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12 New Hats and How You Can Make Them -- Vintage Hat Designs with Patterns (Book 1)
12 New Hats and How You Can Make Them Vintage Hat Designs with Patterns - Book 1 Author:Hats Magazine Originally published in the early 1960s, this book is first in a series of four that will show you how to make both the playful and glamorous hats of the 1960s as well as millinery staple designs like the halo, pillbox, and cloche by sewing the hat together or using premade buckram frames (depending on the pattern and style). Additionally, a few... more » of these hats can be made by recovering vintage hats in need of repair and/or a color/fabric upgrade as long as you have a structurally sound buckram frame to work with. Twelve hats are included: draped turban, kerchief cap, high shine halo roller, pert-n-pretty pillbox, beret a la chanel, rippled brim cloche, packable pixie, trellis holiday, rippled-look casual, leghorn bonnet, leaf and flower pillbox, felt and feather cloche.
Text instructions and illustrations detail measurements, folds, sewing guides and trim placement. Fabric suggestions, yardage, trim quantity -- everything is clearly written for these easy-to-make hats. Colors, fabrics and trims are only suggestions, you can choose any combination that suits your style. Sample hats and illustration images are shown at the top of this page.« less