Millinery (hat making and fascinators) courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts

Come and make your own beautiful felt hat. Whether you dream of dreadlocks, your own festival hat, beret, or any other shape, you can come along and have a go at creating it. You will be shown how to design your own hat, working from a basic template, which you can then personalise by adding flaps, flowers, tassels, bobbles or any other decoration you can think of! Due to Covid, this course is now one to one, or for two people from the same household.

What we’ll do: On arrival, you will be greeted with a glass of bubbly and a tropical apron. Adorn your heads with beautiful flowers, create something delicate & demure or bright & colourful to wear at a hen do, baby shower, music festival, just for fun, or the love of Frida Kahlo. This creative workshop is perfect for hen parties and is suitable for beginners as I will be guiding you through the hands-on process of making your own beautiful crown, one step at a time. A fun and friendly...

Fascinator Hat Workshop is also available to book Live Online. You will receive a material kit with all necessary materials. Please contact for more details info@elenashvvab.com This one-day course will enable you to create your own fabulous fascinator hat and leave with the skills to carry on creating more. You’ll learn how to make a fascinator base, manipulate sinamay straw, use wire, work with veiling, and learn traditional millinery stitches. We will meet in my cozy studio in London. We'll start with a short introduction to hat making, different hat...

Virna loves to share her knowledge and passion for her craft and offers a range of workshops for those wishing to explore the world of millinery. Inspiring for all levels, whether as a beginner, extending your existing knowledge or just to try something new. On this two-day Felt Hat Workshop, you will learn how to block, shape and manipulate wool felt. You can choose to block a brimmed hat such as Fedora or Trilby. You will also learn how to wire a hat to ensure it holds its shape, how...

Imagine it; all your best friends gathered together, a lovely venue providing refreshments, and a fun craft activity combining together to make a memorable afternoon! Whether it's a hen party, special birthday or simply an excuse to get together and be crafty, getting creative with the girls can be such a wonderful activity. Each person will be able to make their own, personalised flower crown, in a choice of colours and styles. Perfect for all sizes of events, catering from 6 to 60 ladies. “Such a lovely activity for a...

On this two-day felt hat course you will learn how to block, shape and manipulate wool felt. You can choose to block a brim hat such as Fedora or Trilby or you can chose to block a smaller hat such as a pillbox, beret or fascinator. You will also learn how to wire a hat to ensure it holds its shape, how to curve a petersham ribbon and invisibly stitch into your hat. After blocking a hat you will proceed onto learning trimming and decorating. You will be introduced to...

Have you ever heard of The North East textile technique of proggy or clippy? No! If you would like to learn a new craft, then this new craft kit designed by MHW Millinery contains everything you need to make your own tartan ruffle corsage style flower, using clippy – which is also known as rag rugging – techniques and also introduces you to some basic millinery ones too. The finished flower corsage is made from Lochcarron of Scotland tartan and measures 3.5 – 4″/ 8-10cm. It features a contrasting half...

In this class, each participant will make their own percher, cloche, or trilby hat from wool felt, in the traditional way of ‘blocking’ the felt around wooden hat blocks. A ‘Percher Hat’ is a delightful hat which is small enough to simply ‘perch’ on the edge of the head. This is the typical style of hat which you’ll find in the Sahar Millinery collections. Often, percher hats look quite vintage – akin to the pillbox hats of the 50s or structured beret hats of the 40s. However, depending on how...

Creating a bias strip with sinamay Rolling sinamay Making a wired base At the end of the lesson, you will have finished 1 fascinator- maybe even 2 – depending on your speed. However, the techniques you learn will enable you to create countless designs and styles. You will also be able to make sinamay roses and tulips. You will walk away feeling proud and accomplished with a deep sense of achievement – neatly boxed up in a pretty hatbox 🤗

In this full-day workshop, you will learn how to block a button shape in either buckram or thermoplastic. How to wire the hat to ensure it holds its shape, how to cover the shape in fabrics and how to curve a Petersham ribbon and invisibly stitch it into your hat. After your shape is nicely covered with the fabric you will proceed on learning trimming and decorating. You will be introduced to techniques such as feather manipulation, veiling and much more. By the end of the workshop, you will gain...