Millinery for Beginners

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.