Louise Macdonald Milliner - Millinery courses

Millinery courses – details
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Three-day Millinery Intensive
Fascinator and Trimming Course
Make a Small Hat
Sculpted Headpieces and Silk Flower Making
Beginners and Intermediate Millinery
Tinted Silk Flowers
Race Wear Millinery
Summer Schools in Millinery

Three-day Millinery Intensive
Design, make and trim your own hat for the races, wedding or outstanding casual wear! In this three-day course you will make a hat of your own design from sinamay, using traditional and contemporary millinery techniques with milliner Georgina Conheady. This course is suitable for beginner or intermediate students.

Wednesday to Friday, July 1st to 3rd, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $350 plus materials (to be purchased by the student at a millinery supplier before the course; approximately $60). Suppliers and material requirements will be provided on enrolment
Course code: MIJul

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Fascinator and Trimming Course
In this two-day workshop you will make your own headpiece or fascinator. Milliner Georgina Conheady will show you the tips and tricks for making your own beautiful creations. A combination of instructions on trimming techniques, as well as some easy silk flowers will keep you busy on this fun and creative weekend.

Saturday and Sunday, July 11th and 12th, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $295
Course code: FTJul

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Make a Small Hat
Small hats are in! Make a fedora, pillbox, toy hat, beret or something of your own design. If you are a beginner, you will learn some of the basics of traditional millinery; the more experienced student can try out more advanced techniques. It's a great weekend of learning and creative fun, producing a hat for this year's fashions on the field!

Tutor: Louise Macdonald

Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 4pm
July 25th and 26th 2009
Cost: $295 plus hat materials, approximately $30 to $80
Course code: SHJul

Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 4pm
September 26th and 27th 2009
Cost: $295 plus hat materials, approximately $30 to $80
Course code: SHSept

Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 4pm
November 28th and 29th 2009
Cost: $295 plus hat materials, approximately $30 to $80
Course code: SHNov

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Sculpted Headpieces and Silk Flower Making
Some call it a "Hatinator", others an overgrown "Fascinator". We call it a headpiece! Over this 2-day weekend course, learn how to sculpt with contemporary straw using traditional and new millinery techniques to make your own outstanding headpiece! Some of these techniques can also be applied to hat trimming. On Sunday morning you will make a beautiful silk rose using traditional French flower making tools. You can use your silk rose on your headpiece or as a trim for another hat. Both projects will give you skills to take home to apply to more creations.

Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 4pm
August 8th and 9th 2009
Cost: $320 (includes materials)
Course code: HPAug

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Beginners and Intermediate Millinery
Make your own beautiful hat using traditional millinery techniques taught by one of Australia's leading milliners. These small classes are open to beginner and intermediate students, catering to different levels of experience. Students new to millinery will make a hat from start to finish, molding the millinery materials over the traditional wooden hat blocks using a variety of techniques.

Tutor: Louise Macdonald

Eight sessions over eight weeks
Mondays evenings, 6pm to 8.30pm
July 13th to August 31st 2009
Cost: $420 plus some materials
Course code: BIJul

Four sessions over four weeks
Mondays evenings, 6pm to 8.30pm
November 16th to December 7th 2009
Cost: $240 plus some materials
Course code: BINov

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Tinted Silk Flowers
Learn how to make even more beautiful silk flowers! In this workshop Georgina Conheady will show you how to work with silks and different tinting techniques to make silk flowers with tinted petals. This creates a beautiful flower. If you have done pervious flower making courses with Georgina, she will be working with new flower designs.

Tutor: Georgina Conheady

Saturday August 29th 2009, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $145
Course code: SFAug

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Race Wear Millinery
Make a fun hat for the races with milliner Georgina Conheady. You will be using parisisal straw, employing a mixture of traditional and non traditional millinery techniques to make a hat of your own individual design for the races.

Saturday and Sunday, September 12th and 13th, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $330 (includes materials)
Course code: PSSept

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Summer Schools in Millinery
In this five-day millinery intensive, you will make your own special hat with Louise Macdonald. The rest of the week will draw the expertise of other renowned Australian milliners and designers who will explore trimming techniques. There will be two courses on offer on the following dates:

Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm
January 11th to 15th 2010
Cost: $575 plus some materials
Course code: SS1

Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm
January 18th to 22nd 2010
Cost: $575 plus some materials
Course code: SS2

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