FELT DRAPING
Deanna Gibbons Millinery 1364 Florida Street, San Fransisco, CA"Make the free-form felt hat of your dreams" Learn free-form draping and hand sewing skills needed to create a soft draped felt 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 […]
ADVANCED TECHNIQUES
Deanna Gibbons Millinery 1364 Florida Street, San Fransisco, CA“Design the perfect felt or straw hat for your wardrobe” This workshop offers the opportunity to make a hat by either hand draped or blocked method, in either felt or straw. Jumping off from skills gained in prior workshops students will come to the workshop with a design in mind that they would like to […]
Whimsy Workshop
Deanna Gibbons Millinery 1364 Florida Street, San Fransisco, CA"Make a whimsical hand blocked felt or straw hat" This workshop will be a fast moving two-day introduction to the world of millinery. Students will learn to hand block a mini to medium size self-trimmed special occasion hat. The emphasis will be on learning how to manipulate the materials to the fullest with techniques including […]
LITTLE BLACK HAT
Deanna Gibbons Millinery 1364 Florida Street, San Fransisco, CA"Make a hand blocked felt or straw hat" This workshop will be a fast moving two-day introduction to the world of millinery. Students will learn to hand block a mini to medium size self-trimmed special occasion hat. The emphasis will be on learning how to manipulate the materials to the fullest with techniques including blocking, […]
FELT DRAPING
Deanna Gibbons Millinery 1364 Florida Street, San Fransisco, CA"Make the free-form felt hat of your dreams" Learn free-form draping and hand sewing skills needed to create a soft draped felt 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 […]
Fedora and Bowler
Deanna Gibbons Millinery 1364 Florida Street, San Fransisco, CA“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 trimming, students will learn […]
By-Request Weekend
Deanna Gibbons Millinery 1364 Florida Street, San Fransisco, CA“The first to sign up chooses the class!” Be the first to sign up and create a special workshop suited to your interests. Look at past workshops and let me know what type of hat making you are interested in. Once we finalize the details, I will send out another workshop announcement to the student list or if you have a […]
Straw Fedora and Boater
Deanna Gibbons Millinery 1364 Florida Street, San Fransisco, CA“Blocking the shape and draping the pinch” In this 2-day workshop students will learn to block a straw hat into a classic fedora or boater shape using a 2 part hat block and customizing the hat with the hand draping method. Exploring many options for traditional trimming, students will learn to finish their hat with […]
Advanced Techniques
Deanna Gibbons Millinery 1364 Florida Street, San Fransisco, CA“Design the perfect felt or straw hat for your wardrobe” This workshop offers the opportunity to make a hat by either hand draped or blocked method, in either felt or straw. Jumping off from skills gained in prior workshops students will come to the workshop with a design in mind that they would like to […]
Cloche Workshop
Deanna Gibbons Millinery 1364 Florida Street, San Fransisco, CA2 DAY WORKSHOP “Design the perfect felt or straw cloche hat” This workshop offers the opportunity to make a 1920’s inspired cloche hat in either felt or straw. You will learn to construct a cloche shape hat by hand blocking and then further customize the simple shape with a hand draping technique. This workshops offers […]
FELT DRAPING WORKSHOP
Deanna Gibbons Millinery 1364 Florida Street, San Fransisco, CAIn this workshop students will learn free-form draping and hand sewing skills needed to create a soft draped felt 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 […]