Level: suitable for improvers and advance artists After the success of our silk dandelion we’d like to offer you to make another charming weed, the silk thistle. Beautiful shine of natural silk satin in combination with soft cotton velvet make this humble flower a true piece of wearable art. What you’ll learn in this workshop: ❀ painting  different fabrics with silk dyes ❀ making the stem for the thistle ❀ making the velvet foliage and shaping it with millinery tools ❀ making the thistle flower…

£225 (inc all materials) – Level: Intermediate

Level: Beginner/ Improver What you’ll learn in this workshop: ❀ painting silk and lace with silk dyes ❀ creating beaded butterfly body ❀ backing silk and lace with thin silk or metallic fabrics ❀ shaping butterfly wings with millinery tools ❀ assembling and finishing the butterfly Price £110 pp including all the materials, the use of tools, tea/coffee and a light lunch   Book at https://presentperfectcreations.com/product/silk-lace-butterfly-headband-workshops/

This course is a fantastic opportunity for those who are new to millinery and want to acquire a basic understanding and make a wonderful fascinator to take home. You will be given a overview of millinery materials, techniques and styles, learn how to create basic sinamay trims including loops, swirls, bows, fans and flowers. You will then create a design using your new skills and finish your design with elastic, band or comb depending on the style you have made,…

Level: Beginner What you’ll learn in this workshop: ❀ making the stiffening solution for leather flowers ❀ stiffening and shaping petals, leaves and the calyxes by hand ❀ using a pair of tweezers for shaping rose petals ❀ assembling the rose and the bud ❀ assembling the leaves into branches ❀ assembling the corsage / or headpiece Price £110 pp including all the materials, the use of tools, tea/coffee and a light lunch Book at https://presentperfectcreations.com/product/leather-wild-rose-workshop/

Tutor: Chloe Scrivener Come and learn how to work with Millinery felt to make your own Felt creation. You will be shown how to cut, block and shape a felt hood on traditional wooden hat blocks to create a design of your choice. This workshop Includes how to manipulate and hand mould felt as well as how to finish edges and selecting trimmings to compliment your design. Tuesday’s - 30th October, 6th & 13th of November (over 3 weeks) 10.30am…

£195 (inc all materials) – Level: Intermediate

£130 (inc all materials) – Level: All

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. …

Advanced Crown & Brim Hat Blocking (2 day) £225 inc all materials This course is aimed at: Those who want to learn the couture techniques involved in creating a sinamay crown and brim hat. The course will involve: Learning how to block a crown and brim using traditional techniques of steaming and pinning over a vast choice of wooden blocks. Practical knowledge of how to edge with wire and a bias piece and also create different brim edgings. Learning how…

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…

(2 days) £195 (inc all materials) – Level: Beginners