Making felt hats : a beginner's guide to creating 6 stunning styles for all occasions / Bobbi Heath.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781782218265
- ISBN: 1782218262
- Physical Description: 80 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm
- Publisher: Tunbridge Wells, Kent : Search Press, 2021.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Materials ; Tools ; Basic techniques -- Projects: Getting started ; Floppy hat ; Cloche hat ; Bucket hat ; Pillbox ; Cap ; Button hat -- Trimmings -- Care and storage. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Millinery. Felt hats. Women's hats. Hats. Handicraft. Felt hats. Handicraft. Hats. |
Genre: | Instructional and educational works. Handbooks and manuals. |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | 646.5 HEA (Text) | 000161176 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
BookList Review
Making Felt Hats : A Beginners Guide to Creating 6 Stunning Styles for All Occasions
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
No invitation to the Royal Ascot horse race meeting? Head coverings not in vogue for an upcoming social event? Even if millinery isn't de rigueur these days, UK maker (and self-proclaimed "Mad Hatter") Heath will change the fashion rules. This seductive how-to tome could make even a non-DIYer interested in hatmaking. Heath's six designs represent twenty-first century patterns, even though their origins might be reminiscent of the Downton Abbey or Jackie Kennedy eras. Techniques are fairly easy to master, like sewing straight stitches or wielding a steam iron, and the actual how-tos are well visualized, with step-by-step color photographs and lengthy captions as good guidelines. Running commentary that educates and delights is an added bonus, like on the use of mercury in the curing of felt for hats until 1941, causing the "madness" associated with makers. The practice stopped with the government's requisition of mercury as a heavy metal for war instruments. Hats off!