Millinery Class: Make Silk Flowers

Learn how to make gorgeous silk flowers for your hat or headpiece



6 hours Location Rozelle Class size 1 to 6 guests   $225 (Afterpay available)

Join hat making expert Catherine from Embellish Atelier and discover how to make silk flowers using traditional millinery tools and techniques.
During the morning portion of this creative class, you will learn how to create a French tooled silk flower before sitting down to enjoy a quick lunch.
After lunch, you will continue to put your new skills into practice and create a bunch of beautiful silk flowers as you gain a deeper understanding of fabric qualities and properties used in millinery.
We will be using a variety of silk, organdie, organza, polyesters, petershams and leathers in this wonderful workshop inspired by millinery from the 1940s and 1950s.
What you'll get
All materials to make your beautiful silk flower.
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Knowledge required
Beginners welcome.
What to bring
We have all the equiemtn available for you to enjoy this hands on workshop
Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, birthday or hens party.

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum, Xmas gift or gift for couples.

Location

Embellish Atelier - Embellish Atelier, Victoria Road, Rozelle NSW

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Recent reviews of Millinery Class: Make Silk Flowers

  • 5/5 from Liesl Mann, attended Aug 2024: The silk flower course was amazing. So much fun and Katherine is so attentive, inventive, informative and patient. Everything was provided and then some, absolutely great value for money. Katherine put as much information into the course as possible without being overwhelming. I would highly recommend to everyone.
  • 5/5 from Anne Goleby, attended Aug 2024: A lovely day learning to make beautiful silk flowers. Catherine is a creative and wonderful teacher.
  • 5/5 from Angelique Ong, attended Feb 2024: I had a really enjoyable time with the silk flower workshop. Catherine had a wealth of knowledge and was so patient to teach me. I highly recommend this course, it was so fun to see my flowers come to life with the help and support of Catherine. I've gained confidence on how to start on my own and can't wait to create more!
  • 5/5 from Jasmin Lin, attended Feb 2022: Catherine is a patient, knowledgeable teacher, and with her guidance I completed a beautiful silk rose. Catherine also showed me other techniques with other material to create beautiful flowers. Her show is a wonderland of beautiful hats. I had a really great time. Thank you.
Your teacher

Embellish Atelier
Embellish Atelier

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Catherine Kelly and her team welcome new and existing clients to design and craft the perfect hat, fascinator, or headpiece to suit their personality, occasion and attire in a magnificently restored historic building with soaring pressed metal ceilings, rustic walls, and elegant chandeliers Embellish® Atelier at The York Building 128 Victoria Road, Rozelle, Sydney, Australia.
The French-inspired studio is an intimate space where her creations evolve over appointments with the client. Catherine’s style and colour inspiration comes from her travels, her fascination for architecture and interior design, her studies in, and as a teacher of textiles, design, and millinery. “Millinery is the perfect outlet for my passion for fabric, colour and texture” says Catherine who puts to use her skills acquired over 30 years. Her National and International award winning designs are regularly featured in the press, her teaching skills are valued in schools, colleges, and industry, and she has appeared regularly on television showcasing her work. A career highlight was working on the team at Opera Australia assisisting with making the Hats for the Ascot Scene of My Fair Lady. She is the creator of Hattember® which celebrates and supports the millinery industry in an annual Millinery and Wearable Art Competition and raises funds for the John Skipper Kelly Fund.

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2026-10-30 15:00:00
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