Millinery Hat Making Patterns Manual 1925 Reprint

Millinery - This vintage book on hat making by Jane Loewen is easily the most complete millinery instructions from the 1920's! This book has 217 pages of step-by-step instructions with numerous illustrations on timeless hat making techniques. Jane Loewen is a Formerly Millinery Instructor at the University of Chicago; Originator of Jane Hedden Hat Patterns; Author of Numerous Works and Articles on Millinery and Designing. This book is a reprint of the classic Millinery book by NovusVintage.com. Learn how to make wire frames; molded frames; pattern frames; crowns; fabric hats; braid hats; transparent hats; draped hats; tailored trimmings; dress-hat trimmings; and remodeled hats.

Issues for 1965- include "Recent publications on theatre architecture," no. 13/14-

Issues for 1965- include "Recent publications on theatre architecture," no. 13/14-

This delightful book contains a number of detailed step by step guides to various styles of hatmaking. A great text for both the amateur and seasoned milliner alike, this antique text is an accessible and comprehensive guide that not only provides instructions for hatmaking, but also offers an insightful glimpse into the mores and fashions contemporary with the time of its original publication. Chapters contained herein include: 'Your Hat and You', 'Fitting the Hat to Face and Figure', 'The Home Millinery Workroom', 'The ABC's of Hats', 'Materials and Accessories', 'Foundations and Blocking', 'How to make a Basic Sailor Hat', 'Variations of the Sailor', 'How to make a Calot and Its Variations', 'How to Copy Another Hat', 'How to Work with Straw', and many more. We are proud to republish this text here with a new introduction to the art of millinery.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Make Your Own Hats" by Gene Allen Martin. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Hats finish an outfit; they make a statement, provide panache and lift your spirits. This book explains how to make your own hats, using traditional construction methods with both specialist millinery foundation materials and a range of fabrics and trimmings. It showcases twenty-six hats and headpieces, each with step-by-step photographs and instructions, some using ready-made elements, others that are made from scratch. Celebrating the versatility of hats, it introduces the wide range of styles and shapes that modern millinery has embraced. Explains the anatomy of the hat and how to fit a hat, and gives general millinery tips. Suggests sources of inspiration and design ideas. Introduces a range of hats and hat styles, from small, fun and fast headpieces to special occasion hats. Superbly illustrated with 534 colour step-by-step photographs.