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Selected Articles on Materials Used to Make Hats - A Milliner's Guide

Any milliner will know how important selecting material is when it comes to making hats. This will enable you to select the perfect material for the hat you're making. Whether it be stiffened materials for the foundations of caps, turbans and coiffures or the lace, tulle or crape for the drapery of a cap. There is an abundance on information on all aspects of materials for hat-making including basic workshop staples, notes on working with different types of fabric and selecting colours.

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A Selection of Articles on Making Hats from Straw - A Milliner's Guide

This vintage book contains a collection of classic articles about making hats out of straw. These articles have been carefully selected for modern readers with an interest in millinery and would make for fantastic additions to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Method for Lining Straw Bonnets - Mary J. Howell", "Straw Hats, Including Braids, Pedal and Hoods - Ethel Langridge", "Straw Hats - Anon", "Straw Hoods - Eva Ratchert", "Straws - Dora Shackell", "To Make a Straw Sailor from a Capeline - Dora Shakell", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on millinery.

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Millinery Hat Making and Design - Fancy and Draped Crowns and Special-Purpose Millinery

This vintage volume contains a detailed guide to millinery, with directions for making veils, caps, special-purpose hats, and much more. With simple directions and useful, detailed illustrations, this book is ideal for the beginner, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of handcrafting literature. Contents include: "Fancy Crowns", "Draped Crowns", "Fancy and Draped Crowns", "Examination Questions", "Special-Purpose Millinery", "Nature and Importance", "Veils", "Hats and Related Millinery", "Hats", "Novelty Sports Sets", "Caps", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on millinery.