The black corduroy cloche that I showed you the other day has now been livened up by a lime green bias tape band. The red cloche is made from two layers of polar fleece. There’s also a black bias band on the inside, making it fully reversible. My brief for this one was to make [...]
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This is my second cloche hat, with a symmetrical brim this time. (You’re looking at the side of the hat – front at the left of the photo.) It’s made from heavy black cord, and lined with black polar fleece. This hat’s going on a honeymoon to Iceland in a few weeks, so it should [...]
For Christmas, skycarrots gave me a 1960s book on millinery. I keep leafing through it, but it’s taken me all these months to get around to actually making anything. There are several chapters on “dressmaker” hats. Rather than using felt hoods and a block to mould your hat into shape, you make a pattern and [...]