Millinery Make Ladies Hat Design Patterns 4 Books on CD

The Ultimate Collection of Classic Books on

Millinery

How to Make Ladies' Hats

This is a collection of 4 classic books (in PDF format) on Millinery. Each PDF Reprint is an electronic facsimile version of the actual book published in between 1900s and 1920s.

PDF Reprint #1

218 Pages

Millinery

Ladies Hat Design and Patterns

Originally published in 1920s, this classic Millinery book includes technical principles and practical instructions for making many styles of ladies' hats using a variety of needle working techniques.

As the author presents the patterns and instructions in his book to be so easy to follow, he believes the knowledge of millinery is not that deep and difficult to attain -- any lady of average intelligence can master it.

Contents Covered

• Wire Frames
  • Uses of wire frames
  • Mathematical side of frame making
  • Process of constructing a wire frame for a hat
  • Dimensions for standard hats
• Molded Frames
  • Molded or pressed frames
  • Hand-molded frames
  • Bias dry-molded frames
• Pattern Frames
  • Classification of frames made from patterns
  • Comparison of processes in making unrolled and rolled brims
  • Cutting the frame
  • Wiring frame
  • Binding a frame
  • Covering frame with interlining
• Crowns
  • Frame foundations used for crowns
  • Kinds of crowns
  • Outline of kinds of crowns and their appropriate brims
  • How to determine kinds of crowns suitable to individual types of faces
• Staple Millinery Materials
• Cutting Materials
  • Cutting a true bias
  • Cutting a long bias
  • Table of bias measures
  • Rules for measuring material for a bias that is to be stretched
  • Correct shading for velvet and soleil
  • Measuring a frame for the correct amount of material
  • Accuracy in cutting: a large factor in cost saving
  • Methods used for cutting maline
  • Cutting bias binding from frame and crown edges
• The Fabric Hat
  • Fall materials and fabrics
  • Classified construction of fabric hats for fall and winter
• Braid Hats
  • Kinds
  • Manner of sewing
• Transparent Hats
  • Kinds
  • Preparing the frame
  • Edge finishes
  • Appropriate trimmings
• Draped Hats
  • Matrons' turbans
  • Harem turbans
  • Draped tams
  • Section hats
• Tailored Trimmings
  • Severe, factory-tailored hats
  • Semi-tailored hats
  • Kinds of tailored trimmings
• Dress-Hat Trimmings
  • Trimmings for which the hat is a background
  • Trimming which is part of the design
• Cleaning and Remodeling
• Color Harmony As Applied to the Individual
  • Purpose of color in adorning the person
  • Color versus temperament
  • Chart of color combinations suitable to various types
• Line Harmony
  • Fundamental principles of line
  • Principles of line as applied to the individual

PDF Reprint #2

256 Pages

The Art of Millinery

A Series Of Practical Lessons

This classic millinery book was written by Madame Ben-Yusef, a contributor to the columns of the Millinery Trade Review for a number of years as the author of "Hints to Milliners" and "The Milliner in the Workroom," articles which were greatly appreciated by the readers of the well known journal.

The novice, the artiste, the milliner, the designer and the trimmer will obtain from the pages of this book those helps which will add to their store of knowledge and will greatly benefit them, whether it be in the Millinery Parlor, trimming room or the home.

Contents Covered

• Introduction
• Lesson I: Drafting and Making Buckram Frames
• Lesson II: Making Wire Frames
• Lesson III: Covering of Frames
• Lesson IV: Cutting Materials, Making Binds and Folds
• Lesson V: Shirrings and Folds
• Lesson VI: Sewing Straw Hats
• Lesson VII: Children's Millinery
• Lesson VIII: Mourning Millinery
• Lesson IX: Plaitings, Ruches, Lace Trimmings
• Lesson X: Simple Bow Making
• Lesson XI: Draping
• Lesson XII: Trimming
• Lesson XIII: The Making of Ribbon and Silk Flowers
• Lesson XIV: Taking Stock; Careful Packing Away; Renovating Materials
• Lesson XV: Starting a Millinery Business
• Lesson XVI: The Designer in the Workroom
• Lesson XVII: Making and Use of Bandeaux
• Glossary of Millinery and Dry Goods Terms

PDF Reprint #3

239 Pages

Practical Easy Millinery

In compiling this book in 1920s, the author had in her mind, not only the teaching of the handicraft of Millinery, but the hope of presenting her subject in such a form as many stimulate thought, ingenuity, and originality.

Contents Covered

• The History of Millinery
• The Ideal Hat - Choice of Color, Shape, and Material
• Pattern Making
• Shape-Making
• Wire Shape-Making
• The Cutting of Materials and Making of Folds, Pipings, and Bows, etc., on the Cross
• Covering Shapes
• Straw Working
• Lining, Binding and Facing Brims
• Hat and Bonnet Linings, and Bandeaux
• Pleatings, Ruchings and Quillings; Cockades, Pleated and Petal Rosettes, and Other Ornaments
• Ribbon Bows
• Sports, Weather, Pull-on, Ribbon, and Fur Hats
• Hardwear, and Fruit, and Flower Hat Trimmings
• Lace, Net, and Tulle Working; Caps and Bonnets
• Infants' and Children's Millinery
• Millinery Renovations

PDF Reprint #4

130 Pages

How to Make Your Own Hats

This book is an excellent instruction al guide to millinery, written in 1920s by the Director of the Domestic Arts Department of the Minneapolis Y.W.C.A, a top Designer, Demonstrator and Instructor in Millinery.

Contents Covered

• Equipment and Materials
• Covering Frame with Velvet
• Frames of Neteen and Crinoline
• Wire Frames
• Round Crown of Wire
• Hat Coverings
• Trimmings
• Hand-Made Flowers
• Remodeling and Renovating

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