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 […]
FROM COAT TO CLOCHE – DIMENSIONAL TRIM WORKSHOP
Deanna Gibbons Millinery 1364 Florida Street, San Fransisco, CALearn to work with millinery felt to create dimensional decorative accessories to sew or pin onto clothing, shoes or hats. These lightweight shapes once embellished become sparkling accessories which can be moved from garment to garment. A variety of techniques including padded gold work and special stitching and beading patterns will be taught to create […]
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 […]