Practical Home Millinery -- Edwardian Hat and Veil Pattern Making, Techniques and Construction

Originally 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, making paper patterns from an existing hat, laying out patterns, fixing patterns together, working with velvet, head linings for hats and bonnets, bow making, rosettes, wire shape making, hat shapes in stiff net, straw working, specific stitches used in millinery, craping, making widows veils, linings for hat brims, working with lace, confirmation and bridal veils, making silk flowers, childrens millinery (including taking head measurements, bonnets, materials used for foundations as well as patterns for a baby boy's first hat, girl's first bonnet, child's liberty hat), renovating hats, blending colors, wearing suitable colors, feather curling, materials used for millinery foundations, materials used for trimmings, millinery terms and much, much more. The 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. Sample page images are shown at the top of this page.