August 21-25 (Five Days)

ARTIST INSTRUCTOR: MONICA VIANI

Explore the process of analyzing, designing, patterning and building your own unique hat shape!

Discover the “blocking” technique as it pertains to blocked hats. The one-week course also accommodates participants who wish to make fascinators or soft-form hats.

Classes are held in a professional Millinery Studio where participants will have access to special equipment and materials of the craft. A tour of the hat collection at the Stratford Festival Warehouse is also included.

​Explore and expand on the following skills:

·    Analyze and interpret various hat shapes;

·    Properly take and interpret head measurements;

·    Draft a custom hat pattern and mock up based on your chosen design;

·    Discover new techniques in working with different materials and hat making equipment;

·    Explore traditional millinery materials, ie: felt, buckram, and modern materials such as fosshape and wonderflex plastic;

·    Discuss and share sources for millinery materials;

·    Construct a custom hat shape; then learn to cover, decorate and to line the shape with fabrics and trims to suit your taste;

·    Produce a finished hat which fits a specific head size;

·    The hat is yours to keep!

​​​​Participants are asked to bring design ideas/inspirations (magazine cut outs, printed images from the web), paper and fabric scissors, measuring tape and straight pins. Previous sewing experience is helpful but not necessary.

Register here!

Registration Information

​Cost: $625

Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Location: Junction 56 Bldg

       45 Cambria St.

        N5A 1G8

Target enrollment: 6 students

For more information, contact:
Susan Starkweather, Program Advisor
info@stratfordoffthewall.com