Hats! - Sarah Cant

This is a guide to creating your own personalised headwear. Theauthor shows in step-by-step detail how to block classic shapes such ascloche or trilby and then transform them into numerous hat designs byadapting the brim and crown, giving them different trimmings, and soon. There are detailed instructions for making gorgeous hats andheadpieces in felt, fabric and straw. This is followed by achapter on making specialised trimmings, including dyeing, shaping,arranging and attaching feathers, making fabric flowers, and usingbeaded and stitched embellishments to finish of the hat. The bookincludes a number of projects and over 120 templates to help indesigning the hats. The book is highly illustrated with bothstep-by-step sequences and inspirational photographs.