People from diverse backgrounds have attended our short courses and they have come to us for very different reasons. Here is a selection of students\u2019 thoughts having completed one of the courses.<\/p>\n
“The School of Historical Dress is blazing an essential and innovative trail by being the one to take historical construction seriously enough to teach it in exhaustive detail. Close observation of original garments was, and is always, illuminating, but to be instructed in an informed manner on how to study and pattern extant garments in a museum setting was unique and priceless.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Thank you. After over ten years of making historical clothing with no help except published literature, I was stuck \u2013 dead-ended. The SHD has not only opened up new horizons all around me, it’s given me a whole new toolbox to explore them with. I’ve had the most amazing learning experiences, and, especially on the doublet course, the amateur’s exhilaration at training with the champions. It is also intensely heartening to be with people who act on the belief that knowledge and skill are enhanced by sharing, not keeping, and that we should spread and share them wherever we can.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “This course brought to life the skills involved in making and starching an Elizabethan ruff. The hands-on approach is far more useful than just reading about it in a book. I did not realise what an intricate and time consuming job it was, the Tudor ruff makers were indeed wonderful craftspeople. It was an invaluable experience for me and will help me in my job as a historic costumed guide and dressmaker.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “The teaching was extremely detailed and professional and tutor had a vast knowledge of historical stays and sewing techniques.\u00a0I felt I learned in a week more about history, textiles and sewing than in years and I enjoyed it enormously.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Working with groups of sewing volunteers as I do, I found the weekend course that I attended tremendously useful, with information clearly and generously given.”<\/em><\/p>\n Students In Their Own Words People from diverse backgrounds have attended our short courses and they have come to us for very different reasons. Here is a selection of students\u2019 thoughts having completed one of the courses. “The School of Historical Dress is blazing an essential and innovative trail by …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-sidebar-content.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-100","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nCathy Hay
\nwww.harmanhay.com
\nHarman Hay Publications
\nOnline magazines for costume makers
\n\u2018An Introduction to the Study of Historical Dress c 1850 \u2013 1900\u2019, a two-day course Spring 2013<\/h2>\nGeeske Kruseman
\nResearcher & maker of historical clothing from the Netherlands
\n\u2018An Introduction to the Study of Historical Dress c 1500 \u2013 1900\u2019, a two-day course Autumn 2011
\n\u201818th Century Underpinnings\u2019, a five-day course Spring 2012
\n\u2018Making, Starching & Setting an Elizabethan Ruff\u2019, a two-day course Spring 2013
\n\u2018The Cut & Construction of Men\u2019s Doublets 1580 -1620\u2019, a six-day course Spring 2013<\/h2>\nPat Atkins
\nMary Arden’s House costumed interpreter
\n\u2018Making, Starching & Setting an Elizabethan Ruff’, a two-day course, Spring 2013<\/h2>\nSalme Vanhanen
\nTextile conservator and dressmaker, Finland
\n\u2018The Cut & Construction of 18th Century Stays\u2019, a five-day course Spring 2013<\/h2>\nBarbara Painter
\nHistorical clothing maker and teacher
\n\u2018An Introduction to the Study of Historical Dress c 1850 \u2013 1900\u2019, a two-day course Spring 2013<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"