Create a brimmed cloche in this 2-day, 12-hour studio workshop. You will work with your choice of straw or felt. The two sessions are divided into:

Day One: 6 hours for blocking, the process of using steam, heat & muscle to shape a straw or felt “body” (blank) over a hand-carved hat block. The body will dry on the block overnight.

Day Two: 6 hours will be spent removing the body from the block, welting the brim edge (stitching nylon “wire” into the hem to finish & maintain the brim’s edge), inserting the headsize ribbon (sweatband), & hand stitching the decorative hatband & trims.

**PLEASE NOTE: Students will need to order their own straw or dress-weight felt bodies & have those in hand for this workshop. (A list of suppliers & suggestions will be provided upon registration.) You can expect to pay $20-60 for a straw body, & $25 for a wool felt body, $60 for a rabbit felt body, & up to $140 for a beaver or nutria felt body. Please bring your own decorative trims, although I will have a variety of vintage trims (ribbon, flowers, feathers & buttons) available for purchase in the studio. (I will supply headsize ribbons, brim wire, & basic millinery grosgrain ribbon). Most of the finishing work on your hat is done by hand, so some knowledge of hand sewing is useful - bring your own small sewing kit if you have favorite tools! Hand needles & thread are available in the studio.

Cost for this workshop is $450. Class size is limited to 4, in order to provide plenty of personalized instruction to everyone.

We will meet Saturday February 17 & Sunday February 18, 10am-5pm. Please allow a one-hour lunch break each day.