woman with artsy fascinator

Fascinator and Headpiece Millinery Workshop with Karen Morris


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240 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55102
United States

651-297-2555 | hillhouse@mnhs.org

Cost

$150

About This Event

Learn the basics of millinery from international acclaimed hat designer and milliner Karen Morris.

Students will learn hat shapes, basic techniques and tools for making a fascinator/headpiece, basic millinery stitches as well as different trimmings for finishing a hat.

Each student will leave with one finished fascinator/headpiece at the end of class and learn essential skills from the millinery arts.

This class is intended for beginners/intermediate and some basic sewing skills are recommended. Recommended for ages 16+. Registration cut off is March 8 to ensure materials are ready for all participants.

Schedule:

  • 9:30 am - 12:30 pm: Presentation on millinery as an art form, demonstration of blocking headpiece base, folding and curving ribbon and trimmings. Trimming options: single feathers and feather mounts, sinamay straw bows, sinamay straw bias, and floral trims. Student work time.
  • One hour for lunch on your own onsite or on nearby Selby Ave.
  • 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Removing blocked hat base from hat blocks & finishing edge, wiring and binding the hat base, assembling the headpieces with trims. Student work time.

Materials included with purchase price:

  • One yard of sinamay straw
  • Trimmings, steel wire, ribbon, single feathers, feather mounts and silk flowers
  • Styrofoam mannequin
  • One hat box for storage

Please Bring:

  • A basic sewing kit including needles of various sizes.
  • Lunch/Snacks/Water Bottle
Event Type:
  • Classes & Workshops

Cost

$150