Online & Live | Open Crown Felt Fedora - Inter/Adv. level

Get ready for some hat tricks with Lina Stein's Online & Live Open Crown Felt Fedora! Uniting both men and women, this beatnik fusion of hatting and millinery techniques will take your headwear game to the next level! Don't think twice...come and discover which way yours will sway! Using just one basic crown block, a flat wooden surface, and lots of steam and elbow grease, you'll learn how to transform your millinery felt into a unique and captivating style. From cool and suave like a Trilby to tough and sassy like an Akubra, this package also includes a free tutorial on vintage hat lining. Get ready to charm the world with your new hat!

What's included?

• Workshop notes
• The workshops will be split over 3 Zoom sessions : like this we will be able to let our hats dry/settle and you will be able to complete your homework !
  Day one - 2.5 hours
  Day two - 2.5 hours
  Day three - 2.5 hours
• Class participation will be limited to max 8 people to ensure personal attention
• Plenty of question time, online interaction and personal assistance built into the Zoom sessions
• Workshop recording for one week
• Free Vintage Lining stream at a later date

Learning outcomes

• Students will be introduced to the OPEN CROWN HAT CONCEPT (or “Mother-Hat”) and learn about the beauty of millinery felt
• Lina will explain and demonstrate the vast possibilities that can come from one basic shape.
• You will learn how to prepare, stiffen and block your crown and brim by hand using Lina's methods.
• Learn a selection of techniques using steam to shape the brim without a block
• Learn how to give your fedora or trilby crown it's unique 'indentation, pinch or groove' by hand
• Lina will share a few different ways to create bows and trimmings that are suitable for men's and ladies hats
• Learn professional felt-polishing techniques
• Make vintage drawstring linings

Course Structure

On securing your place, you will receive an email which includes confirmation, your Zoom invitation, instructions how to use Zoom, list of materials and equipment necessary for the workshop plus workshop prep instruction.
There will be 1 workshop session per day.

Please note: AUS/NZ Fedora class are held on different dates and are also open to participants from Europe

To book, Select your DATE and your TIMEZONE from the drop down menu below.Please check your time and dates on Worldtime Buddy

European/African Dates & Time
Sat-Mon: 01-03 March 2025; BST; 20.00 - 22.30

USA/CA Dates & Time 
Sat-Mon: 01-03 March  2025; CST;14.00 - 16.30 (Time BST; 20.00 - 16.30) 

AU/NZ Dates & Time
Sun- Tues: 02-04 March 2025; AEST; 07.00-09.00