How to Make and Trim Your Own Hats -- A Vintage Instruction Guide for Making 1940s Hats

Originally published in 1944, this vintage millinery book contains instructions and patterns for cutting, pinning, sewing and putting together calots, straw hats, sailors, half hats, pillboxes, off-the-face brims, jocket hats, snoods, dutch bonnets, knitted and crocheted hats. Also included are instructions for making an over-arm bag, crocheted over-the-shoulder bag and collar box. This book is filled with trimming ideas using flowers, veilings, hat pins, ribbons, beads, embroidery and sequins. The contents include: style element in millinery, basic millinery supplies, millinery materials, wool-felt bags, professional details of milllinery, half-hats, trimmings, how to remake and renovate, how to make hat foundations, ready-made frames, frames -- and how to make your own, crochet section. Sample book images are shown on this page.