Live streaming courses

• Delivery: Millinery classes are presented online using the Zoom platform. Workshops can be watched on a portable device or desktop computer – go to Zoom's Download Center to install its software or mobile app (a meeting invitation is sent to students following registration and payment)
• Class size: Maximum of 12 students per session to help you feel connected with others in this online learning experience
• Materials: Participants are sent a list of materials on registration and need to source them from local suppliers (recommendations can be given if needed)
• Handouts: Notes are provided to assist you with the learning experience
  
  
• Courses available now:
  Ribbon Beret (August 2021)
  
  Buntal Boater (August 2021)
  
  
• Express your interest:
  Freeform with Buntal Mats
  
  Freeform Parisisal Sculpting
  
  Ribbon Halo
  
  Ribbon Origami
  
  

Ribbon Beret
Live streaming course

• Materials: A detailed list is sent on registration, but essentially you will use 50mm (2 inch) wide millinery petersham (buy ribbons online) and a pre-blocked button beret
• Skills: Suitable for beginner to advanced students. You need to be proficient in using a needle and thread for hand sewing
• Duration: 1 session of 2.5 hours
  
  
• Dates (check your local time on World Time Buddy):
  
  Option 12
  Australia – Monday 9 August 2021, 6am to 8.30am AEST
  UK – Sunday 8 August 2021, 9pm to 11.30pm BST
  Los Angeles – Sunday 8 August 2021, 1pm to 3.30pm PDT
  New York – Sunday 8 August 2021, 4pm to 6.30pm EDT
  
  
• Cost: $85 AUD (overseas students); $93.50 AUD (GST inclusive, for students in Australia)
  
  
• Testimonials:
  "Louise is an excellent tutor! Very kind and generous with her teaching methods and all instructions and steps are explained/shown very clearly."
  "Really loved the notes that were given in advance, so you can be prepared for the Zoom [millinery course]."
  "Even though not face-to-face, Louise is there to answer any questions, and the live demonstrations were fantastic – just as good as being in the studio."
  "I have been a reluctant online course participant, but was very impressed with this class, and would definitely do it again."
  
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Buntal Boater
Live streaming course

Create a Buntal Boater without the use of blocks. When you first venture into the world of millinery, compiling a collection of good blocks happens over time. In the absence of an extensive block collection, the ability to make and create a diverse range of hat shapes is a bonus.

In this 3-part workshop you will make a boater style hat and a bandeau support for the perfect tilt and fit. You will learn two very useful techniques: creating a structured hat without the use of blocks and the supporting bandeau underneath, which can be adapted to any hat you want to give a lift, tilt and fit on the head. At the end, participants will aim to have made an untrimmed buntal boater with bandeau support for desired positioning.

• Materials: A detailed list is sent on registration.
• Skills: This workshop is suitable for intermediate and advanced millinery students. Assumed knowledge for students participating will be basic millinery stitches, alternatives for finishing a brim edge and trimming the hat once course is complete.
• Sessions: 3 sessions of 2.5 hours each, over 3 weeks,
  
  
• Dates (check your local time on World Time Buddy):
  
  For Australia – Monday 16, 23 and 30 August 2021, 5.30am to 8am AEDT
  For USA and Canada – Sunday 15, 22 and 29 August 2021, 3.30pm to 6pm EDT | 12.30pm to 3pm PDT
  For UK – Sunday 15, 22 and 29 August 2021, 8.30pm to 11pm BST (Europe, 1 hour later)
  
  
• Cost: $250 AUD (overseas students); $275 AUD (GST inclusive, for students in Australia)
  
  
  
  
  

Freeform with Buntal Mats – Express your interest
Live streaming course

• Materials: A detailed list is sent on registration.
• Sessions: The course has 2 sessions. The first session (1.5 hours) is an in-depth demonstration of the technique. You will be able to work alongside the demonstration to a certain point, then will be required to do some homework before the second session. The second session (1 hour) is designed as a review of your results and for you to ask questions.
  
  
• Dates – Inform location and preferences in the expression of interest form, so we can find a suitable option for you!
  
  
• Cost: $85 AUD (overseas students); $93.50 AUD (GST inclusive, for students in Australia)
  
  
  

Freeform Parisisal Sculpting – Express your interest
Live streaming course

• Equipment / materials: A polystyrene foam head, a steamer (but a kettle will suffice), an iron and a sewing machine, along with the materials (the full list is provided on registration, but the essential item is a parisisal cone, also known as sleeve or hood).
• Skills: This millinery workshop is suitable for beginner to advanced students. You need to know how to thread and use the sewing machine, needle and thread for some hand sewing.
• Sessions: The course has 2 sessions. The first session (1.5 hours) is an in-depth demonstration of the technique. You will be able to work alongside the demonstration to a certain point, then will be required to do some homework before the second session. The second session (1 hour) is designed as a review of your results and for you to ask questions.
  
  
• Dates – Inform location and preferences in the expression of interest form, so we can find a suitable option for you!
  
  
• Cost: $85 AUD (overseas students); $93.50 AUD (GST inclusive, for students in Australia)
  
  
  

Ribbon Halo – Express your interest
Live streaming course

• Materials: A detailed list is sent on registration, but essentially you will use 50mm (2 inch) wide millinery petersham (buy ribbons online) and a covered, padded headband.
• Skills: Suitable for beginner to advanced students. You need to be proficient in using a needle and thread for hand sewing.
• Duration: 1 session of 2.5 hours.
  
  
• Dates – Inform location and preferences in the expression of interest form, so we can find a suitable option for you!
  
  
• Cost: $85 AUD (overseas students); $93.50 AUD (GST inclusive, for students in Australia)
  
  
• Testimonials:
  "I really enjoyed it. As I'm away from home and all my millinery supplies, this one was great as I only needed a few items."
  "Easy-to-follow instructions with assistance from the well-placed overhead camera view of worktable. Fantastic as always. Great instruction of the steps. Great handouts/resources. Comfortable and welcoming environment over Zoom. Good encouragement of all students."
  
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Ribbon Origami – Express your interest
Live streaming course

• Materials: A detailed list is sent on registration, but essentially you will use 25mm (1 inch) wide millinery petersham and 1 metre / 2 metres of 5cm (2 inch) wide millinery petersham (buy ribbons online)
• Skills: Suitable for beginner to advanced students. You need to be proficient in using a needle and thread for hand sewing
• Duration: 1 session of 2.5 hours
  
  
• Dates – Inform location and preferences in the expression of interest form, so we can find a suitable option for you!
  
  
• Cost: $85 AUD (overseas students); $93.50 AUD (GST inclusive, for students in Australia)
  
  
• Testimonials:
  "I appreciated Louise's patience. She is good at breaking things down and explaining them."
  "In a couple of hours we picked up skills to use in so many different and unique ways."
  "Louise was incredible. The instructions were clear and easy to understand."
  
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Face-to-face courses

• Students are required to observe the 2-square metre "rule" between participants
• Students are required to apply hand sanitiser on entering and leaving the millinery studio, and before using any shared items: steamers, irons, sewing machines and the toilet key
• 70% alcohol cleanser will be readily available for further cleaning of the equipment and surfaces
• If any student feels slightly unwell, they must not come to the course
  
  
• Location: Room 3, 8th floor, 37 Swanston Street (corner of Swanston Street and Flinders Lane), Melbourne (view location on Google Maps)
• Materials: Participants are sent a list of materials list required for the course on registration
  
  

Thursday Millinery Class (face-to-face course)

Learn basic traditional millinery techniques to create 2 hats of your own design. You'll be shown how to create a hat from felt or straw that suits and fits you personally. Steaming, blocking, stitching, trimming – all the essentials will be covered in this 4-day course. The course will take place in Louise Macdonald's professional millinery studio with views overlooking St. Paul's Cathedral in the iconic Nicholas Building in central Melbourne.

Dates (4 days in 4 weeks):

Group 5: Thursday 5, 12, 19 and 26 August 2021, 10am to 4pm

Group size: 5 participants (in line with the Victoria Government social distancing requirements)

Cost: $693 AUD (GST inclusive)