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Conversational French 1 LANG 005.51, CRN 16991
Spanish for Human Service Profesionals LANG 011.51, CRN 16993
Getting to Know Your Sewing Machine with Andrea Zax HOME 025.51, CRN 16850
Getting Paid to Talk/An Introduction to Professional Voice Over CRER 003.51, CRN 16592
Basic Conversational Spanish 1 LANG 008.51, CRN 15721
Milliner (Hat Making) with Andrea Zax HOME 032.51, CRN 16994
In this class students will learn how to make a hat with buckram. Buckram is a very stiff fabric that has been starched. When you sew wire to the edges of the buckram you can make many strong yet flexile shapes Have you ever wanted to make a really wide brimmed hat? Or a tall stovepipe hat? Learn the basic techniques to build a sturdy, stable hat. You will learn how to make a pattern for a hat, create the hat and learn how to sew wire to the edges of the buckram by hand or machine and then how to cover the hat with the fabric of your choice. By the end of the class, you should be able tocomplete a hat from the buckram base to the finished fabric with embellishments of your choice‐ flowers, feathers, beads etc. Some sewing skills would be helpful but not required. Pattern paper and some glue will be provided. Please bring good fabric scissors, sketchbooks, some pins, heavy quilting thread, measuring tape and a ruler