Classes and Parties

Derby Party – Create your own fascinator

Birthday party, bachelorette party, girlfriends party, family party across generations – all are guaranteed to have fun making their own fascinator!

How it works:

This 2-hour workshop is held at your location, and all materials and tools will be provided.  3 guests minimum, 6 guests maximum. No skills are required. $80 per person.

Please contact me directly to discuss the availability (404) 692-3504 or warpedmindmilliner@gmail.com

From pool to derby – wide brim summer hat

July 27, 2019 – July 28, 2019 Saturday-Sunday 9AM-4PM

Class fee: $210,
Millinery Supplies: $65,
Total: $275

Description

In this two-day class, you will create a wide brim hat using parasisal straw, which is the preferred straw for haute couture millinery due to fine weave and long-lasting qualities. Learn basic millinery techniques: blocking, wiring, finishing. In addition, we will discuss different types of feathers and how to use them for decorations. The goal of this class is to get familiar with the techniques of hat making.

Location:

This class will be hosted in eclectic lake home of a local milliner, just outside I-285 in Pine Lake, Georgia 30072, near Stone Mountain and Clarkston. A tour of the host’s millinery studio will also be offered (just up a flight of steep stairs).

Skills

This class is for millinery beginners .

Sewing skills are required.

Supplies

Please bring the following:

  • Sewing kit: selection of different colored threads, needles, pins, small scissors, thimble
  • 1 inch wide elastic in white
  • Fabric scissors and craft scissors
  • Selection of fabrics – silk, cotton or rayon, avoid polyester. You can bring scraps unless you want to make a band, then you need 36×60 inches.
  • Fusible interfacing
  • Aleene’s sticky glue
  • Floral wire.
  • You can obtain those in Jo-Anns, Micheal’s or Hobby Lobby.

Cancelation policy:

Please request cancelation: warpedmindmilliner@gmail.com . Full refund available if canceled 2 weeks before the beginning of the class. No refunds afterward.