Thank you for the update, Suzanne! I'd love to see pictures. :)
I found treasure today, and I think you're reallllly going to like it! http://www.sewweekly.com/2011/04/10-free-hat-tutorials-patterns/ Mena, SewWeekly's blogger, did an excellent job pulling together a list of free tutorials on the web. I love that there is a of variety hats (that they weren't all variations on the same theme or year). I couldn't help but take at look at each tutorial as soon as I found the list! Each tutorial is written by different person. Some were dumbed down. A few assumed advanced experience. Most were in the middle, similar to a knowledge base expected for a big three commercial pattern. However, number 4 kind of blew me away. Just drafting your pattern requires an advanced degree in mathematics! I found one broken link, and it's most unfortunate. It went to a hat making book, from '52, posted online. Anyway, give it a looksee. I hope you're as tickled as I am and I couldn't wait to share it with you. 'Bella On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Suzanne <sovag...@cybermesa.com> wrote: > Thanks, 'Bella! > > Armed with a copy of Denise Dreher's "From the Neck Up: an illustrated > guide to hatmaking" and your helpful posts, we forged ahead with the 1908 > hat project today. Using lightweight wool felt and a heavy non-fusible > interfacing (possibly "Pel-tex'… it was in my stash but not labeled), and > hand stitching, we got a nice approximation of the turban in McCall Pattern > No. 6260, "Scotch Hats". (There are 3 views: a "scotch cap" which is > fairly simple, a "tam-o-'shanter" which looks like a large Buster Brown > hat, and the "turban" which is what took my student's fancy.) I haven't > found any images for this pattern on teh interwebz -- it appears that > McCall's has re-used that number at least 6 times in the intervening > century -- so I'll try to get it posted on our Facebook page next week. :-) > > I couldn't find hat canvas in our small midwestern town, and I didn't want > to use buckram (available at JoAnn's in the utility fabric section) because > it's not water-proof, so that dictated the choice of materials. I'm going > to try another version with a lightweight fashion fabric for comparison. > The pattern directions assume that you know when to trim and clip the seam > allowance, and when to stitch the center back seam, and how to apply the > embellishments… it was an interesting exercise in historic interpretation. > The next challenge is to figure out how to adapt the pattern for different > head sizes (I think this one assumes that you'll be wearing it on top of > big hair). > > We're jazzed now and thinking about ordering hat canvas and millinery wire > online so we can tackle more complicated projects. > Suzanne > > > On Feb 15, 2013, at 1:00 PM, h-costume-requ...@indra.com wrote: > > > Subject: Re: [h-cost] vintage hat-making instructions > > Date: February 14, 2013 9:50:30 PM CST > > To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> > > …. > > > > Your hat question has been on my mind for hours now, and I'm doing a > little > > bit of surfing. (I've been unable to find a picture of the pattern you > have > > though...poo!) > > > > Nevetheless, here's a little more hand-holding for ya! > > > > This page has a list of different types of hat canvas, and there's a > > paragraph toward the middle of the page that says "for fabric > suggestions, > > go to my homepage." > > > > http://www.millinerytechniques.com/covered-hat-requirements.html > > > > 'Bella > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
