1952—How to Make Hats
by Ruby Carnahan
Table of Contents
6, 7—Description of Basic Materials
13—How to Take Head Measurements
17—Making Patterns for Ready Made Frames
20—Fabrics Used to Cover Frames and Foundation
21, 22—Blocking Material for Covering Frames
23—Blocking a Round or a Square Crown of Elastic Net
26—Sailor Pattern and its Many Variations
27—Making a Basic Sailor Frame
28, 29—Covering a Basic Sailor Frame
31—Making a Pattern of a Rolled Brim Breton Sailor
32, 33—Covering a Breton Sailor
36—How to Cover a Pill Box Frame
41—Fabric Hat with Three Piece Sectional Crown and Draped Brim. Pattern
45, 46—Hat Linings and Headbands
47—Materials Used to Make Straw Hats
48, 49—Using a Buckram Frame as a Block for a Straw Braid Hat
50—Making a Straw Braid Hat in One Piece
51, 52—Making Straw Braid Crowns and Brims on Wood Hat Blocks
53—Making Straw Braid Pill Box on a Block
54, 55, 56—Hat Made of 5" Straw Banding
57—Blocking Rough Straw Bodies
58—Blocking a Leghorn Straw Body
59—Blocking Straw Bodies of Baku Sisal Shantung
60—Cleaning and Remodeling Straw and Fabric Hats
61, 62—Materials Used to Make Felt Hats
63—How to Block a Felt Body on a One Piece Block
64, 65—Blocking Felt Crown and Brim on Separate Blocks
66, 67—Blocking a Fur Felt Body Using Combination of a Blocked Crown and Brim Cut from a Pattern
68, 69—Blocking a Felt Hood into a Tapered Brim
71—Pattern for Crescent Felt Hat
73—Pattern for Fringed Felt Casual Hat
75—Pattern for Fringed Felt Bag
76, 77—Felt Pattern Hat a Three Piece Crown and Felt Brim
78, 79—Pattern for Felt Hat Three Piece Crown
85, 86—Pattern for Beaded Beret
87—Beaded Velvet Bag to Match Beret
88—Pattern for Beaded Velvet Bag
92, 93—Stitched Beret and Matching Bag
94—Stitched Bag to Match Beret
95, 96—Beret Made of Wool Material
100, 101, 102—Pattern for Sectional Beret
106—Pattern for Stitched Casual Hat
107, 108, 109, 110—Stitched Bag to Match Casual Hat
111, 112—Pattern for Stitched Bag
121—Calot (open or closed crown)
124—Pattern for Scalloped Calot
132—Hat Trimmings and their Application
133, 134—How to Apply Trimmings
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