1915 Hat Making Book Reeve (Vintage Patterns Millinery)

Description: 1915 Hat Making Book Reeve (Vintage Patterns Millinery) Practical Home Millinery Edwardian Hat and Veil Pattern Making, Techniques and Construction by Amy Reeve CONDITION: new, softcover, crisp and glossy covers, 96 pages, unabridged, 2007, size: 6x9, published by Bramcost PublicationsOriginally published in 1915, this rare millinery book contains 96 pages of pattern making, techniques and construction of hats and veils from the Edwardian era. Inside you'll find 41 chapters detailing:Cutting Patterns - Cutting a Hat Shape by Folding Paper: cutting pattern for brim, to cut the crown, for obtaining tip, crown with little slope, another method of cutting a head or side band, round or moulded crown, high moulded crown, for oval brims and crownsTo Copy by Measurement: measurements for hats, measurements for bonnets, bonnet pattern, taken in paper or leno, for buckram or stiff net, to take a pattern of a hat in paperBuckram and Espatra Shapes: laying out the pattern, fixing pattern together, crown separate from brim, making crown, for curved brims and crowns, for rolled brims, espatra rolled brimCovering a Buckram or Espatra Shape: cutting out the velvet, fitting and fixing velvet, crown, fixing the side band, for round crownHead Linings for Hats and Bonnets: head linings for hats, head linings for bonnetsBandeaux: oval bandeaux, straight bandeaux, back bandeaux, round bandeaux, shaped bandeauxBow Making: tied bow, butterfly bow, alsatian bow, wiring ribbon for bows, another method of wiring a bow, silk bowsRosettes: to make a rosette on a foundation, crossway silk rosette, a cross-way silk rosette on a foundation, a velvet rosette, rosettes of gathered ribbon, baby ribbon rosette, chiffon, tulle or net rosettes, pleated ribbon rosette, petal rosette, ribbon rosetteWire Shape Making: to practise cutting, nipping and tying, to cut the wire, to nip one wire over another, to tie one over another, to nip one wire over another, there are two ways in making a shape, points to be rememberedMaking a Wire Shape: method of working, points to remember, for a large crown, a turned-up edge, mushroom brim, to copy a shapeMaking a Wire Bonnet: measurements requiredA Hat Shape in Stiff Net: hat shape in stiff net, round crown of net without wires, a soft toque or motor bonnetStraw Working: method 1 - straw worked over a wire shape, round crown, brim; method 2, crown, brim; method 3; method 4; the principles of straw working without a wire shape, makes of strawStitches Used in MillineryTo Cut Material on the Bias or CrossVelvetsCrape: cutting crape on the cross, rouleau of crape, crape piping or roll, crossway folds for hat or bonnet, mourning hats and bonnetsWidows Veils: a lisse veil, box pleated veil, a crepe veil, lisse veil with crape border and rouleaux, to stitch on trimmings (bows, flowers, feathers, ornaments such as buckles, etc.), ruchings, wings and quills, lace and draperies, rouleauxLinings for Hat Brims: a tucked chiffon or tulle underlining, a gathered tucked brim, hat lined with bias folds in chiffon or silk, a lace brim, brim with velvet folds, to bind a hat, another method for a velvet bindLace: to make a lace crown, to make a lace wing or quill, wiring lace for a fan, lace or net ruchings, to wire a lace for bow, lace rosette, matinee cap of lace, lady's cap foundationConfirmation and Bridal VeilsSilk Flower Making: rose, leaf, sweet pea, apple, parma violets, single violets, daisy or marguerite, mounting flowersChildren's Millinery: to take the measurements of a child's head for a bonnet, to take a head-size for a hat, children's and infants' bonnets, materials used for foundations, head linings, materials, trimmingsChildren's Millinery Continued: to cut a pattern of a girl's first bonnet, measurements required, method for making bonnet, materialsChildren's Millinery Continued: baby boy's first hat, materials, method of making, another styleChildren's Millinery Continued: child's puritan or dutch bonnet shape for buckram, front of bonnet pattern, back of bonnet, to cut out the coronet, method of making buckram and net shape and covering, materials, method of making shape, method of covering, another style of dutch bonnetChildren's Millinery Continued: child's liberty hat, cutting and preparing silk for brim, head lining, trimming, to prepare silk when the brim is narrower at the back, cloth or linen hat, cloth hatRenovation of Hats: straw hats, to freshen a black chip, to renovate a black straw hat, to use varnish, to clean a white straw or chip, leghorn hats or panamas, to make a black a white straw, brown straw, blue straw, to clean felt hats, for black or dark coloured felts, white felt, light brown felt, grey feltRenovations: to clean black lace, method 1, method 2, method 3, method 4, method 5, to wash white lace -- method 1, method 2 -- for lace yellow with age, to clean lace without washing, dry cleaning, butter colour or ecru, to clean gold lace, to clean silver trimmings, to renovate crapeRenovations Continued: to renovate black corded and satin ribbons, to renovate silk ribbons, to clean ribbon, to renovate velvet ribbons, how to wash silk (coloured), how to wash white silk, chiffon, velvet, to freshen black velvet or velveteen, to clean fur, another method of cleaning furs, on the care of millinery, to clean black beaver hatsOn Blending Colours: contrastsOn Wearing Suitable Colours: black, white, violet, blue, yellow, green, red and orange, purple, brown, fawn, greyForm: on wearing a becoming hat, a long face, a round face, wearing a straw hat at the right angle, on wearing veilsFeather Curling: steaming, shaping, curling, to make the passStandard Materials Used for Millinery FoundationsMaterials Used for Trimming PurposesTerms Used in MillineryHints to be Borne in Mind by Those Preparing for ExaminationA Course of Twenty Lessons in MillineryDont'sAlwaysThe book is well illustrated and the text is detailed with step-by-step instructions for creating items, working with millinery techniques and constructing your own hats. A detailed section on wire shape making allows almost any style of hat to be made when covering with fabric, velvet or lace overlays and trimmings. A page of reduced-size images for crowns and brims along with text instructions for cutting, sizing and assembly are included. Instructions and illustrations are provided for making a girls' liberty hat, baby boy's hat, stitched cloth hat, dutch bonnet, ribbon flowers, confirmation veil, bridal veil, and boudoir cap of lace. Please see images for a sampling of the book's content. Be sure to check our other auction listings for more vintage millinery books and magazines. Bramcost Publications is your publishing resource for vintage lifestyle books and patterns. Our books/patterns focus on the way our foremothers and forefathers lived, laughed and loved in their everyday lives. Beauty, fashion, millinery, entertaining and handicrafts are the building blocks of our book/pattern offerings with an emphasis on VINTAGE:makeup, hairstyling, beautysewing, pattern drafting, fashion designknitting and crochet patternsmillinery, hat construction, hat patternsbeadwork, jewelry makingribbonwork, embroidery, embellishments, quiltingweddings, bridal interestpaper dolls, doll books, doll clothes patternsChristmas, Easter, Halloween and Valentine?s Day holiday celebrations

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