Virtual Beginners Millinery/Sinamay Pillbox Hat – (2 days) -9.30am – 3.30pm Thursday 15th & Friday 16th October 2020

The course will involve:

• A comprehensive overview of millinery materials, techniques and styles.
• Practical application of blocking a pillbox percher on a wooden block.
• A series of sinamay trims will then be demonstrated and practiced including bows, fans, bias loops, veils, ruches, roses, lilies and free form shapes.
• Time spent exploring techniques and trimmings for your own design.

You will need

Materials

• 3 metres of sinamay
• Wooden Hat block (available to buy for £45)
• Blocking pins
• Hair band (this can match in with your hair colour)
• 9 stripped coque feathers (a colour to compliment your sinamay)
• 1 metre of petersham
• 1 metre of spring wire
• pva glue

There is an option to buy materials with the course for an extra £25 and to buy the block and pins and materials for an extra £70.

Other items of equipment

• Pins
• Tape measure
• Needle and thread
• Normal scissors (not dressmaking silk scissors
• Use of a iron (preferably a steam iron)
• Water spray
• Ironing board

You will leave with:

• An understanding of which different hat shapes work for different face shapes, body shapes and dress silhouettes.
• Practical skills in blocking of sinamay, wiring pillboxes, attaching petersham and head fastenings.
• Samples of a variety of sinamay trims and understanding of how to secure them to your base.
• An understanding of design, proportion, balance and the application of colour
• A finished sinamay pillbox hat
• Information on suppliers and materials in order to create your own headpieces

For pictures of this course please follow this link to our facebook page and view the album https://www.facebook.com/pg/jrmillineryschool/photos/?tab=album&album_id=203614436991371