Learn 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 […]
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FELT DRAPING WORKSHOP
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 […]
Cloche Workshop
2 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 […]
Raffia HAT Making Class
With Diana Cavagnaro This 2-day class will demonstrate the procedure for dyeing and plaiting raffia, which is, then hand sewn over polyurethane hat blocks. The inside of the hat is […]
Straw Hat Making Class
With Diana Cavagnaro This class covers the blocking of one straw hood or capeline. Bring your own block or use ours. In addition to blocking, we will deal with design, dying […]
Leather & Silk Flowers
Tutor: Galina Kofod Students will go through all the stages of creating flowers from silk and leather. This will include the preparation of materials, dying them, making patterns, assembling and finishing techniques. […]
Felt & Straw Blocking Workshops
Classic Fedoras & Homburgs – Jane Smith
This class will cover how to stiffen and hand block traditional fur felt fedoras and homburgs using open crown blocks. We will create crown “creases” and “indents” by hand along […]
Period Shakos and Peaked Hats – Jane Smith
Using buckrum as the base & a leather visor, you will be taught both traditional millinery hand sewing techniques along with modern machine work, to create a shako hat from […]
Carving Your Own Hat Blocks – Jane Smith
In this three day master class, you will learn how to design and carve both crowns and brims from a high density polystyrene block. Your brims can be two sided, […]