Hat making

Period hats & More by Denise Nadine Design. The source for historical hat patterns, frames, and kits that enable anyone to produce professional looking hats for any period in time. Learn how to make hats, get tips and tricks for making buckram frame hats, view videos, source supplies, and much more. Please come visit!

make your own hats (1921)

In my previous post about the Mad Hatter’s hat, I mentioned that I was going to post about how to wire buckram. If you’re interested in making a buckram-based hat, you’ll need to …

How To Make A Straw Hat From Scratch - Sew Historically

No-Sew 60-Second Pill Box Hat! Click the photo to see how!

Create a summer staple Sun Hat with a simple woven placemats. It's cheap and cheerful - you can't go wrong!I needed a sunhat with a wide brim and when I nipped…

Here's how I went about "cobbling" a big, fancy, Edwardian hat to wear to tea with my dress-up group, The Atlanta Time Travelers. Sure, you could buy an antique hat. But this was more fun. And if I don't count my time or blood loss in the equation, much less expensive! It's not difficult and requires no advanced sewin

An easy, inexpensive way to make a custom hat block for moulding felt hats. I make a lot of hats using flat-patterning techniques, but nothing beats wool felt to get a smooth curved shape. Felt has no grain, so once softened with heat and moisture, it can be stretched in any direction – and will […]

I shared this tutorial on Instagram earlier this year, but now that beret season has rolled around again I thought I would repost it here so it’s easy to save/pin for reference.

How to Make a Leather Bushcraft Hat: I had made a fantastic video tutorial on creating a bushcraft hat, but after being online for the last 6 years YouTube decided to remove it without telling me. So now, unfortunately I don't have another copy of the vid but I did have some images I u…

Learn how to make a fascinator for the Kentucky Derby. What materials to use for a fascinator and tips for how to wear a fascinator.

One piece of bright felt, cut in a simple shape, a few quick stitches - and, presto! - a hat! See some simple vintage one-piece hats you can make

How to Make a Felt Hat (with Pictures) - wikiHow

On Monday I started my week long millinery course at Stratford Off The Wall; after only one day we’d already done a ton. After going over some basics we had a chance to tour the costume wareh…

In this tutorial, multi-award winning American milliner and millinery tutor Laura Del Villaggio will show you how to make a gorgeous bias-blocked sinamay hat brim with a hidden wired edge.

It’s always exciting to get to the stage in the costume making where I get to make a coordinating hat. And this project was no exception. I decided on a Bergere, which is French for Shepherdess, because, well, Bo Peep! I jest. But really, I do love the whole 18th century shepherdess look. I really chose this style because it was very popular in the 18th Century and it is very pretty as well as easy to wear. The style is also the base hat for two hats in the American Duchess guide to…

If you are here for a tutorial, as you can read from the full title, this isn't one! Sorry. Here is a tutorial for making a 1960s-style wh...