Louise Macdonald Milliner - Millinery courses

Millinery courses – details
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Beginners and Intermediate Millinery
Sculpted Headpieces and Silk Flower Making
Make a Small Hat Weekend
Silk Flower Making
Summer Millinery Intensive
Easter Millinery Intensive
Costume Millinery
Race Wear Millinery

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

Four sessions over four weeks
Mondays evenings, 6pm to 8.30pm
February 9th to March 2nd 2009
Cost: $230 plus some materials
Course code: BIFeb

Seven sessions over seven weeks
Mondays evenings, 6pm to 8.30pm
April 20th to June 1st 2009
Cost: $370 plus some materials
Course code: BIApr

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
Nov 16th to Dec 7th 2009
Cost: $240 plus some materials
Course code: BINov

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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
February 21st and 22nd 2009
Cost: $320 (includes materials)
Course code: HPFeb

Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 4pm
June 13th and 14th 2009
Cost: $320 (includes materials)
Course code: HPJune

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

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Make a Small Hat Weekend
Small hats are in! Make a fedora, pillbox, cloche, beret or something for winter to keep you warm. If you are a beginner you will learn some of the basics of traditional millinery, while the more experienced student can try out more advanced techniques. It's a great weekend of learning and creative fun.

Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 4pm
May 9th and 10th 2009
Cost: $295 plus materials
Course code: SHMay

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Silk Flower Making
Learn how to make beautiful silk flowers! In this workshop Georgina Conheady will show you how to work with silks and traditional French flower making techniques and tools to create exquisite flowers.

Saturday, March 14th 2009, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $145 (includes materials)
Course code: SFMar

Saturday, June 20th 2009, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $145 (includes materials)
Course code: SFJun

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Summer Millinery Intensive
In this 5-day millinery intensive you will be learning a mix of new and traditional millinery techniques, while making 2 hats to your own design. It will be a fun, social and inspiring week.

Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm
January 19th to 23rd 2009
Cost: $575 plus some materials
Course code: SM1

Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm
January 26th to 30th 2009
Cost: $575 plus some materials
Course code: SM2

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Easter Millinery Intensive
In this five-day millinery intensive you will be learning a mix of new and traditional millinery techniques, while making 2 hats to your own design. It will be a fun, social and inspiring week. One of the hats will be made from either felt or straw. For the second hat you will learn how to make a hat from the decorative cobweb sinamay.

Monday to Friday, April 13th to 17th 2009, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $575 plus some materials
Course code: MIApr

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Costume Millinery
Milliner Louise Macdonald trained as a costume milliner in London. Following her studies she worked there with one of Europe's leading costume houses, making hats for many film television and theatre productions. This 2-day workshop is designed for people interested in costume for amateur dramatics, dance or wearable art. You'll learn some low cost millinery construction techniques for producing some out there headwear! There will also be guidance on how adapt, shape and resize existing headwear to create something new.

Tutor: Louise Macdonald

Saturday and Sunday, May 23rd and 24th, 10am to 4pm
Cost: $295
Course code: CMMay

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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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