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 […]

Draped Furfelt Cloche

Bay Willow Design Cotton Mill, 610 Elm Street, suite 110, McKinney, TX

Tutor: Laura Del Villaggio Students will learn how to block a free-form cloche hat using a fur felt hood (hat body) and a balsa utility block. You will use steam to soften the felt and your fingers to manipulate it into pleats and folds that are pinned into place until dry. The technique allows for a wide […]

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 […]

Dynamic Draping Workshop

Judith M 115 E Main St, LaGrange, KY

I think by now, everyone knows of Ms. Hubka's love of free-forming Sinamay. But did you know that traditional Millinery hoods and capelines can be draped as well? Wool felt, Velours, Parasisols, even Toyos! The amount of draping each piece gets is entirely up to you. We can fabulously freeform the entire design, or incorporate […]

Innovative scraps hats with Tierre Taylor

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

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 only learn about the process of draping with unusually […]

FELT DRAPING WORKSHOP

Deanna Gibbons Millinery 1364 Florida Street, San Fransisco, CA

In 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 […]