Hat Making Workshop with Petra Hilsen

Learn how to make a cloche hat in this workshop with artist Petra Hilsen.

Aimed at anyone aged 14 years and above.

You will learn how to:

• Make a template

• Lay out the wool over a template

• Begin the felting process

• Fuell your hat

• Shape your hat

• Make it fit your head

You will need to bring

• Tape measure

• Sharp scissors

• A plastic bag

• Some old towels

• An apron

All other materials and equipment provided

Please bring your own lunch

Suitable for beginners

Cost per person: $125

About Petra
I am a feltmaker working in Newcastle Australia. I love the design and structural abilities the wool offers. The therapeutic benefits are awesome.
I was born in Germany and came to Australia in 1982. I am engineer by trade and worked for over 20 Years in early childhood management. However I was always interested in textiles. First watching my grandmother who was a talented seamstress making our clothes and my mother knitting socks and vests for us. Later I dabbled myself making clothes for my dolls and enrolled in a dress making course. During Uni I took up spinning, weaving and dying of wool. Wool became my favourite medium. I took up felt-making in late 2014 during a particularly stressful situation at work. Today I am working full-time as a felt-maker and couldn't be happier.