Up
for bid is another marvelous Dakota Prairie Treasures Spiral Bound
Book Republication™ of the original WWII Swing Era, "How to Make and Trim Your Own HATS!" This item has 95 pages
of in-depth instructions for this art, covering a plethora of aspects and
techniques for custom making hats, caps, purses, bags and more. More information
than you can shake a stick at! (Original is not for sale)
There is
every style from sailors, to sun hats, demure maidens, saucy nurses
and French Maids, etc!
Excerpts:
"COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS and PATTERNS from start to finish. How to
CUT * PIN * SEW * PUT TOGETHER * Calots, Straws, Sailors, Half-Hats, Pillboxes,
Off-the-Face Brims, Jockey Hats, Snoods, Dutch Bonnets, Knitted and Crochet
Hats. BAGS TO MATCH - Over-Arm Bag, Crochet Over-the-Shoulder Bag, plus Scores
of TRIMMING IDEAS and Instructions for Summer, Spring and Winter, Veilings,
Flowers, Hat Pins, Ribbons, Beadings, Embroideries and Sequins."
"Big Complete Guide - Everything the Beginner or Expert Needs to
Know! Now you can make your own hats - create them just the way you want them -
each a "French Creation!"
"For
here are complete instructions and patterns for any hat you want to make - and
so easy to follow you can't possibly go wrong. Dutch Bonnets, Calots, Sailors,
Jockey and Half hats, Curvettes and unusual Head Bands, Pill Box and Snood
Hats…this beautifully illustrated book takes apart and simplifies every step you
need to know to make these and many more.
Here too
are complete Crochet instructions for seven Hats; how to crochet head bands,
edgings and hat pins plus patterns for expensive-looking Felt and Material Pouch
and Collar Box Bags and a Crochet Over-the-Shoulder Bag.
And
still more!...dozens of exciting trimming ideas, quick changes to rejuvenate,
retrim and remake last year's favorite hat. Professional rules for putting on
veilings, flowers and feathers, How to make a hat out of flowers and veilings
alone. How to combine materials, choose felts, wire brims and block a hat. Felt,
appliqué, flower and leaf designs from which to choose. Hand made flowers for a
custom made look. Different type bows for different parts of the hat. How to
achieve French Room effects with inexpensive materials. How to build up
ready-made foundations, cut buckram, make tubing, linings, head size ribbons and
bandeaus. How to block a hat, cut and make a brim, seam-press and work with
straw, fur and velvet.
A
complete remake chart, including examples and step by step instructions for
re-using trims, "sizing" straws, reblocking and cleaning felts and straws,
remaking covered frames and pressing veils and maline. Instructions for making
and covering frames, brims, and hard to find foundations. The importance of hat
and hair lines, how to develop a style, how to use professional millinery
equipment.
Yes! If
you can sew you can easily make the most intricate hat…if you can merely pin,
then right away you can make a smart cocktail hat."
All methods are clearly described step-by-step. All styles
noted are presented with suggestions from a to z! The instructions for these
items were created by experienced needlework artists from 1944 and
earlier!
Contents:
CHAPTER
1-THE STYLE ELEMENT IN MILLINERY
How to develop a
sense of style and design. Hat lines. Head size and non-head-size hats, Eye
lines. The hat block.
CHAPTER II-MILLINERY SUPPLIES
How to use
buckram, crinoline, wire, glue. Millinery needles and thread, starched chiffon,
sizing, hat blocks. Millinery equipment. How to steam-press.
CHAPTER III-MILLINERY MATERIALS
Classification
of materials: felt, fur, wool, cotton felts, straw. How to choose the material.
How to make a Dutch bonnet for mother and daughter. Patterns. Small, medium,
large headsizes. Sequins and embroidery.
CHAPTER IV-WOOL-FELT BAGS
Instructions,
patterns and diagrams for over-arm pouch bag, collar box, and other pouch
bags.
CHAPTER
V-PROFESSIONAL DETAILS OF MILLINERY
When to use and
how to cut bias material. How to combine materials. How to wire straw and felt
brims. How to make a lining. How to sew in a headsize ribbon. How to block a
hat. How to shrink to size. Fancy blocks made from spools and boxers. How to
make down-brim blocks. Blocking the brim. How to cut brim from crown.
Off-the-face brim. Suggestions for trimming brimmed hats.
CHAPTER VI-HALF-HATS
How to make
foundations for half-hats. How to make ear-muff. Dutch half-bound curvette hats.
How to trim half-hats.
CHAPTER VII-TRIMMINGS
How to make and
use jersey, braided, grosgrain bandeaus. How to make and use tubing. How to sew
on flowers and veiling. The tie-tack method. Ruffle and chin veils, veils for
pillbox and bumper brims. How to combine flowers and veiling. How to use maline.
Maline cocktail hat. Ideas for a bridesmaid hat. How to make covered hatpins.
Tricks with hatpins. How to change a hat by changing trimming. How to make felt
appliqué, flower and leaf design. "French Room: trim. Taffeta satin, felt vows.
Using inexpensive material. Built-up foundations. How to make your own snood of
velvet, veiling, or flowers. Fur and straw hats. How to make a hat out of ribbon
and flowers.
CHAPTER VIII-HOW TO REMAKE AND RENOVATE
What to do with
old ornaments, fur felts, wool felts. How to reblock felt, frame and material
hats. How to reuse trims, clean hats. How to remake felts and straws. Complete
remake chart. How to make seven "old" hats into smart new styles. Step-by-step
instructions. Sizing straw hats. Remaking covered frames. Business
possibilities.
CHAPTER IX-HOW TO MAKE HAT FOUNDATIONS
Complete
instructions and diagrams for six-section crown, all-in-one crown. Chart showing
remake possibilities. "How to Change" chart. Foundations No. 1 and No.
2.
CHAPTER
X-READY-MADE FRAMES
How to use
ready-made frames. How to cut patterns from a frame brim. How to cover frames,
flat crowns, round crowns. How to make a cover and. "Do's and
Don'ts."
CHAPTER
XI-FRAMES-AND HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN
Instructions for making and covering. How to make pillbox and visor hats.
Hats that become you-common sense in choosing your hat. Novel cut-out crowns and
side trims.
CHAPTER XII-CROWN SECTION
Instructions for
crocheting sailor, turban, Dutch cap, over-the-eye hat, half-hat. Crocheted
edgings, hat bands, hatpins. Over-the-shoulder bag.
READY REFERENCE GUIDE
The
antique and vintage materials this exciting instructional recommends can be
found on eBay quite readily. You just have to hunt a little bit! :) Or, of
course, you can utilize contemporary tools and materials found at a near by
fabric, craft or hobby store…
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 needle
worker will be capable of altering as per individual needs and artistic
whim...
The Spiral Bound Book Republication™ you will receive
is representative of the types of handicraft expertise of earlier genteel and
feminine American and European culture! If you're into nostalgia like I am you
will have many hours of enjoyment recreating antique needlework items for
yourself or others dear to your heart just the way your great-grandmothers did!
You will appreciate the attention
taken in providing a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that you will use for many years to
come. This information has been scanned at a high resolution and
electronically revamped to provide you with the very best hardcopy reproduction.
Unlike other reproduction sellers this is NOT a cheap, grainy photocopy! Our Spiral Bound
Republication™ has so many more advantages over the original book.
What
are the benefits of our antique book Spiral Bound
Book Republications™?
* Our products
are produced with front and back covers of heavy stock paper.
* Our products are made using the
latest LaserJet printing technology meaning the ink will not smear
like inferior photocopy or inkjet products do.
* Our spiral
binding allows your book to lie flat during use for ease of viewing while
working on your needlework projects.
* Our products
do not cost a small fortune for you to obtain and enjoy.
* Every image and every page has been
scanned to produce crystal clear images and you never have to deal with any
crumbling old paper!
* These scans
are enlarged to full-page dimensions for ease of viewing!
* You
can gift these wonderful Historic pattern book finds with family
and friends!
You will
appreciate the attention we have taken in providing you with a TOP QUALITY
PRODUCT that will be use for many years to come...
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Treasures' current auctions and store listings for many other unique
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