NEW dates for 2026!
Advanced Intermediate Millinery Course 4
5 full-day sessions over 5 months
£975 (including materials)
10am-4.30pm SUNDAYS at the studio with a 30 minute break for lunch.
SESSION DATES 2026:
Sun 25th Jan 2026
Sun 22nd Feb 2026
Sun 22nd March 2026
Sun 19th April 2026
Sun 3rd May 2026
course runs 1 day a month for 5 months, inclusive.
COURSE:
This course follows on from Course 3, if you haven't done Courses 1 and 2 and 3 - WE ARE HAPPY FOR YOU TO JOIN COURSE 4 if you have the skills detailled below in 'Millinery experience required', if you have any queries, please do ASK HERE.
This course covers the following:
Blocking and covering a percher hat in leather and/or lace - this can be made as a leather covered or lace covered hat, or as a leather covered hat with a lace overlay.
Choosing and working with leather and lace.
Learning the endangered art of silk flower-making, you will make different types of silk flowers using heated flower tools - from making your own petal templates, to dyeing, and making the flowers complete with leaves, and then trimming your hat with them.
Choose from a wide selection of colours of leather, lace and silks, to design and create your own unique headwear. You will learn how to manipulate the materials to create different designs.
Millinery experience required (you should have experience of hand-blocking and making felt hats from start to finish including inserting headfitting ribbons, and trimming techniques) - if you are unsure please do contact us and we can advise.
You will also need some good hand sewing skills (how to start and finish hand sewing, running stitch, and back stitch, and tie-tacking).
COURSE FEE AND PAYMENT:Course fee £975.
INSTALLMENTS:
Can be paid in 3 instalments – simply select DEPOSIT from the drop-down menu and put the £375 deposit in the basket and go to the checkout.
You will then be invoiced for the following 2 payments as follows:
Payment 2 of £300 due mid January
Payment 3 of £300 due mid March
PAY IN FULL ON BOOKING:
Simply select PAY IN FULL from the drop-down menu and put the full fee of £975 in the basket and go to the checkout.
INCLUDED:
Use of all equipment and tuition are included in the cost.
ALSO INCLUDED (refreshments):
Activities are fuelled by a selection of teas/coffee, biscuits and cereal bars, which are freely available throughout the workshop.
ADDITIONAL:
*any additional materials used will be charged at cost.
* Feel free to bring along any fabrics or trimmings you may want to use, or you can purchase trimmings/feathers at the workshop.
* Please bring your lunch (there is also a Tesco, and several coffee shops and cafes nearby - so don't worry if this isn't possible).
*Feel free to bring any additional snacks with you.
LOCATION:
All sessions are held in The Edinburgh Hat Studio in Gayfield Square, in Edinburgh city centre which is a 5 minute walk from the Edinburgh Bus station and a 10 minute walk from Edinburgh Waverley train station. The studio is also well-served by local buses and the tram (Leith Walk - Elm Row stop).
SKILL LEVEL:
Intermediate : Millinery experience required (as detailled above).
You will also need some basic hand sewing skills (how to start and finish hand sewing, running stitch, and back stitch, and tie-tacking).
FOLLOW-ON COURSES:
There are 2 additional more advanced millinery courses, which provide you with the option to progress further with your millinery training - so please sign up to the newsletter to hear when these will be listed and ready to book.
UPON BOOKING:
You will be emailed a Booking Confirmation, and any other relevant details.
If you have any queries, please CONTACT SALLY
GIFTING WORKSHOPS:
All course places can be given as Christmas presents or gifts - simply request a gift card in the NOTES box and give us the name and email address of the recipient, and a gift card with all the details will be sent to you, to then give to the recipient.
** PLEASE NOTE : By booking this workshop you agree to the Cancellation Policy stated within this product listing and the Terms and Conditions on our website.
COURSE 4 - ADV INTERMEDIATE MILLINERY: 5-SESSION COURSE - Jan-May 2026
- All workshops and courses require full payment in advance to confirm your place, or in the case of the Beginner’s Millinery Courses 1, 2 and 3 - a deposit must be paid in advance, with the remaining balance being invoiced in installments and paid for by the specified dates.
- For those paying in installments, all invoices must be paid on time. If you need more time to pay an invoice please contact us to discuss. If an invoice is not paid, Sally-Ann Provan Millinery reserve the right to cancel your place on the course or workshop, before the start of, or during, the course or workshop itself.
- We understand that sometimes circumstances can change, if you need to change a booking- we will try to be as flexible as we can in rescheduling your booking to another workshop date, subject to availability.
- Due to the very limited number of places available at our workshops at the studio, cancellations MUST be made a minimum of at least 14 full days in advance of the beginning of the workshop or course, cancellations made more than 14 full days will receive a full refund minus an administratioin fee of £50.
- If cancellations are made less than 14 full days before the workshop, you will not be entitled to a refund of any monies paid.
- Of course, if you're unable to attend, we are happy for you to send a friend or colleague in your place, just let us know their name, phone number and email address in advance of the workshop.
- No refunds can be given for failed attendance due to holidays, personal sickness or external circumstances, but we are happy to reschedule your workshop booking to another date (*for courses of multiple sessions which run over several weeks or months this is not be possible) – should you fail to attend on the new scheduled date – no refund will be given.
- If we must cancel a class due to unforeseen circumstances that are out with with our control (acts of god, extreme weather conditions, public health situations, acts of terrorism, acts of vandalism, fire, water damage, structural damage to the building, theft) no refunds will be given, however you will be offered an alternative workshop of the same value at a time that suits you. This offer will be valid for 12 months. We cannot accept responsibility for any other costs or expenses you may incur.
- All guests must make sure that their contact information is correct at the time of booking as we are not be responsible if you do not receive information sent to you as a result of incorrect contact details given at the time of booking.
**All items made at our workshops are intended for personal use only and not for any kind of commercial use or re-sale.
- We look forward to welcoming you to our workshops and would like to draw your attention to the following measure we have in place to keep you and us safe:
- You will be asked to wash your hands before commencing the workshop, as will Sally.
- If you, or someone else in your household, or someone you have been in contact with, has any Covid symptoms or has been told to self-isolate - do not attend the workshop.
- Each workshop will have a maximum of 3 participants until further notice.
- Your table and tools will be cleaned before your arrival and we will be asking everyone not to share tools, or touch materials that they do not intend to use.
- There will be hand santiser and on your worktable, and you are encouraged to use this regularly.