Millinery Module: The Business Of Millinery (10 wks)

Online Virtual Class

10 Session The Business of Millinery Course and 1-2-1 Mentoring Programme When: This course can be taken at a time to suit you as the session is recorded and in between each session is a live 1-2-1 mentoring session Where: Online via a recorded zoon or vimeo link  so you can watch anytime and also […]

Intermediate Beginner’s Millinery Course (x5 monthly all-day workshops)

Sally-Ann Provan 27 Beaverhall Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Intermediate Beginner’s Millinery Course 2 5 full-day sessions over 5 months £850 (including materials) Saturdays 10am-4.30pm at the studio, with a 30 minute break for lunch.   COURSE: This course follows on from Course 1, if you haven't done Course 1 - please ensure you have the skills detailled in that course listing.   This course covers […]

Beginner’s Millinery Course (x5 monthly all-day workshops)

Sally-Ann Provan 27 Beaverhall Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Beginner’s Millinery Course 1 5 full-day sessions over 5 months £750 (including materials) Sundays 10am-4.30pm at the studio, with a 30 minute break for lunch.   COURSE: The course covers the following: Making pillboxes, Making headpieces and fascinators, Learning techniques with sinamay and crin, Learning basic techniques with feathers to make trimmings and headpieces, Making […]

4 Day Millinery Workshop

Judy Bentinck Studio E2L, Cockpit Arts, Northington Street, London, IL, United Kingdom

Tutor: Judy Bentinck A four day course learning a wide range of millinery techniques. Perfect for beginners or for those who want to learn more techniques or styles. Start 10.30am Cost £690 materials included

Create a Colourful Headpiece Workshop

Waltham Forest Adult Learning Service 97 Queens Road, Walthamstow, London, United Kingdom

Learn how to work with crinoline (commonly known as crin) to create a simple headpiece with a big, colourful impact. Also referred to as horsehair braid, you can manipulate this springy and flexible netting in a variety of ways. Because it is lightweight and stiff, crin can be used for making brims and trims, and […]

Create a Sculpted Sinamay Freeform Hat

Judy Bentinck Studio E2L, Cockpit Arts, Northington Street, London, IL, United Kingdom

Sculpted sinamay freeform hat with handmade flowers. Impress your friends with this lovely hat. Starts 10.30am Cost £205 materials included

Making Silk Flowers, Anne Tomlin

Hand & Lock 86 Margaret Street, London, United Kingdom

This two-day workshop will introduce you to the craft, and you will learn some of the techniques, including stiffening silk, bonding layers, hiding wires, blending and layering of dyes to create a natural effect. Anne will demonstrate how to use heated flower tools, both the French tools and the Japanese somebana tools, for mark-making and […]

Wet Felting with Tierre Taylor

East Village Hats 80 E 7th st, East Village, NY, United States

Sunday April 7th 10-5pm with a break for lunch Felting is a magical process where layers of merino wool are agitated with hot soapy water, in order to create a fabric that is both strong and texturally interesting. During this workshop you will not only learn about the process of felting, but will gain understanding […]

Innovative scraps hats with Tierre Taylor

East Village Hats 80 E 7th st, East Village, NY, United States

Monday April 8th 10-5pm with a break for lunch In the depression a serious lack of funds and materials gave rise to some incredibly innovative millinery. In this workshop Tierre Taylor will take you though some effective techniques to make dramatic cocktail hats from off cuts or old hats. During this workshop you will not […]

Vintage 50s Headpiece Workshop

Judy Bentinck Studio E2L, Cockpit Arts, Northington Street, London, IL, United Kingdom

Tutor: Judy Bentinck 50's style velvet draped half hat. Head hugging, decorated  with handmade flowers Starts 10.30 am Costs £205 materials included

Fabulous Fascinator Day

Judy Bentinck Studio E2L, Cockpit Arts, Northington Street, London, IL, United Kingdom

With Judy Bentinck Fabulous Fascinator Day. Big or small it will look fabulous. Stars 10.30am Cost £185 Materials included

Couture cloche draping and finishing with Tierre Taylor

East Village Hats 80 E 7th st, East Village, NY, United States

Saturday April 13th 9am-12pm and Sunday April 14th 10-5pm with a break for lunch Cloche hats came into fashion during the 1920’s. They were made out of straw in summer and were designed to be worn low on the forehead. Their bell-like shape closely hugs the head, making it a windproof and stylish hat to […]

Needle Felting with Tierre Taylor

East Village Hats 80 E 7th st, East Village, NY, United States

Monday, April 15th 10-1pm Needle felting is a dry felting technique that uses a specific barbed needle to felt the wool. This way of felting best lends itself to adding decorative details to an already created piece of felt, or wool garment. It can also be used to create sculptural forms. In this class we […]

Make a Felt Hat (5 weekly classes)

Waltham Forest Adult Learning Service 97 Queens Road, Walthamstow, London, United Kingdom

Course description: On this 5 week course learn how to make a handmade felt hat perfect for any occasion. Discover the versatility of felt as a material and learn the fundamental techniques of blocking, shaping and finishing to bring your hat design to life. Our experienced lecturer will guide you through the traditional millinery method […]

Advanced Freeform Sinamay Techniques with Tracy Chaplin

Tracy Chaplin New Orleans 420 3rd Street, Gretna, LA, United States

New Orleans These advanced techniques have been developed to help you further expand your skills when working on the bias to create Freeform Sinamay hat designs. During this workshop we will focus on new methods of design and construction using Sinamay straw. Day 1 We will explore smaller sculptural hat designs, layering techniques and flat […]

Advanced Freeform Sinamay Techniques with Tracy Chaplin

The McKinney Cotton Mill 610 Elm Street, McKinney, TX, United States

Texas These advanced techniques have been developed to help you further expand your skills when working on the bias to create Freeform Sinamay hat designs. During this workshop we will focus on new methods of design and construction using Sinamay straw. Day 1 We will explore smaller sculptural hat designs, layering techniques and flat brims. […]

Silk Abaca Rose – Anne Tomlin

Anne Tomlin Online , United Kingdom

In this Zoom workshop, you will learn how to make all the elements of a silk abaca rose based on the David Austin rose, ‘The Lady’s Blush.’ Anne will show you how to make a beautiful, realistic flower, including making your own stamens and shaping petals. Although she will talk you through how she uses […]

Sinasilk taster class with Maor Zabar

East Village Hats 80 E 7th st, East Village, NY, United States

Saturday June 1st 9am - 12pm Silk and Sinamay are two familiar materials in the world of hat making - But what happens when you combine them together? The lack of raw materials and the desire to break conventions inspired Maor to develop the Sina-Silk technique. The Sina-Silk is a material made by the two […]

Sinasilk sculpting masterclass with Maor Zabar

East Village Hats 80 E 7th st, East Village, NY, United States

Sunday June 2nd and Monday June 3rd 2023 10am- 6pm with an hour for lunch Silk and Sinamay are two familiar materials in the world of hat making - But what happens when you combine them together? The lack of raw materials and the desire to break conventions inspired Maor to develop the Sina-Silk technique. […]

Meadow Flowers – Anne Tomlin

West Dean College West Dean, United Kingdom

Whilst observing wildflowers and grasses, recreate your own mini meadow in millinery fabrics. Experiment with dyes to create colours, textures and layers, make stamens, bond silk and bind stems with silk thread.