In this workshop the participants learn how hats are made and formed. Held in Sahar’s central London studio, we will focus on Sinamay – which is the most used material that summer hats are made from.

Participants are taught the process from start to finish as they make their own fascinator base, shaping the sinamay around a head base, then wiring and trimming their base. Then we will make roses out of sinamay, roll edges, and learn to manipulate feathers, and attaching birdcage veils.

Sahar will provide all materials such as sinamay, feathers, net veiling, gems and all sorts of adornments. If you have something special eg a brooch or piece of fabric, please bring it along and see if we can incorporate into your hat! If you have an outfit in mind to match your hat with, feel free to bring it along.

It’s a very creative class in that you design your own finished piece using the skills which I have taught. They’re small classes so you get a lot of one to one attention.

This is a great first crash course in hat making for people who are curious in the art of millinery and those who would like to learn a new craft, as well as those who just want a new fascinator! Limited Spaces. No experience necessary.

You can also purchase this as a present for someone – they will be well looked after and will love you every time they wear their fascinator!

Cost: £85 per person. Buy your workshop here: www.saharmillinery.co.uk/product/sinamay-fascinator-making-workshop/

Sahar Millinery hosts this fun and creative millinery experience, taking inspiration from the hats Sahar made for hit TV show Downton Abbey.
Learn how to traditionally steam and shape felt around wooden millinery hat blocks. You can create a cloche hat like Lady Marys, or zoom forward into the 50’s and make a lovely little pillbox hat, or go contemporary with a Trilby or felt Fascinator.
In this class we teach actual millinery techniques, and allow plenty of creative expression with finishing your hat with bows, folds, pleats etc.

Please note, for a small, percher hat, bell cloche, one piece trilby, or a free-form cloche hat, this is a one day workshop, and the cost is £150. If you’d like a create a proper, traditionally made upturned cloche hat (like the ones Lady Mary wears in Downton Abbey), it is a two day course and the cost is £260. In this workshop, we use a two piece hat block, you will learn more skills, and your upturned cloche will look very professional. You also have the choice in the two day to actually block two hats – a percher hat and a cloche hat, for an extra £20.

Each participant will have one new hat to take away with them, similar to the hats Sahar sells for £200 – £300.
Guests gain a new skill, that of blocking felt.
Guests will gain an insight into the world of millinery – it’s materials, techniques, and how trimmings can drastically alter the look and feel of a hat.

Purchase the One Day class (23rd Feb) here: www.saharmillinery.co.uk/product/on-day-vintage-hat-making-workshop-in-felt/

And the Two day (23rd and 24th Feb) here: www.saharmillinery.co.uk/product/downton-abbey-traditionally-made-1920s-hat-class/