The course will involve: Exploring and experimenting with Jinsin, a material renowned for its sculptural quality. It creates incredible shapes when curved and flexed. The fabric can be stripped away to create a wild spray of fibres. Exploring and experimenting with Silk Abaca, a material which is fine and smooth and can be free-shaped, blocked or used for draping. …
Find out more »April 2019
Millinery 2
Monday – Thursday 40 Lime Grove, London W12 8EA £595 A follow-on from 'Introduction to millinery,' this millinery course will help to develop your understanding of design, proportion, balance and the application of colour, taking your millinery knowledge a stage further. You'll learn how to select from a wide range of woven and knitted fabrics, felts and straw for millinery, and how to apply these to your designs. The selection and use of foundation materials is also covered.You'll also be…
Find out more »LONDON HAT WEEK
Visit London and connect with milliners and hat lovers from around the world to learn, shop and socialise in this now annual event! See the full schedule here
Find out more »LHW Masterclass: Asymmetrical Fish Leather Headband with Jane Fryers
April 5, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm £195 Learn to make an asymmetrical fish leather headband trimmed with salmon leather roses. This course is a great introduction to working with fish leather. You will make an asymmetrical headband and then create salmon leather roses to decorate it with. This class is suitable for all skill levels, including beginners, as Jane will teach all the necessary techniques. Most students will be able to create a finished headpiece to take home. Jane Fryers…
Find out more »Felt or Straw Hat making Workshop
Louise Pocock
Find out more »Silk Flower Making
Learn to create beautiful flowers using silk. On this workshop you will learn to paint, use flower tools and wire to create beautiful handmade silk flowers for millinery or corsages.
Find out more »Feather Headpiece
During this one day workshop learn how to make Feather Headpieces. These are so much nicer and more professional than fascinators. Cover a base or pad with feathers and learn to curl, cut and manipulate feathers to make a stunning headpiece.
Find out more »Felt or Straw Hat making Workshop
Louise Pocock
Find out more »May 2019
Fabulous Fascinator Day
With Judy Bentinck
Find out more »2 Day Straw Workshop
On this two-day Straw Hat course you will learn how to block, shape and manipulate sinamay straw. You can choose to block a brim hat such as Fedora or Trilby or you can chose to block a smaller hat such as a pillbox, beret or fascinator. You will also learn how to wire a hat to ensure it holds its shape, how to curve a petersham ribbon and invisibly stitch into your hat. After blocking a hat you will proceed onto learning trimming and…
Find out more »Advanced Open Blocking
Advanced Open Blocking This course is aimed at: Advanced students who would like to spend time in the studio exploring the 100’s of blocks and creating designs of their own. The course will involve: Use of the following facilities during the workshop Use of over 150 blocks Use of French Flower tools and presses. Use of 5 steam blocking and ironing stations Use of feather cutting and shaping utensils Extensive range of millinery tools. Access to our collection of hats…
Find out more »MILLINERY SUMMER TRIMS: FEATHERS, FLOWERS AND SINAMAY (2 days)
11 May & 18 May What you will learn This comprehensive course is ideal for anyone who wants to focus on the attention to detail that will make any millinery project unique. Using couture methods and professional tools you will learn a variety of different techniques to form flowers, shape feathers, create sinamay trims and produce your own reference work of samples, notes and handouts. This course is suitable for anyone new to millinery but good hand sewing skills are…
Find out more »Vintage Millinery Workshop
With Judy Bentinck, London
Find out more »2 Day Straw Workshop
On this two-day Straw Hat course you will learn how to block, shape and manipulate sinamay straw. You can choose to block a brim hat such as Fedora or Trilby or you can chose to block a smaller hat such as a pillbox, beret or fascinator. You will also learn how to wire a hat to ensure it holds its shape, how to curve a petersham ribbon and invisibly stitch into your hat. After blocking a hat you will proceed onto learning trimming and…
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