Millinery demonstrations, hatmaking workshops, or millinery courses can also be scheduled for individuals or groups. Are you a member of a needlearts guild, a craft guild, the Red Hat Society, or a group of friends that loves hats? If so, arrangements can be made for group lessons in your area.
Private classes for individuals can be arranged here in Wilmington, NC. Contact us at jan@hatshatshats.com for details on private classes.
NOTE: SOMETIMES WE COMBINE SKILLS SO CLASS TITLES ARE NOT ALWAYS THE SAME AS SKILL SETS LISTED BELOW.
- BLOCKHEADS,BRIMS TOO!--Create your own unique hatbock with easily obtained materials. Study hatblock shapes, learn to measure for sizing, and how to preserve your sculpted hatblock when completed. All aspects of hatblocks are discussed. Specialty tool included in class price.
- FEATHERWORK: WISPS & MOUNTS--Discover techniques for assembling feather pieces to create floaty features for your hats and headpieces. Cutting, curling, and combining will be our concentration along with learning embellishment qualities of many different feather types. Students will make two wisps to be used on hats made in other classes. Take the mystery out of featherwork!
- FRENCH FLOWERMAKING--Beautifully handcrafted silk flowers can be yours for the making. Learn tooling and assembly techniques, plus receive a packet of petal patterns. Specialty tools included in class price.
- NOVELTY MILLINERY MATERIALS: PLYING WONDERFLEX ™ and FOSSHAPE ™--Interested in creating uniquely designed hats in all (and we mean all!) manner of shapes? Create theatrically and traditionally shaped hats and headpieces using these contemporary thermoformable fibres with fabric and/or paints. Suitable for costumers and maskmakers also. This is a 'limited only by your imagination' class!
- STRAW: SHAPING & STYLING--Techniques for working with straw are emphasized. Blocking, wiring and cutting straw hoods and capelines results in a variety of styles including cloches, toques, and pamelas. Learn to roll straw, apply bias bindings, add petersham and hat bands, and embellishment tricks of the trade. Linings are also demonstrated.
- BUCKRAM: STRUCTURING & DRAPING--Pre-formed buckram shapes and a student designed custom form are used as the base shape for hat and headpiece creations to be completed by course end. Bridal headpieces, cocktail hats and other fabric covered crowns and brims are examples of the diversity found in using this millinery medium. Learn about use of domette, bias strips, linings, hat securers and wiring.
- FELT & MORE FELT: HOODS, CAPELINES, & SKIRITNG--Make hats from millinery felt, including flat felt skirting which hasn't been available to the trade in over 40 years. It feels just like cashmere and makes fabulous retro hats from patterns! Plus, master our number one most requested skill--steam blocking.
- WIRE CONSTRUCTION FRAMES--Wire construction has been used for decades as the framework for hats, bridal headpieces and tiaras. Learn the basic skills needed to make historical reproductions and one-of-a-kind bridal work. Types of wire, cutting and joinery are also included.
- BRAID HATS: RAFFIA, HORSEHAIR, LACE, LAMINATES--Hats of the '40's, '50's, and early '60's were frequently composed of millinery braid. Learn the spiraling and sewing techniques (on a hatblock) to create retro hats as well as raffia sunhats, lace wedding caps, and pillboxes, among other styles.
- CROWNS & BRIMS--Take contrasting hat mediums (like straw mixed with felt, felt with fabric covered buckram, or wire and buckram) to create truly unique combinations for your hats. Crowns and brims will purposefully be made of differing materials then united using demonstrated skills. Examples include wire crowns with fabric covered buckram brims, buckram crowns and felt brims, or perhaps felt crowns and wire brims. Lots of possibilities for students to choose from.
- SINAMAY & SILK STRAW: BLOCKING & FREE-FORM STYLING--Exotic yet easy to manipulate millinery materials (in yardage) are used with a variety of skills. Material can be blocked for a more traditional shape, or styled free form for more artistic and abstract shapes. Cutting, stitching, rolling and wiring are demonstrated.
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