Spring Courses 2005

Scrumptious Velvet

During this 3 day course, you will learn clever pattern cutting techniques to create a soft velvet hat.
You may choose from a variety of trimming techniques. Organza's, taffetas, jewellery and/or feathers can be used to embellish this scrumptious hat.
Your pattern may also be adapted to create linen, silk or organza hats.
Students will need to provide their own sewing machine for this course.

Sinamay & Crin Cocktail Creations

During this 2 day course, you will learn innovative pattern cutting techniques to sculpt delicate sinamay and feather headpieces.
You will also have the opportunity to create exotic feather, sinamay and crin trimmed 'hair corsages'.

Pilules

During this 3 day course, you will have the opportunity to make a fabric and straw pilule.
You will learn how to work with two different types of foundation fabrics and how to drape veiling.

Felt

During this 3 day course, you will learn how to make a fine fur felt hat using traditional blocking and construction techniques and how to drape and trim with velvet.

Silk & Sinamay Trimming

During this 2 day course, you will learn about fabric foundation materials and how to use them to alter the properties and weight of silk used for trimming. You will also learn how to drape silk fabric around the sides of a hat, how to cover a crown and how to make silk french roses, cabochon roses, rosettes and bows.
Sinamay needs no foundation, it is a transparent fabric which you can use to form the hat and the trimming, creating ethereal rosettes, lilies, feathers, spirals, leaves, bows and much more.

The Tiny Top Hat

During this 3 day course, you will have the opportunity to create a 'petite' riding hat, combining traditional millinery and theatrical construction techniques.
Net, flowers, beads, jewels and feathers can be used to create a delightful 19th Century headdress.

Classical Silk

During this 4 day course, you will learn the basics of couture blocking buckram to create an elegant silk hat with a structured form to its brim.
A square crown with a tailored or draped finish presents the opportunity to learn about other foundation and interlining fabrics.
This construction technique can also be adapted to create linen or fine wool hats.

Juliets

During this 3 day course, you will have the opportunity to make a straw and a silk or velvet head-dress. For the silk or velvet headdress you may choose from a variety of covering techniques, including tailored, pleated or ruched finishes.
This course gives you the opportunity to work with foundation and interlining fabrics, millinery net and crin (a challenging, yet dramatic and rewarding trimming fabric).

Sinamay

During this 3 day course, you will learn the basics of couture blocking sinamay.
You will also have the opportunity to learn trimming techniques specifically designed for this transparent and ethereal fabric.

Hand Pleated Cloche and Rough Textured Straw

During this 3 day course, you will have the opportunity to create 2 hats using quick couture blocking techniques.
Your hat making materials are a fine parasisal straw and a thick rustic textured straw.
Whilst creating these two hats you will learn how to trim with organza and silk dupion and how to make wired ribbon flowers.

Sinamay & Crin Cocktail Creations

During this 2 day course, you will learn innovative pattern cutting techniques to sculpt delicate sinamay and feather headpieces.
You will also have the opportunity to create exotic feather, sinamay and crin trimmed 'hair corsages'.

Bias Cut Sinamay with Straw Crown

During this 3 day course, you will learn how to make a combined textured hat.
The brim will be created by the clever technique of joining 'sheet' sinamay into bias strips (prior to blocking), to create a deep sculptured brim that is usually difficult to achieve in this fabric.
The crown by contrast, will be traditionally blocked in a smooth parasisal straw.
You will also have the opportunity to explore sinamay trimming techniques.

Classic Tailored Straw

During this 3 day course, you will have the opportunity to make a fine parasisal straw hat using traditional blocking methods and construction techniques.
You will also learn how to apply a rolled edge to the brim and crown, creating a classic and smooth silhouette, which needs little other adornment.

Scrumptious Velvet

During this 3 day course, you will learn clever pattern cutting techniques to create a soft velvet hat.
You may choose from a variety of trimming techniques. Organza's, taffetas, jewellery and/or feathers can be used to embellish this scrumptious hat.
Your pattern may also be adapted to create linen, silk or organza hats.
Students will need to provide their own sewing machine for this course.

Sinamay & Crin Cocktail Creations

During this 2 day course, you will learn innovative pattern cutting techniques to sculpt delicate sinamay and feather headpieces.
You will also have the opportunity to create exotic feather, sinamay and crin trimmed 'hair corsages'.

Wild Sinamay

During this 3 day course, we will be experimenting with the sculptural properties of sinamay.
The brim will be created by using machining or rolling techniques to create a layered delicate wavy
brim.

Students will need to provide their own sewing machine for this course.

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