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Check whats new regularly, and find out what exciting new information has been published on the T&R website.
If you would like us to inform you when new products and/or workshops become available please join our mailing list.
Also, feel free to take a look at previous newsletters.
June 2008
- Interesting reading: The history of flower making in Germany. A fascinating text on the development of flower making from its start in the Middel Ages till now. You can read it in German or in English.
- ONLINE TUTORIALS ARE HERE!!! We are very excited to now be offering online streaming tutorials - tutorials you can watch from the comfort of your own home ! They are short and only cost a fraction of a complete workshop. Get your skills up in no-time !!! No need to travel and at a time that is convenient to you. Once you have ordered you will be able to watch the tutorial for a week. Go to our online tutorials page to read more on which tutorials we have on offer and to watch a sample.
May 2008
- New workshops galore !!
Check out how you can upgrade your skills as a milliner or if you
are a beginner how you can learn the exciting art of millinery in your
area.
- There are also hat exhibitions happening regularly in Australia and
around the Globe. For example
Cairns and Hong Kong.
- If you are looking for things to do yourself without doing a class
or workshop than stay focused on our new DIY
page.
- New: we have started with listing
profiles of budding milliners, often former students of Waltraud.
Our first profile is from Jaycow,
the first and only milliner in Hong Kong. Get inspired by reading other
peoples motivations and their journey into the art of millinery.
- Also new is we are now offering
patterns for sale. Start by making your own Cabbage Rose by
downloading the pattern. For a
limited time to launch this page we are offering the Cabbage Rose
pattern for free.
April 2008
- 20 new hoods have been added. Make a choice out of our large range in varying colours and material.
- Torb and Reiner goes into the next media: VIDEO! We have posted an introduction on you tube and on our sit here. The response is phenominal! People are very excited about it and are eager to view more.
So stay tuned for more news on new video clips.
- Also coming soon are online tutorials on video. You will be able to buy online streaming tutorials you can watch for a month by buying a
subscription or by buying each one individually. A great way to get your skills up! Also Waltraud will be offering a complete course in millinery
that gets you to a level where you can apply for a TAFE certificate. This will also be offered by online tutorials for a very affordable
price. We expect to have this up and running in the third week of April. If you are interested in learning more and expanding your skills, please
let us know and we might make a tutorial for you!!
- FOR SALE!! We regularly have single items that we would like
to offer you so we have extended our tabs at the top to include a tab
for sales. Take a look at what we have
on offer and remember once it is gone it won’t come back.
Grab your bargain now.
- Wondering how to make a fascinator yourself or a base for a
fascinator? Now you can. Make a 20/20
fascinator base or a stunning
fascinator with only a few materials.
- New workshops are up. Looking for a new challenge to broaden your
skills? Do a millinery workshop in June
!
March 2008
- If you have never been to the Forum on millinery,
check it out now. It is a great resource
and provides a platform for people interested in millinery to exchange
ideas, get answers, give and/or find support. Your queries will be
answered by Waltraud Reiner, top milliner from Melbourne or others on
the forum.
February 2008
- NEW WORKSHOPS !!! We have just scheduled the new
workshops for this year. There are plenty to choose from: crinoline
headpieces, flower making, feathers, hat trimmings, you name it we got
it! Take a look at what we have to offer and choose a workshop by title
or by date: workshops.
Please note that not all details are available yet for every workshop
but will be updated shortly. If you like to be informed of upcoming
workshops please
sign up to our newsletter.
- Sometimes even we drop a few stitches !! Although
we have been selling black sinamay for a while, it was not listed on our
site. You can find it in our extensive
sinamay page. It comes in stiffened and unstiffened versions.
October - December 2007
- Vintage and
modern Petersham and Grossgrain are now for sale in large varieties
and sizes.
- Please note that due to our Christmas break all
orders placed between 20 December and 13 January will be shipped on 14
January.
- You can now also buy
individual flower making tools.
Some have different sizes than the tools in the set.
- We have created a page that lists all you need for
making your own beautiful French flowers.
Take a look...
August & September 2007
- New materials are now available:
chenille,
fascinator base,
- You can now easily make your own fascinators with
our new fascinator kits !! Or do our
workshop fascinator in a day on 21
October.
- Keep an eye on this page as early next month we
will be adding heaps new products like VINTAGE PETERSHAM, more coloured
fascinator bases, black millinery wire, new feathers, etc.. all at Torb
and Reiner your no.1 millinery site.
- Workshops in September are:
Sinamay (small hat),
Sinamay (fascinator),
Straw cloth and Jinsin,
Shape and block Sinamay,
Feather techniques,
French Flower making,
Crinoline techniques,
Jinsin,
Crinoline and of course
various workshops at the Geelong Fibre Forum.
July 2007
April 2007
- The Notebook magazine April edition has just
come out. Read an excellent article on Waltraud Reiner and hat making on
the
notebookmagazine website.
- Do check our
schedule regularly to find
new courses that are added. For example we now have an
Exciting Millinery course which
runs over four weeks starting in April and held here at the T&R studio.
March 2007
February 2007
- We added a new calendar
that gives a clear view of all the upcoming courses and workshops.
January 2007
- Learn all about the heart and soul of hats in this
intensive six day workshop in
Launceston this month! Why not make it a holiday in Tasmania and
explore the beautiful country side in your newly made hat.
- NEW PRODUCTS!!! We have now added
Jinsin, wool felt,
new sinamay range.
- New
workshops on varying disciplines are now available. Workshops will
be held at the T&R studio in Melbourne.
December 2006
November 2006
- The T&R Hat Block Library is now open !!!! Choose from over 400 hat blocks. Become a member to the Hat Block Library and enjoy blocking as many hats as you like in the comfort of our studio..... read more...
- Come and visit an excellent exhibition Material Thinking with 8 artists including Waltraud Reiner exhibiting in felt, metal, textile, ceramics, wood and mixed media.
Material Thinking runs from 31
October till 15 December. - Learn how to wear a hat! Anyone can wear a hat after watching the Hatiquette - all about wearing hats DVD. You can now watch small clips of the DVD so you can get an idea of what is on the DVD.
- NEW PRODUCTS!!! New products this month include wire frame base, chenille, hoods and
ice wool (very hard to get).
October 2006
- Hats off to the Races Event is coming up soon. View many hats on display in Melbourne CBD and vote for "Best Hat on Show" to win a wonderful range of prizes..... read more...
- During October 2006 we are pleased to offer FREE with every T&R order, a Hat Extravaganza bag made from environmentally friendly calico.
- It’s Spring Racing Carnival time in Australia. Are you thinking about what to wear to the races? Have you ever
said. "I love hats but they don't really suit me."? Torb and Reiner's new DVD "Hatiquette - All about wearing hats" will change this perception. We will help you feel empowered to take charge of your look and what makes you feel good. At Torb and Reiner we say: "Anyone can wear a hat."
- New range of Sinamay available only at Torb and Reiner - limited stocks!!
- Fine natural Sinamay with wooden beads woven into it
- Natural Sinamay with either gold or silver threads woven through it
Go to our Sinamay page to see and buy these exciting sinamays while supplies last.
September 2006
- Hat Week is the first week of Spring - Hats are the expression of a person's soul so why not express yourself during Hat Week.
- It's discount time at T&R - during the first two weeks of September enjoy our "Hat Week and One Week" discounts on all millinery dvd/videos, millinery kits and French Flower making tools.
- Blue Hat Project - lifting the hat on
depression - be part of a wonderful initiative, express your blues and see just how many hats you actually wear each day.
- Hat Extravaganza - A two day public hat event with everything that is hats! A hat expo with leading Australian and international milliners, hat designers and accessory makers. This year's event will be held at BMW Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne.
August 2006
- Our new DVD Hatiquette is now available showing everyone can wear a hat, you just need to know how. Ever thought ' I like hats, but they don't suit me'?
Now is your chance to change this idea forever and learn all about hat wearing.
Read here what this new DVD has to offer. - There is a new International Millinery Forum happening in February 2007. Check it out.
July 2006
- We are very occupied with organising the Hat Extravaganza while Waltraud is touring Queensland with the Blue Hat Project van lecturing hat making and informing people about the Blue Hat Poject. We have just had confirmation that honorable Jeff Kennett is going to launch Hat Week and open the Hat Extravaganza !!!
- The new designed site for the Blue Hat Project is done !!! Take a look at: www.bluehatproject.org.au
May 2006
- The making of Sinamay is a very labor intensive and interesting process. Take a look.
March 2006
- New dates for the road trip to Queensland with nearly every day a workshop in hat making in various towns in Queensland. It is huge !!! Take a look.
- Heaps of new variety of feathers are now for sale on the new feathers page.
February 2006
- New tabs added to navigation.
History of millinery now has it's own tab
and so do links and
testimonials. There
is also a new tab for a site map, so if you get confused and can't find
your way around go to the site map.
- New products at Torb and Reiner include
millinery books, veiling, needles, hat pins, chenelle, latcho, new
type of brims and lots more. Simply go to the
supplies page or select the
product from the navigation on the left.
January 2006
- Take a look at the
Blue Hat Project.
An initiative to raise funds for beyondblue, the national depression
initiative. Support the cause with your creativity!
- Photos of last workshop in Mittagong uploaded.
Again a very successful workshop.
Take a look at what the
students made.
- Improved navigation to all student photos. You are
now able to navigate to all other photos from every photo page. Look at
what beautiful creations other students made
across the world at Torb and Reiner workshops.
- As you can see the menus have changed with the
biggest change the navigation added on the left. You can now gain faster
access to all our products for sale
at Torb and Reiner.
- New products at the
hatweek site include
fridge magnets and
keyrings. Help us raise funds for beyondblue; the Australian
initiative to raise community awareness of depression.
December 2005
November 2005
- Sarah Louise Gillahan (a student of Waltraud Reiner) has won quite a few awards over the Melbourne Cup period.
Look at her hats.
- Clips of French Flower Making DVD/Video are now
viewable. Take a sneak peak!
- New photos
of the 4th term students at Kangan Batman Tafe College in Melbourne have
arrived.
- You can now join the talk on hats and post your
ideas, questions, answers and experiences on our brand new blog:
hattalk.blogspot.com
September 2005
- International Hatweek is on!!! 1 - 7 September. Read
all about it on www.hatweek.com.au
- First items of the Travel range hats uploaded.
Take a look at these great new hats.
- New photo's of TAFE students (third term) uploaded.
Take a look.
August 2005
- New student photo's uploaded - take a look at what
students have achieved: Wangaratta,
Brisbane, Blue Mountains,
Melbourne - Tafe students, Beaudesert,
Warrick.
- Torb and Reiner at the Preview Melbourne 4,5,6th
Sep preview.net.au showing T&R
designs, compact,��Must Have�� headwear & accessories for the
individual.
- Hat week is coming up. 1st- 7th September. A
national and international non profit event.
Stay tuned with your hat in hand. Keep an eye on the Website
www.hatweek.com.au
- 11 August - New web site uploaded!
- Workshop photos from Warwick, Beaudesert, and
Gladston uploaded.
- check out Hat video ��What is it about hats�� by
Andee Kinzy. You can buy it from
hathathat.com
If you tell her you came through Torb and Reiner, she will give you
10% of the price.
- Do you want to have a Hat activity for your
children? Check this out
meddybemps.com and
trickswithhats.org
- Love the 30’s? Than check this out
fashion-era.com
- Did you know what HATS stands For? HATS stands
for High Achieving Talented Students
March 2005
T&R travels the world this month !
- 4-6 Mar "Climb Every Mountain" ... at least climb
to Haus Pfulb in Lenningen-Schopfloch, GERMANY for 3 days & discover
hats with altitude !
- 12-13 Mar Sculpt Sinamay in London at
Fashion and Textile Museum (founded by Zandra Rhodes) !
- 18-20 Mar Norway, SCANDINAVIA at Bj�rkhol, Furnes
- learn Every Aspect Of The Hat - felt patterns, flat hat patterns,
french flower making, working with sinamay & free shaping it.
- 15-26 Mar
Dubai World Cup- the world’s richest horse race featuring
Dubai World Cup Fashion ... learn which hat suits you ... T&R will
guide you ! Come & see us in the
BurJuman Centre
February 2005
Two fun workshops at T&R studios this month - limited
spaces ... hurry to book !
January 1st 2005
- Hat Extravaganza 2005 dates confirmed as 1-2 Sept
2005 to kick off Hat Week 1-7 Sept ! Come to the BMW Edge at Melbourne's
Federation Square to see all there is to see about hats !
November 1st 2004
- Tasmania’s gala fashion event on 13 November -
Fashion Fantasia"Wearable
Art Awards" - Wrest Point Casino, Hobart TAS
- Improve your millinery skills - attend a
Sculpting with Sinamay class at Fashion Fantasia
October 15th 2004
October 1st 2004
July 15th 2004
- New classes & events ! !
- Australia’s inaugural gala 3 day hat event -
visit
Hat
Extravaganza 2004
-
Fashion Fantasia"Wearable Art Awards" - Wrest Point Casino, Hobart
TAS
- International classes: USA, Norway, Germany,
England, Holland, New Zealand
- Australia wide classes: Melbourne, QLD Regional
centres, Sydney, Hobart, Mudgee, Geelong - see
T&R Events Diary
March 15th 2004
February 15th 2004
January 30th 2004
- Body /
Felt exhibition Mar/Apr 2004 - works in felt - wearable garments &
jewellry objects
- Simon Lloyd & Waltraud Reiner -
Body / Felt introductory talk Fri 19 Mar - 1pm
- see
T&R Events Diary
January 15th 2004
October 15th 2003
October 1st 2003
- Sculpting with Sinamay class, Brisbane Mo 27 Oct
- details & bookings - see Travel Diary
- Lecture "Melbourne Cup Warm Up", Melbourne Tu 28
Oct - details - see Travel Diary
- Beings, Beasts & Diva Masks 3 day class, Melbourne
Fr-Su 7-9 Nov -
enrol here
- Extra Make Your Cup Hat class, Brisbane Sa/Su
22-23 Nov -
enrol here
September 1st 2003
July 1st 2003
June 1st 2003
April 21st 2003
- New pictures uploaded ! See the fun Torb & Reiner
students had attending classes at the Fibre Forum in Mittagong this year
! student
hat photos here
April 2nd 2003
- "Sculpting With Sinamay" Millinery Video now
available!
- Teach yourself how to make beautiful
sinamay hats from home!
February 12th 2003
November 1st 2002
September 22nd 2002
- T&R Site has been multi-language enabled! Select
from German, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese
September 11th 2002
September 3rd 2002
September 2nd 2002
August 28th 2002
July 18th 2002
July 16th 2002
July 6th 2002
June 28th 2002
- The T&R website is up and running !
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