Melbourne milliner Louise Macdonald - Millinery courses

Millinery courses – details
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Beginners Millinery
Silk Roses
Make a REAL hat!
Make a Headpiece from Wire
Make a Lace Hat
Jin Sin Workshop
Vintage Style Textured Hat
Beginners and Intermediate Millinery
Make a Classic Fedora
May Millinery Intensive
Queens' Birthday Millinery Intensive

Beginners Millinery
Make your hat using traditional millinery techniques taught by one of Australia's leading milliners. Each evening there will be a set, including use of the wooden millinery blocks and a variety of trimming techniques (feathers, ribbon, straw and their application to the hat). By the end of the course you will have completed a hat of your own design to take home and impress your friends!

7 sessions over 7 weeks
Tuesday 21 February to 3 April 2012, 6pm to 8.30pm
Cost: $420 (plus materials, approximately $30 to $80)
Tutor: Louise Macdonald
Course code: BFeb

7 sessions over 7 weeks
Tuesday 24 April to 5 June 2012, 6pm to 8.30pm
Cost: $420 (plus materials, approximately $30 to $80)
Tutor: Georgina Conheady
Course code: BApr

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Silk Roses
Learn how to make 2 different beautiful silk roses! In this workshop, Georgina Conheady will show you how to work with silks and traditional flower making techniques and tools to create a cabbage rose and large full blown rose.

Tutor: Georgina Conheady

Saturday 25 February 2012, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $150 (includes materials)
Course code: SFFeb

Saturday 1 September 2012, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $150 (includes materials)
Course code: SFSept

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Make a REAL hat!
Challenge yourself to fly beyond the fascinator, progress beyond the pillbox, advance past the beret. Learn the fundamentals of millinery by creating a hat with a crown and a brim. From a casual fedora to a fashions-on-the-field stunner, these foundational facts will carry through every hat you construct. Master the skills of blocking, assembly and finishing to a high standard and bring home, not only a beautiful hat, but a wealth of knowledge!

3 full-day sessions over 3 weeks
Saturday 3, 10 and 17 March 2012, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $380 (plus materials, approximately $30 to $80 per hat)
Tutor: Lynnette Lim
Course code: RHMar

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Make a Headpiece from Wire
Don't be limited by having to use a blocked shape for your hat. Create a small hat or headpiece from wire! In this 2-day course you will learn how to fashion a shape from millinery wire, cover your frame and explore appropriate trims for your design. Make a "toy" topper or a heavenly headpiece – let your imagination run wild!

Tutor: Lynnette Lim

Saturday and Sunday 24 and 25 March 2012, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $295 (students required to bring lace or organza)
Course code: WWMar

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Make a Lace Hat
If you like the delicate and textured look of a hat made from lace, Georgina Conheady will show you how to achieve this over a weekend, using the wooden millinery hat blocks to make a small hat from sinamay and Guipure lace. You will be learning traditional millinery techniques while making an exquisite little something to wear to that special occasion!

Tutor: Georgina Conheady

Saturday and Sunday 31 March and 1 April 2012, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $295 (students required to come with Guipure lace)
Course code: LHMar

Saturday and Sunday 28 and 29 July 2012, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $295 (students required to come with Guipure lace)
Course code: LHJul

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Jin Sin Workshop
In this 2-day workshop you will learn how to sculpt a headpiece (or 2!) with this contemporary millinery material. Milliner Georgina Conheady will show you how to twist and turn these fibres into some spectacular headwear.

Friday and Saturday 13 and 14 April 2012, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $295 (plus Jin Sin, approximately $25 per headpiece)
Course code: JSApr

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Vintage Style Textured Hat
Lynnette Lim's hats are known for their varied textures and beautiful finish. She will share some of her secrets with you in this weekend workshop. Cover a blocked sinamay base with leaves, petals, ribbon or braid to create a wonderfully vintage style small hat. You will learn how to construct a simple sinamay base from start to finish and also fashion your charming trim from fabric. Lynn will show you ways to artistically arrange your components to emphasise this feature.

Saturday and Sunday 21 and 22 April 2012, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $295 (students required to come with some materials)
Course code: VSApr

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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, moulding the materials over the traditional wooden hat blocks using a variety of techniques.

7 sessions over 7 weeks
Monday 23 April to 4 June 2012, 6pm to 8.30pm
Cost: $420 (plus materials, approximately $30 to $80 per hat)
Tutor: Louise Macdonald
Course code: BIApr

7 sessions over 7 weeks
Monday 23 July to 3 September 2012, 6pm to 8.30pm
Cost: $420 (plus materials, approximately $30 to $80 per hat)
Tutor: Louise Macdonald
Course code: BISept

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Make a Classic Fedora
Make a classic fedora from fabulous felt or spectacular straw. Learn how to block, shape and produce a first-class finish for your hat using traditional millinery techniques. Customise your creation with a timeless ribbon trim or a more contemporary concoction.

Tutor: Lynnette Lim

Saturday and Sunday 5 and 6 May 2012, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $295 (plus materials, $30 to $50 per hat)
Course code: FDMay

Saturday and Sunday 15 and 16 September 2012, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $295 (plus materials, $30 to $50 per hat)
Course code: FDSept

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May Millinery Intensive
Make 2 hats over 4 days. One will be a sculpted headpiece where Louise Macdonald will show you how to sculpt contemporary sinamay straw using traditional and new millinery techniques to make your own outstanding headpiece! For the other hat, milliner Georgina Conheady will show you the steps to create a beautiful hat for the races, or more casual wear if you prefer, from parisisal straw. At the of the 4 days you will have had 2 different experts showing you their special tips and tricks for you to create 2 different hats!

Friday to Monday 11 to 14 May 2012, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $590 (plus between $35 to $50 for hat materials)
Course code: MIMay

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Queens' Birthday Millinery Intensive
Make a hat of your own design with milliner Louise Macdonald on this 3-day course. You can make a hat from felt or straw using traditional millinery techniques. You will start with the basic material and make your own special shape using the wooden hat blocks, followed by reinforcement and trimming techniques. This course is open to beginner and intermediate students.

Saturday, Sunday and Monday 9 to 11 June 2012, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $450
Course code: QBJune

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