Practical Costume Workshops
by
Create the Mood

start from scratch or improve something you already have

Costume workshops suit participants who may be experienced sewers or beginner costume-makers.

Topics such as:

historical embroidery
make an Elizabethan ruff
jewellery-making for beginners
bodice or dress improving & pattern-making (almost any historical period)
Improve your Costume (renovate an old costume, any historical or fantasy item)
braid-making the Japanese/Native Indian/African way
Victorian pleating styles (for hats, dresses and mantles)
Make a Mask (semi-permanent designs)
Design an Outfit (any period 1066 - 1920's)
Victorian beadwork flowers
sewing on beads, sequins, braids and found articles

Almost any other historic costume topic can be covered, 1066 - 1950.
Also fantasy and science fiction costume techniques can be requested.

Maximum number per workshop is 14 so that everyone can benefit from personal tuition. Workshops are suited to people aged 12 and above and people with disabilities, men and women, anyone who can sew with basic stitches.  Specialist materials can be purchased on the day.  Participants go home having learned the techniques needed to finish an item in their own time.  It is unlikely that any item can be completed during a workshop as hand-sewing techniques are mostly taught and everyone is slower when they are leaning.

Workshops can be located in south London or your venue. These workshops fit in well at historic and heritage festivals, giving a completely different view of the social history of the times.

The workshop leader is a qualified lecturer with 20 years experience of teaching adults.
Create the Mood is fully covered by Public Liability Insurance, and has been Police checked.