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Hats and How to Make Them
CD REPUBLICATION
By Virginia C. Patty
Originally Published in 1925
If you are the first to bid, using the buy-it-now option, you win! Don't wait, bid now!
Up for bid is a marvelous UNABRIDGED CD-ROM REPUBLICATION of the original ''Hats and How to Make Them'' with NO RESERVE!'' We scanned and reformatted a scare original and are pleased to offer you this wonderful antique millinery reference for your reenactment, boutique sales or personal recreation sewing pleasures!
This HISTORIC cd republication has 125 line drawings and photos regarding the manufacturing of the most deliciously feminine FLAPPER ERA HATS & chapeaux in its 216 pages! It includes instructions for all the necessary steps and needle working techniques to make lovely hats for all seasons! It includes a rich HISTORICAL section on making your own patterns using graphed paper and/or other methods.
This would be a great reference item for those interested in SCA, reinactment groups, students, fabric artists, Red Hat Society members and more! I hardly know where to begin!(Original is NOT for sale)
This is certainly a fine source of historically valuable techniques and inspiration for the creative millinery and fabric artists out there who recreate the hats and headdresses from the early 1900's. This is the perfect opportunity to purchase your own version of another wonderful craft instructional revealing our heritage from early America and European cultures!
An excerpt:
''The material presented here on the choice and the making of hats has been accumulated during many years of teaching and shop practice. All methods given are those which have proved successful. Throughout the book emphasis is placed upon the need for studying the mode and adapting it to the individual. Repeated suggestions are made for modification of the hats and trimmings herein described.''
CONTENTS
The Preface
Part I. CHARACTER IN A HAT
Chapter I. The Choice of A Hat
Selection Often Difficult - Test of a Becoming Hat - Color and Texture
Part II. PAPER PATTERNS
Chapter II. How to Make Paper Patterns
Brim Copying - Brim Designing - Paper Brim Construction - Crown Designing - Paper Crown Construction
Part III. EQUIPTMENT AND MATERIALS
Chapter III. Equiptment
Chapter IV. Materials for Construction
Braids - Fabrics - Furs
Part IV. MAKING THE HAT
Chapter V. Molded Frames
Materials - Placing Pattern on Whillow - Headsize - Shaping Brim - Molding Brims withoug Patterns - Crowns
Chapter VI. Wire Frames
Materials - Measurements - Construction - Headsize Wire - Support or Spoke Wires _Sailor Frame - Mushroom or Drooping Brim - Upturning or Rolling Brim - Upturning Brim with Slash on Side - Mold for Irregular Shape - Covering Frame - Molding Willow over Wire - Molding over Paper - Wire Crown Molds and Frames
Chapter VII. Estimating Materials for Hat Coverings
Measuring for Brims - Measuring for Crowns - Covering Frame - Covering Irregular Shapes
Chapter VIII. Covering Crowns
Sewing Braids - Preparation of Braids - Frames for Braids - Covering Brim - Making Crowns - Sewing Braids over Wire Mold - Removing Brim from Mold
Chapter X. Stitches and Processes Used in Construction of Hats
Chapter XI. Edge Finishes and Bindings
Bias Folds - Flat Folds - French or Milliner's Fold - Bias Fold on Edge of Brim - Fold on Edge of Brim - Fold on Edge of Brim without a Wire - Fold Made before Attaching - Narrow Ribbon or Braid Binding on Edge - Narrow Bindings of Silk or Organdy - Combination of Brim Covering and Binding - Plain Bias Fold Extending beyond Edge of Brim - Plain Edge - Shirred Edges, Three - Sectional Facings - Cord Finishing
Chapter XII. Types of Hats and Their Construction
Making the Sports Hat - Soft Hat of Bias Folds - Bias Folds with Running Stitch for Decorating - Bias Folds Decorated with Narrow Hemp Braid and Running Stitches - Crown of Bias Folds - Hats Made from Strips of Silk or Ribbon with Cord Edge - Crown with a Wire Cord - Underfacing of Radiating Strips with a Cord Edge - Ribbon Hats, Three - Makeing Brim with Cords - Shirred Hat of Silk - Silk Hat Stitched or Hemstitched - Tucked Brim - Halo Brims, Two - Child's Stitched Hat - Tam-p'-Shanters, Eight
PART V. TRIMMING THE HAT
Chapter XIII. Handmade Trimmings
Bows - Rosette - Ribbon Cockade with Variations - Cord Trimmings - Novelty Trimmings - Flowers and Fruit
Chapter XIV. Decorative Stitches and Processes
Chapter XV. Feathers
Laws Governing Use of Feathers - Kinds
Chapter XVI. Hat Linings
Directions for Making
PART VI. RENOVATION AND CARE OF HAT
Chapter XVII. Renovation and Care
Handling the Hat - General Upkeep or Care - Freshening Straw Hats - Reshaping Frames - Varying the Style of Crown - Renovating Materials
PART VII. HISTORICAL
Chapter XVIII. The Story of the Hat
Men's Hats - Women's Hats - Significance of Headdress
Glossary
References
The Index
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Shepherdess - Empress Eugenie - Rontispiece
1. Color chart
2. Measuring diameters of headsize
3. Two diameters of headsize
4. Cutting patterns
5. Pattern for brim
6. Cutting headsize (Method I)
7. Cutting headsize (Method 3)
8. Variations of brim (Method 3)
9. Straight-brim pattern
10. Drooping or upturning brim
11. Irregular-shaped brim
12. Cutting brim from material
13. Paper mold
14. Curved side band
15. Joining tip and side band
16. Sectional crown
17. Materials for frames
18. Tommy iron
19. Pliers
20. Wooden crown mold
21. Braids, types
22. Tagal plaque
23. Tascan, Swiss hair, and visca
24. Comparison of inches and lignes
25. Wiring headsize
26. Bracing headsize
27. Binding edge of brim
28. Free-hand molding
29. Crown mold (buckram wired)
30. Molding crown of crinoline
31. Band with stiff tip
32. Band with soft tip
33. Joining headsize wire
34. Attaching spoke wires to headsize wires
35. Wire frame, slashed
36. Wire frame prepared for molding
37. Molding willow over wire frame
38. Willow frame removed from mold
39. Molding over paper frame
40. Construction of wire crown
41. Wire crown, mold
42. Strething material on frame
43. Finishing edge of brim
44. Covering tip
45. Joining side band and tip
46. Plain side band and full and plain tip
47. Molding braid brim over wire frame
49. Backstitch
50. Catch stitch
51. Catstitch
52. Simulated fold
53. Slip stitch
54. Tie tack
55. Wire stitch
56. Cutting bias
57. Joining bias fold
58. Flat fold
59. Milliner's fold
60. Bias fold extending from brim
61. Covering top of brim
62. Sectional facing
63. Covering cord
64. Covering cord, wire inside
65. Brim of bias folds and braid
66. Crown of bias folds
67. Brim made with ribbon and yarn
68. Shirred hat
69. Stitched or hemstitched brim
70. Tam
71. Ribbon bows
72. Frames for bows
73. Ribbon bows
74. Plaiting on wired foundation
75. Ribbon cockades
76. Methods 1 and 2 for making cockade
77. Method 3 for making cockade
78. Variations of ribbon cockade and tailored bow
79. Pattern for large flowers
80. Novelty trimmings
81. Making velvet flowers
82. Making silk flowers
83. Futurist rose, process
84. Futrist rose, finished
85. Poppy pattern
86. Poppy, center
87. Detail for daisy petal
88. Tailored rose
89. Bell flower, stamens
90. Bell flower
91 Leaf and bud for bell flower
92. Bud and tendril
93. Georgette petals
94. Wire frame for petals
95. Organdy flower
96. Yarn flower No. 1
97. Yarn flower No. 2
98. Yarn trimmings
99. Straw trimmings
100. Quill foundation
101. Blanket stitch
102. Chain stitch
103. Couching stitch
104. Cross-stitch
105. Darning stitch
106. French knots
107. Knot stitch
108. Lazy-daisy stitch
109. Leaf stitch
110. Outline stitch
111. Satin stitch
112. Seed stitch
113. Petasus
114. Francis I
115. Charles XIII of France
116. The Slouched Hat
117. Napoleon
118. Puritan hat
119. Egyptian headdress
120. Hennin
121. Anne of Brittany
122. Mary, Queen of Scots
123. Eighteenth-century headdress
124. Pole bonnet
125. Dutch cap
REMEMBER: THIS IS A FLAPPER ERA MILLINERY GUIDE!!!
What a historically educational and delightful art instructional piece this is!
The ladies of earlier times put their hands to such marvelous work and now you can too! These are beautiful items and sure to delight you and yours! These instructions are very clear and easy to follow and yet the experience needleworker will be capable of altering as per individual needs and artistic whim.
The antique and vintage thread, fabrics, hat blocks, ribbons, flowers, feathers, etc., can be found on Atomic Mall quite readily. You just have to hunt a little bit! :) Or, of course, you can utilize contemporary tools and materials found at a nearby fabric, craft or hobby store…
What dainty item will you make first with this information
This information has been scanned onto CD-ROM using the Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF format. You may download the latest FREE version of this software quickly at www.adobe.com . This is NOT a copy of another CD-ROM. You will receive an ORIGINAL CD reproduction of this resourceful fancywork item.
The text is viewed easily from your computer or you may choose to print each page as you read this amazing item on antique frock making. Every page has been meticulously scanned, cleaned and burned to preserve this ANTIQUE item's information and patterns to CD-ROM! The format of this resource has so many more advantages than the original book.
What are the benefits of an antique book CD Republication
* Every image and every page has been scanned at a high dpi to produce crystal clear images and you never have to deal with any crumbling old paper!
* These scans are completely sizable. You can enlarge and print according to your visual needs! They are reformated in full-page sizing for better viewing of details, etc.!
* Each page is saved in PDF format at high resolution and is readily accessible using the downloadable Adobe Acrobat Reader software program. This program is very user friendly and allows you to print any one specific page, pages or the entire CD contents!
* Each time you want to use an image, a page or pages you can print it out. Every one will be as crisp and clear as the last!
* YOU WILL FIND YOUR CD REPUBLICATION HAS A HUGE ADVANTAGE OVER A BOUND HARDCOPY PAPER REPUBLICATION IN THAT, IF YOU SPILL COFFEE, TEA OR SODA ON YOUR PRINTED PAGE(S) YOU CAN JUST PRINT ANOTHER!
* YOU HAVE UNLIMITED CLEAN COPIES FOREVER!!!
* Each CD-ROM comes in a PROTECTIVE CASE!
Curious about the quality of these scans Please contact me and I will forward an image for your own personal inspection! Scale it, edit it, print it to fit your needs and you are surely going to be quite pleased with the results! You will appreciate the attention taken in providing a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that you will use for many years to come...
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