Registration Form Course Name:... Course Date:... Full Name:... Address:... Postcode:... Home/Mobile number:... Email:... Millinery Experience (if any)... Please return the booking form to Jenny Roberts Millinery, Cold Bath Place, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 OPQ Payment Options Cheque payable to Jenny Roberts Millinery, please Or bac s payment referencing your name to sort code 53-50-21 A/C51383012, please follow up with confirmation of payment. Bookings can only be confirmed on receipt of a completed booking form and full payment. Unfortunately courses cannot be refunded. More Information Please contact Jenny on Tel: 01423 816511 Email: Jenny@jrmillinery.co.uk www.jrmillinery.co.uk Our School of Millinery offers tuition in all aspects of millinery from our Harrogate based design studio and showroom. Our tutors have over 20 years of millinery and fashion design experience. We teach to the highest standard for hobby or professional milliners and cater for all abilities and will advise you on the best course to suit you. Our showroom has over 300 hats, which offer inspiration and examples of couture millinery techniques to our students. We tutor to small groups to ensure individual tuition. Classes take place in our working studio and all necessary equipment is provided. We offer a variety of classes, including half a day millinery taster, 2 day introduction to Millinery, blocking and trim courses and couture skill courses and also offer one-to-one courses for those wanting to study a particular technique on a chosen day Our working studio is equipped with over 100 blocks, 5 steamers, several sewing and overlocking machines, flower making stamps and a variety of other tools. We have a large stock room of sinamay, straws, ribbons, leathers, felts, foundation fabrics, feathers, veiling, crin, and other fabrics enabling a full choice of colours for our students to choose from.
Course dates Sept 2017 March 2017 The Venue Cold Bath Place, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG2 0PQ The Classes Day Courses run from 9.30am to 3.30pm and half day courses from 9.30am to 12.30pm or 1pm till 4pm. A maximum of 6 students will be taken per course in order to give individual attention. Tea/coffee and biscuits are provided. Lunch can be either brought with you or ordered from the nearby deli. What to bring Bring along an apron, some enthusiasm and a love of hats! Course Costs ½ day course - 65 plus 10 materials 1 day course - 85 plus 15 materials *(except Fur felt trilby which has a surplus of 30) 2 day course - 175 plus 20 materials **(Crown/Brim & Parisisal explored which has a surplus of 30) Booking Discount Book 3 courses and get 10% off the 3 rd course (not including taster courses) bookings must be made together 5 day course - 495 Private Classes We are able to offer individual tuition days at a rate of 250 per day, we can tailor the day to your specific requirement. We are also able to offer group tuition including hen parties and we are able to arrange champagne, lunch, afternoon tea etc.. Please ask for more details. Gift Certificate Know someone who loves hats buy them a day or two day course, we can provide beautifully gift wrapped vouchers Cost inc all Materials May Sept Oct Nov Dec January Februrary March April May Level Required Wed 10th am May, Sun 10th Sept am Sat 2nd Dec am Sat 27th am Jan Wed 28th pm Feb Millinery Taster (1/2 day) All 75 Sun 10th Sept pm Sat 2nd Dec pm Sat 27th pm Jan Wed 28th pm Feb Wed 10th pm May, All 75 Flower Taster (1/2 day) Sat/Sun 21st & 22nd April Thurs/Fri 1st & 2nd march Sat/Sun 13th & 14th Jan Mon/Tues 13th & 14th Nov Mon/Tues 2nd & 3rd Oct Introduction to Millinery (2 days) All 195 Thurs 8th - Mon 12th March Beginners Millinery (5 days) All 495 Monday 22nd May Wed 20th Sept Sat 21st Oct Wed 15th Nov Sun 3rd Dec Fri 12th Jan Sat 24th Feb Wed 21st March Sat 5th May All 100 Fabulous Feathers (1 days) Upcycle Workshop (1 day) Intermediate 100 Tues 19th Sept Fri 24th Nov Tuesday 6th March Crin and Trim (1 day) All 100 Tues 23rd May Thurs 21st Sept Fri 17th Nov Wed 17th Jan Sun 25th Feb Wed 18th April Sun 6th May Tues/Wed 13th & 14th March Thurs / Fri 18th & 19th Jan Sat/Sun 18th & 19th Nov Mon 25th /Tues 26th Sept Silk Cocktail Hat (2 days) Intermediate 195 Thurs / Fri 19th & 20th April Mon/Tues 19th & 20th Feb Introduction to Flowers (2 days) All 195 Hair Vine (1 day) All 100 Mon 18th Sept Thurs 16th Nov Mon/Tues 9th & 10th October Thurs/Fri 14th & 15th Sept Thurs/Fri 10th & 11th May Sat/Sun 24th & 25th March Thurs/Fri 22nd & 23rd Feb Tues & Wed 22nd and 23rd Jan Wed/Thurs 11th 12th Oct Vintage Headpiece (2 days) Intermediate 195 Tues/Wed 30th & 31st Jan Mon/Tues 27th & 28th Nov Wed/Thurs 27th 28th Sept Tues/Wed 16th & 17th May Sinamay Cocktail Hat (2 days) Intermediate 195 Mon/Tues 19th & 20th March Wed/Thurs 7th & 8th Feb Mon/Tues 6th & 7th Nov Sat/Sun 7th & 8th Oct Advanced 225 Crown & Brim Hat (2 days) Mon/Tues 5th & 6th Feb Mon/Tues 16th & 17th Oct Advanced 225 Parisisal Explored (2 days) Wed/Thurs 25th & 26th April Mon/Tues 26th & 27th Feb Mon/Tues 15th & 16th Jan Wed/Thur 8th & 9th Jinsin albaca Nov Jinsin & Silk Albaca Explored (2 days) Advanced 195 Sat/Sun 10th & 11th Feb Wool Felt Cocktail Hat (2 days) Intermediate 195 Fur Felt Winter Trilby (1 day) Intermediate 130 Wed 13th Sept Sun 22nd Oct Fri 10th Nov Fri 1st Dec Mon 29th Jan Fri 9th Feb Thurs/Fri 25th & 26th Jan Mon/Tues 4th & 5th Dec Mon/Tues 20th & 21st Nov wed/thurs 4th & 5th Oct
Course Dates September 2017 Sunday 10th am September Millinery Taster (1/2 day) Sunday 10th am September Flower Taster (1/2 day) Wednesday 13th September Fur Felt Winte Trilby (1 day) Thursday/Friday 14th & 15th September -Introduction to Flowers (2 days) Monday 18th September Hair Vine (1 days) Tuesday 19th September Upcycle Workshop (1 days) Wednesday 20th September Fabulous Feathers (1 days) Thursday 21st September Crin & Trim (1 day) Monday / Tuesday 25th & 26th September Silk Cocktail Hat (2 days) Wednesday/Thursday 27th & 28th September Sinamay Cocktail Hat (2 days) October 2017 Monday/Tuesday 2nd & 3rd October Introduction to Millinery (2 days) Wednesday / Thursday 4th & 5th October Wool Felt Cocktil Hat (2 days) Saturday/Sunday 7th & 8th October Crown & Brim (2 days) Monday/Tuesday 9th & 10th October Introduction to Flowers (2 days) Wednesday/Thursday 11th & 12th October Vintage Headpiece (2 days) Monday/Tuesday 16th & 17th October Parisial Explored (2 days) Saturday 21st October Fabulous Feathers (1 day) Sunday 22nd October Fur Felt Trilby (1 day) November 2017 Monday/Tuesday 6th & 7th November Crown and Brim (2 days) Wed/Thurs 8th & 9th November Jinsin & Silk Albaca Explored (2 days) Friday 10th November Fur Felt Winter Trilby (1 day Monday/Tuesday 13th & 14th November Introduction to Millinery (2 days) Wednesday 15th November Fabulous Feathers (1 day) Thursday 16th November Hair Vine (1 day) Friday 17th November Crin and Trim (2 days) Saturday/Sunday 18th & 19th November Silk Cocktail Hat (2 days) Monday/ Tuesday 20th & 21st November Wool Felt Cocktail Hat (2 days) Friday 24th November Upcycle Workshop Monday / Tuesday 27th & 28th November Sinamay Cocktail Hat (2 days) December 2017 Friday 1st December Fur Felt Winter Trilby (1 day) Saturday 2nd December am Millinery Taster (1/2 day) Saturday 2nd December pm Flower Taster (1/2 day) Sunday 3rd December Fabulous Feathers (1 day) Monday / Tuesday 4th & 5th December Wool Felt Cocktail Hat (2 days) January 2018 Saturday 27th am January Millinery Taster (1/2 day) Saturday 27th pm Janary Flower Taster (1/2 day) Friday 12th January Fabulous Feathers (1 day) Saturday / Sunday 13th & 14th January Introduction to Millinery (2 days) Mon / Tues 15th & 16th January Jinsin & Silk Albaca Explored (2 days) Wednesday 17th January Crin and Trim (1 day) Thursday / Friday 18th & 19th January Silk Cocktail Hat (2 days) Tuesday / Wednesday 22nd & 23rd January Vintage Headpiece (2 days) Thursday / Friday 25th & 26th January Wool Felt Cocktail Hat (2 days) Monday 29th January Fur Felt Winter Trilby (1 day) Tuesday / Wednesday 30th & 31st January Sinamay Cocktail Hat (2 days) February 2018 Monday / Tuesday 5th & 6th Parisisal Explored (2 days) Wednesday / Thursday 7th & 8th February Crown and Brim (2 days) Friday 9th February Fur Felt Winter Trilby (1 day) Saturday / Sunday 10th & 11th February Wool Felt Cocktail Hat (2 days) Wednesday 28th am February Millinery Taster (1/2 day) Wednesday 28th pm February Flower Taster (1/2 day) Saturday 24th February Fabulous Feathers (1 day) Sunday 25th February Crin & Trim (1 day) Monday / Tuesday 19th & 20th February Introduction to Flowers (2 days) Thursday / Friday 22nd & 23rd February Vintage Headpiece (2 days) Monday / Tuesday 26th & 27th February Jinsin & Silk Albaca (2 days) March 2018 Thursday /Friday 1st & 2nd March Introduction to Millinery (2 days) Thursday Monday 8th 12th March Beginners Millinery (5 days) Wednesday 21st March Fabulous Feathers (1 day) Tuesday 6th March Upcycle Workshop (1 day) Tuesday / Wednesday 13th & 14th March Silk Cocktail Hat (2 days) Saturday / Sunday 24th & 25th March Vintage Headpieces (2 days) Monday / Tuesday 19th & 20th March Crown & Brim Hat (2 days) April 2018 Saturday / Sunday 21st & 22nd April Introduction to Millinery (2 days) Wednesday 18th April Crin & Trim (1 day) Thursday / Friday 19th & 20th April Introduction to Flowers (2 days) Wed/Thurs 25th & 26th April Jinsin & Silk Albaca Explored (2 days) May 2018 Saturday 5th May Fabulous Feathers (1 day) Sunday 6th May Crin & Trim (1 day)
Millinery Taster (1/2 day) 75 inc all materials Flower Taster (1/2 day) 75 inc all materials This course is a fantastic opportunity for those who are new to millinery and want to acquire a basic understanding. You will be given a overview of millinery materials, techniques and styles You will learn how to create basic sinamay trims including loops, swirls, bows, fans and folds You will create a design using your skills and finishing your design with elastic, band or comb You will learn which different hat shapes work for your face shape By the end of the workshop you will have created a headpiece and acquired skills to make more. This course is for individuals who would like to learn the process of silk and fabric flower making. You will learn how to stiffen different fabrics, create petal templates and be introduced to all the techniques used for making different types of flower petals. You will also be shown different stamen and centres for your silk or fabric flowers. You will choose from an array of colours of silk and fabric to create a flowers of your own. Your bespoke flower can then be attached to a hair comb or corsage clip.
Introduction to Millinery (2 days) Fabulous Feathers (1 day) 100 inc all materials This is the perfect course for those who have a taste for Millinery and want to expand their knowledge of millinery techniques and create headpieces using sinamay. You will be given a comprehensive overview of millinery materials, techniques and styles You will block a sinamay shape ready to be adorned You will create a flat headpiece base with sinamay Trims will be taught dependent on previous experience and the requirements of the group but they can include, sinamay trims, feathers and veiling You will learn how to professionally finish your hats and how to attach an appropriate head fitting This is a perfect course for beginners or those wanting to learn how feathers can enhance your designs. You will be given an introduction to different types of feathers which will provide you with the basis for your design including, goose, hackle, turkey, ostrich and peacock amongst others. You will learn several ways of manipulating feathers such as cutting, curling, twisting and forming flowers. You will arrange you feathers on a base and learn how to balance your design to create a flattering headpiece. Finally, you will be shown how to finish your design with elastic, band or comb By the end of the workshop you will have created a feather headpiece and acquired the skills to make more.
Upcycle Workshop (1 day) 100 inc all materials Crin and Trim (1 day) 100 inc all materials This is the ideal course to re-invent, re-new, and re-trim an old summer or winter hat, which could be sinamay, straw or felt and upcycle it into something really special. You need to bring along one or more old hats which can be made of sinamay, straw or felt. Charity shops are a great source of hats if you don t have any old hats. You will have the option to re shape your hat either subtlety bring the shape up to date or totally re block the shape. You will learn how to make suitable summer trims from the excess of your material or from our sinamay, felt and feathers in order to add loops, lilies, roses, feathers or bows. Work with a variety of fabrics and feathers to make your design bespoke and go away with the skills to re-invent more hats. This is the perfect course for beginners/intermediate students or those wanting to explore the use of crinoline within their designs and trims. On this course you will learn how to; cover a base with crinoline manipulate crinoline into different shapes. distress crinoline to create different looks Create trims including, roses, strips, swirls, curls, free form shapes and bows. Finish the inside of your hat with petersham ribbon. Attach an appropriate head fitting By the end of the workshop you will have created a crinoline headpiece and acquired skills to make more.
Silk Cocktail Hat (2 days) Introduction to Flowers (2 day) This is the perfect course for those who want to expand their knowledge of millinery techniques and create headpieces using silk and other fabrics. You will learn how to block a hat base using buckram. You will learn how to line and cover with silk or fabric for a beautiful professional finish Trims will be taught dependent on previous experience and the requirements of the group but they can include, handmade flowers, silk loops, bows and many other techniques. You will learn how to professionally finish your hat, how to attach an appropriate head fitting and create a couture lining. This is the perfect course if you have always wanted to make a variety of fabric and sinamay flowers to adorn your hat, bridal headpieces or corsages. : You will create paper patterns for all your flowers to take home and use You will learn how to create a variety of silk/organza, velvet, sinamay flowers and leaves using traditional French flower making tools including, Roses Poppies Leaves Peonies Lilies You will also learn how to make fabric and sinamay feathers using a simple cutting technique You will learn how to create stamens using a variety of materials
Hair Vine (1 day) 100 inc all materials Vintage Headpiece (2 day) Using a variety of materials you will create a unique hair piece, which will be perfect for black tie or bridal. You will learn techniques including; beaded flowers and leaves, You will make and incorporate tiny silk flowers and lace detail into your design. You will learn the easiest way of wiring your hair vine together. Once you have mastered all the techniques they will be used to design your own bespoke beaded adornment. Note; Included in the materials will be 10 small and 10 medium bi-cone Swarovski crystals and an assortment of other beads. Additional Swarovski's will be charged at cost. This is a unique course for brides and bridal designers focusing on creating a vintage inspired bridal headpiece but the skills could also be transferred to non bridal headpieces using a different choice of coloured silks You will learn how to create a small base for you vintage inspired bridal headpiece. We will show you how to cover your base with silk for a professional finish. Using a variety of beads you will learn how to embellish your headpiece. You will learn how to attach veiling. You will also learn how to make simple silk flowers to trim and finish your piece. We will show you how to position and finish your headpiece with the appropriate head fittings.
Sinamay Cocktail Hat (2 day) Crown & Brim Hat (2 day) 225 inc all materials This is the perfect course for beginners or those wanting to take their sinamay skills to the next level. You will learn how to block a small button hat using the traditional method of hand blocking with pins and steam. You will learn how to finish the inside of your hat with petersham ribbon. You will create samples of trims including sinamay lilies, roses, leaves, bias strips, swirls, curls, free form shapes and bows. You will learn how crinoline, veiling and quills add depth to your design. You will use these new skills to trim your blocked button You will learn how to professionally finish your hat and how to attach an appropriate head fitting By the end of the workshop you will have created a sinamay headpiece and acquired skills to make more. This is the perfect course for those who want to learn the couture techniques involved in creating a sinamay crown and brim hat You will learn how to block the crown and brim using traditional techniques of steaming and pinning over a vast choice of wooden blocks. You will learn how to edge with wire and a bias piece and create different crown edgings. You will learn how to size your hat. You will create samples of trims including sinamay lilies, roses, leaves, bias strips, swirls, curls, free form shapes and bows and others depending on experience. We will look at balancing trim positioning and finish your hat to couture standard.
Parisisal Explored (2 day) 225 inc all materials Jinsin & Silk Abaca Explored (2 day) This is the perfect course for those who want to explore working with Parisisal straw. You will learn how to block Parisisal using traditional techniques of steaming and pinning over a vast choice of wooden blocks. You will then learn how to line the inside with a petersham edging. We will show you various Parisisal trimming techniques including loops, swirls, curls and how to hand roll the edges of your Parisisal. We will look at balancing trim positioning and finish your hat to couture standard. You will learn how to professionally finish your hat and how to attach an appropriate head fitting By the end of the workshop you will have created a Parisisal headpiece and acquired skills to make more. By the end of the workshop you will be confident working with the inspiring new materials and be able to create more. This is the perfect course for those who want to explore working with Jinsin and silk Abaca. You will explore and experiment with Jinsin. Jinsin is famous for its sculptural quality. It creates incredible shapes when curved and flexed. The silk can be stripped away to create a wild spray of fibres. You will explore and experiment with Abaca. Silk abaca is fine and smooth. It can be free-shaped, blocked or used for draping. Because this material is interwoven with silk, it is pliable and creates amazing curves when twisted and shaped. You will create a blocked base. You will then learn how to line the inside with a petersham edging. We will show you various trimming techniques including loops, swirls, curls and how to roll the edges then we will look at balancing trim positioning. You will learn how to professionally finish your hat and how to attach an appropriate head fitting By the end of the workshop you will be confident working with the inspiring new materials and be able to create more.
Felt Cocktail Hat (2 days) Fur Felt Winter Trilby (1 day) 130 inc all materials This is the perfect course for those who want to take their skills to the next level and work with felt. You will learn how to block a small felt hat using the traditional method of hand blocking with pins and steam. You will then learn how to line the inside with a petersham edging. We will show you various trimming techniques; feathers, felt flowers, crinoline, bias strips, felt leaves, quills, felt or fabric bows, and veiling. You will use these skills to trim and finish your hat You will learn how to professionally finish your hat and how to attach an appropriate head fitting By the end of the workshop you will have created a felt headpiece and acquired skills to make more. This is the perfect course for those who want to create a unique wearable hat for winter. You will choose from black, grey, navy or tan felt. You will learn how to block a trilby crown using a choice of wooden blocks and using pinning and steaming millinery techniques. We will show you how to size your trilby to ensure a perfect fit. We will teach different trims including felt loops, feathers, felt leaves, cockades and the use of vintage braids. You will learn how to trim and finish your trilby
Beginners Millinery (5 Days) 495 inc all materials This is the perfect course for those who want to take learn the basics of millinery in one course. On this course you will cover the detail in the following: Introduction to Millinery Fabulous Feathers Crin & Trim Flower Taster By the end of the this course you will have the knowledge to make blocked hats together with a variety of trims.