Millinery for Beginners
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<p>Get ahead. In this short course you will cover many aspects of millinery to enable you to create and trim a headpiece or fascinator . </p><p>If you want to learn about Millinery in Sydney, then
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Course description
Get ahead. In this short course you will cover many aspects of millinery to enable you to create and trim a headpiece or fascinator .
If you want to learn about Millinery in Sydney, then this course is for you.
Agenda
During this course the intention is that the following topics will be covered:
- Introduction to millinery
- Materials for millinery- overview
- Tool kit for millinery
- What style suits you
- Design Elements and principles for headpieces, fascinators, and millinery
- Make 2 fascinators bases using traditional millinery techniques
The following techniques will be demonstrated throughout the class to utilise on your headpiece:
- Working with sinamay- some clever trim ideas
- Wire Work Techniques- create a fabulous headpiece
- Learn to Blocking Sinamay, Parasisal , Fossshape, and Buckram for headpieces
- Grosgrain Trim
- Grosgrain and alternative edges
- Millinery Materials – for Trims- Techniques and materials will be demonstrated
- Crinoline
- Lace Trims
- Silk Flower
- Feathers
- Veiling
- Tour Embellish Atelier Studio
- How to wear your fascinator- methods of attachment.
- How to store your headpiece.
Learning Outcomes
The intended Learning Outcomes for this course are as follows.
By the end of this Millinery course students will:
- have completed 2 fascinator or headpieces using sinamay , and choice of 1 other foundation technique – Wire, Fosshape®, or buckram.
- be able to demonstrate use of a variety of millinery techniques to make and complete a headpiece with feather skills, finishing, binding techniques, use of veiling
- be able to analyse a hat in terms of design line, colour, texture, repetition, emphasis and balance
- be able to determine styles to suit their face shape
Other Information
The tutor provides the foundation materials – Sinamay, wire, 1 piece fossshape, 1 piece buckram , some basic fabrics, tools, equipment and sundry glues, a basic sewing kit of millinery tools , stiffeners for this class as well as the privelege of creating your 2 pieces on rare blocks Embellish® atelier private hat block collection.
Please wear closed in shoes.
Please bring
A sewing kit which includes:
- Tape measure
- A small ruler
- General purpose scissors
- A pair of long nosed pliers
- Thimble
- Mapping / drawing pins
- Quality dressmaking steel pins
- Packet of mixed size straw needles
- An apron
- Water Spray Bottle
Available to purchase from Spotlight, Lincraft or:
Hatter Millinery Supplies
The tutor can organise a kit for students containing the above, if needed, in the first class
Avoid disappointment. Enrol early.
Please ensure that you have given a valid email and mobile number as all course changes will be communicated via sms or email.
Course testimonials:
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Amanda said: Student gave this course 5 stars
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Meredith said: Catherine was a great teacher, and between her explanations and demonstrations made the steps involved understandable and achievable. It was great to be able to walk away with a hat I loved and that I had made myself! I definitely would recommend this course to anyone interested in making their own hats, or who just wants to understand a little more the process that goes into hat-making.
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Rosie said: It was a fabulous course. Lovely people, Catherine was great and very knowledgeable. I really, really enjoyed myself and loved what I was able to create.
