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3
Day Felt & Straw Blocking Workshop - Seattle, WA |
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this workshop you will learn to block millinery felt and straw. This
physical process conforms the materials into the basic shape of the hat. Students are often surprised
to discover that forming millinery felt and straw is such a tactile and
physical experience. You will be shown how to maximize your physical
strength and leverage to control the blocking process.
Once the
felt/straw form is damp and hot with steam it is quickly blocked –
pulled-stretched-sculpted onto the wooden block and held tightly in place with strings or elastics. The hat is then left to dry overnight.
Meanwhile you will learn brim edge finishes such as: rolled brim edges,
hand-sewn or machine-sewn welts, bias binding or petersham-ribbon
finishes. During
the workshop we will discuss "the business of millinery". You
will receive information and handouts for millinery suppliers for felt,
straw, and other purveyors of the millinery trade.
Your workshop
goal is to complete a minimum of 4 hats from start to finish. Wayne
encourages additional hats if time and skill warrant. To accomplish the
workshop objective, work is done in stages on several hats at the same
time - while one of your hats is drying on the block, you will be
finishing a brim on a second and deciding on the trim style for a third. |
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 April 20,21,22 - Seattle
Workshop location: Carol Campbell's Millinery Studio, 902 NW 48th,
Seattle, WA (corner of NW 48th and 9th Ave NW) |
Felt & Straw Blocking Workshop Fee: $525.00 Registration & Fee Information
 Materials for 2 felt and 2 straw hats plus all necessary wire, findings, headsize ribbon are included in the workshop fee. Additional felt and straw bodies and millinery trimmings may be purchased during the workshop.
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