SATURDAY 22nd FEB 2025
Studio workshop - places are strictly limited.
10am until 1pm
This half-day workshop is an introduction to the art of millinery.
WORKSHOP:
You will learn how to work with sinamay (a type of fine weave straw), feathers, and veiling (optional), to create a headpiece you would be proud to wear to any occasion.
Choose from a wide selection of sinamay colours and different types of feathers, to design and create your own unique headpiece to your own design. You will learn how to manipulate the materials to create different designs, and how to trim feathers to shape.
No experience required, but you will need some basic hand sewing skills (how to start and finish hand sewing, running stitch, and back stitch).
The workshop is held in our gallery at the studios with lots of space to be creative, surrounded by inspiring works of art.... and hats!
INCLUDED:
All materials, equipment and tuition are included in the cost.
You don’t need to bring anything!
ALSO INCLUDED (refreshments):
Activities are fuelled by a selection of teas/coffee, biscuits and cereal bars, which are freely available throughout the workshop.
* Feel free to bring along any fabrics or trimmings you may want to use, or you can purchase trimmings/feathers at the workshop.
* Feel free to bring any additional snacks with you.
SKILL LEVEL:
Beginners: You don't need any previous experience.
Hand sewing - running stitch, slip stitch, sewing on a button.
UPON BOOKING:
You will be emailed a Booking Confirmation, and any other relevant details.
If you have any queries, please CONTACT SALLY
GIFTING WORKSHOPS:
All course places can be given as Christmas presents or gifts - simply request a gift card in the NOTES box and give us the name and email address of the recipient, and a gift card with all the details will be sent to you, to then give to the recipient.
** PLEASE NOTE : By booking this workshop you agree to the Cancellation Policy stated within this product listing and the Terms and Conditions on our website.
FASCINATOR / HEADPIECE 1/2 day WORKSHOP - Edinburgh -Sat 22nd Feb 2025
- All workshops and courses require full payment in advance to confirm your place, or in the case of the Beginner’s Millinery Courses 1, 2 and 3 - a deposit must be paid in advance, with the remaining balance being invoiced in installments and paid for by the specified dates.
- For those paying in installments, all invoices must be paid on time. If you need more time to pay an invoice please contact us to discuss. If an invoice is not paid, Sally-Ann Provan Millinery reserve the right to cancel your place on the course or workshop, before the start of, or during, the course or workshop itself.
- We understand that sometimes circumstances can change, if you need to change a booking- we will try to be as flexible as we can in rescheduling your booking to another workshop date, subject to availability.
- Due to the very limited number of places available at our workshops at the studio, cancellations MUST be made a minimum of at least 14 full days in advance of the beginning of the workshop or course, cancellations made more than 14 full days will receive a full refund minus an administratioin fee of £50.
- If cancellations are made less than 14 full days before the workshop, you will not be entitled to a refund of any monies paid.
- Of course, if you're unable to attend, we are happy for you to send a friend or colleague in your place, just let us know their name, phone number and email address in advance of the workshop.
- No refunds can be given for failed attendance due to holidays, personal sickness or external circumstances, but we are happy to reschedule your workshop booking to another date (*for courses of multiple sessions which run over several weeks or months this is not be possible) – should you fail to attend on the new scheduled date – no refund will be given.
- If we must cancel a class due to unforeseen circumstances that are out with with our control (acts of god, extreme weather conditions, public health situations, acts of terrorism, acts of vandalism, fire, water damage, structural damage to the building, theft) no refunds will be given, however you will be offered an alternative workshop of the same value at a time that suits you. This offer will be valid for 12 months. We cannot accept responsibility for any other costs or expenses you may incur.
- All guests must make sure that their contact information is correct at the time of booking as we are not be responsible if you do not receive information sent to you as a result of incorrect contact details given at the time of booking.
**All items made at our workshops are intended for personal use only and not for any kind of commercial use or re-sale.
- We look forward to welcoming you to our workshops and would like to draw your attention to the following measure we have in place to keep you and us safe:
- You will be asked to wash your hands before commencing the workshop, as will Sally.
- If you, or someone else in your household, or someone you have been in contact with, has any Covid symptoms or has been told to self-isolate - do not attend the workshop.
- Each workshop will have a maximum of 3 participants until further notice.
- Your table and tools will be cleaned before your arrival and we will be asking everyone not to share tools, or touch materials that they do not intend to use.
- There will be hand santiser and on your worktable, and you are encouraged to use this regularly.