✂️ Design & create a piece with Nikki Mallalieu, a well-known industry expert and author in pattern making and millinery & bag making.
- Date: Saturday, JUNE 20th
- Time: 10-3pm
- Duration: 5 hrs
- Format: In-person, hands-on workshop, Maximum 8
- Location: 92 Leveson Street, North Melbourne
- Skill level: A working knowledge of sewing and machine use is required.
Suited to
This course is designed for all sewing enthusiasts with an understanding of basic techniques and wish to learn new ways to make hats.
If you have experience with simple sewing projects and would like to refine your skills, this one-day workshop will offer new ways to use your skill to make fabric hats.
It is ideal for those looking to expand their sewing repertoire and tackle more detailed construction techniques with confidence.
Overview
Join Nikki Mallalieu for a fun, one-day workshop where you’ll sew your own custom-made sunhat/bucket hat. Designed for confident beginners and beyond, this hands-on class walks you through sizing, choosing fabrics, cutting and stabilising the brim, accurate construction, and professional topstitching and finishing.
Nikki will share practical tips on getting a great fit, shaping a brim and adding details like linings, bands, and decorative stitching so your hat reflects your personal style. By the end of the day, you’ll head home with a fully finished sun hat or bucket hat and a set of skills you can use to make many more.
What you will learn
By the end of the workshop, you will have developed practical skills to make fabric hats.
Fabric choices
- Understand what is needed in making hats, support cloth and linings
Cutting & assembling
- Correct cutting and construction of a sun/bucket hat
- Lining a hat correctly
- Trim options
Finishing Techniques
- Trim options and ideas
Materials needed
Please bring your own fabric if you have some; otherwise, we will have short-end surplus fabrics available for you to use. You will need 1 metre of fabric for the outer layer and 1/2 metre for the lining. Fusing will be provided, please bring a reel of thread of you have specific color needs.
Recommended items to bring:
- Scissors
- Pins
- Fabric marking tools
- Any additional personal sewing supplies you prefer to use
What's included
- All materials if you wish to use those provided, we also encourage you to bring your own cloth
- zips and fusings, an assortment of thread colours
- Patterns to use and simple guidelines for sewing
- Access to industrial sewing machines and domestic overlockers (or BYO if you prefer)
- Light refreshments
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Learn more about Nikki here.
Inclusivity Statement
The Pattern Making Class welcomes participants of all backgrounds, identities, and skill levels, including trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals. We strive to create an inclusive and supportive environment for everyone.