07
Mar
OVER THE TOP - International millinery exhibition
The millinery exhibition OVER THE TOP can be visited from March 7th to April 23rd 2023 at the Centre d'Artesania. Access is free. INAUGURATION MARCH [...]
11
Apr
Feather flowers with Vlad Straticiuc
Learn how to make spectacular feather flowers ideal for your designer hats. We will start by selecting the most appropriate combination of feathers for the [...]
11
Apr
Visit (Tuesday) Barcelona's Design Museum hat archives with curator Silvia Ventosa
Don't miss this exceptional opportunity to visit the storage area of Barcelona's Design Museum, where many treasures are kept. Together with curator Silvia Ventosa, you [...]
11
Apr
Learn how to make a silk buttercup (ranunculus) for your hat with Beatriz Natmar
Learn how to make a beautiful silk buttercup for your hat! Who is this workshop for: Both those who already know how to make flowers [...]
11
Apr
Crinoline for absolute beginners with Denise Innes-Spencer
This class is designed for the complete beginners, to introduce crinoline to the un-converted. A basic class in learning the rules of: • How to [...]
12
Apr
Make a Wire Halo with Lauren Ritchie
Learn how to create a halo or tiara shape from wire. In this class, you will learn how to shape wire into a freeform shape, [...]
12
Apr
Make spectacular lycra swirl trimmings with Vlad Straticiuc
Learn how to make this contemporary looking lycra swirls and other trimmings for your hats and fascinators. In this workshop you will learn how to [...]
12
Apr
Create a retro style fascinator with Sylvia Martínez
In this project we are going to learn how to create a retro-style fascinator, very popular in the 40s and 50s and which is back [...]
12
Apr
Visit (Wednesday) Barcelona's Design Museum hat archives with curator Silvia Ventosa
Don't miss this exceptional opportunity to visit the storage area of Barcelona's Design Museum, where many treasures are kept. Together with curator Silvia Ventosa, you [...]
12
Apr
Crin Sealing: Skills for making a simple crinoline crown bandeau base and crown shape
Create and make a lightweight base that is see-through. With crinoline as the base of your headband crown, learn how to manipulate the fabric to [...]
12
Apr
"Hats in the museum" talk by Montserrat Xirau - heritage curator and restorer
**THIS TALK WILL BE IN SPANISH - THERE WILL BE NO TRANSLATOR AVAILABLE (there will be visual elements that you might enjoy though)** We are [...]
13
Apr
Materials Market (free access)
Millinery Materials market. A unique opportunity to purchase millinery tools and materials. Wooden blocks, felts, straws, fethers and much more! The Market will take place [...]
13
Apr
Materials Market Stall Booking
Here you can book a stall on the Barcelona Hat Days Materials Market. The Market will take place in an amazing industrial space in the [...]
13
Apr
Drape till you drop! Couture silk turban making with Wies Mauduit
'Couture' turbans look as if they are casually draped around the head by the wearer with a scarf or a piece of fabric in the [...]
13
Apr
Create weird and wonderful shapes using heat pleated crinoline
Create weird and wonderful shapes using heat pleated crinoline (horizontal, vertical and diagonal pleated styles). Seal ends of the crinoline to create a neat finish. [...]
13
Apr
Corn husk flowers workshop with Yolanda Torres
Learn to make delicate cornflowers, cut them, dye them, wire them, make the pistils and assemble them. You will also learn to model the leaves. [...]
13
Apr
Introduction and applications of Feutrex stiffener-range in Millinery
Carina Marcon of CdiC Supplies, herself a milliner, is sales agent, distributor and troubleshooter for a range of stiffeners in the textile and millinery sector: [...]
13
Apr
Burnt Feathers with Jan Wutkowski
You’ve seen the minimalist yet striking ‘burnt’ ostrich feathers gracing many hats both contemporary, historical, theatrical. Now learn the secrets to ‘burning’ the feathers to [...]
13
Apr
Make a Birdcage Veil with Lauren Ritchie
Create a classic birdcage veil that floats across the face and sits across the head with a thin satin headband. Learn to manipulate the veil [...]
14
Apr
Create a crown of flower stamens with Sylvia Martínez
In this project we are going to learn: How to create the crown base evaluating the different possibilities and designs that can be made. How [...]
14
Apr
Small straw beret with free-form trim by Lauren Ritchie
Create a small button or beret shape from parisisal straw. Learn blocking techniques and how to wire and finish the base shape. You will create [...]
14
Apr
Straw Feather Headpieces with Anél Heyman
Learn how to create your own straw feathers from sinamay and turn it into a unique headpiece. These can be easily dyed, shaped and wired [...]
14
Apr
Handmade Felt Flower Tiaras Workshop with Lanbroa Sombreros
Together with Santiago Egurbide you will create the elements for a merino wool tiara, using the wet felting procedure. With these felt elements you can [...]
14
Apr
Hat Couture book presentation with Marianne Jongkind - FREE
Marianne Jongkind is a Dutch hat designer with more than 60 years of experience in hat making. She creates couture hats, both under her own [...]
14
Apr
Dyes for millinery materials with Masario
The workshop will explain the different types of dyes. You will learn how to dye different types of natural fibers, sinamay-silk, parasisal, pineapple-silk, raffia, straw [...]
15
Apr
Learn to make a leather headband with Irene van Vugt
During the workshop, you will learn how to cover an existing hair band with leather. The hair band is 4 cm wide. The stitching technique [...]
15
Apr
Straw braiding for a headband with Yolanda Torres
Learn how to braid palm leaves to make a headband and decorate it with flowers made of the same material. Including all materials and tools. [...]
15
Apr
Tool-less hand sewn flowers with Felix de Martin
Learn how to make elegant fabric flowers without using heat or special tools. Materials included: stiffened fabric, thin millinery wire, cotton, scraps of felt, jewelry [...]
15
Apr
Making wired framed brims using crinoline tube and lightweight fabrics with Denise Innes-Spencer
Wired brimmed hats always look divine when attached to a headband or a bandeau. This sought after trend in highly adorned structures that can be [...]
15
Apr
Sinamay Turbans with Juana Nicolas
The student will learn to make two types of turbans, and take them home, guided at all times by the milliner Juana Nicolás. You will [...]
15
Apr
Hat Couture book presentation with Marianne Jongkind - FREE
Marianne Jongkind is a Dutch hat designer with more than 55 years of experience in hat making. She creates couture hats, both under her own [...]
15
Apr
Straw braid machine sewing demonstration with Marianne Jongkind
Marianne Jongkind started making hats in 1961. Working as a milliner and millinery teacher for over 60 years, she has grown into a notable and [...]
16
Apr
Barcelona's 19th HAT STROLL - Passejada amb Barret
The Barcelona Hat Stroll invites you once again to take a walk with your hat! Join us as we welcome Spring with our hats on, [...]