HATalk

the e-magazine for those who make hats


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HATalk   ISSUE 01 £3.50
Living History with Margaret Owen; hat of the month by Aashild Oma Sele; make a beret with stitched detail on a vintage block; a hat game for all ages.
HATalk   ISSUE 02 £3.50
Maude Laird – Hats in Retirement; hat of the month by Nick Parkin; make a hat lining by hand, a decorated hat pin, make brims without blocks in straw.
HATalk   ISSUE 03 £3.50
Rodney Worth, Birmingham Hippodrome; hat of the month by Donna Scarfe; make hat linings, create sinamay brims without blocks, children and hats.
HATalk  

ISSUE 04 £3.50
Mona Rochon, setting a trend in Canada; hat of the month by Simone Goward; learn about stitches for millinery, Create a ‘Circlet’ hat, braid some hatbands.

HATalk   ISSUE 05 £3.50
Sachiko Ikeda, milliner in Japan; hat of the month by Nowela Swanson; make a Feather Flower; stitches for millinery, part 2; about Berets.
HATalk   ISSUE 06 £3.50
Millinery is alive and well in the 21st century! Hat of the month by Sophie Llewellyn Smith; make an Edwardian Tiara; have a Hat Party; about Cloches and more.
HATalk   ISSUE 07 £3.50
Linda Bratley – millinery in the countryside; hat of the month created by Liz Gurney; cut into your brim; make another silk tiara and more.
HATalk   ISSUE 08 £3.50
Sheila Collins, Hats in Miniature; hat of the month by Emily Harris; make a display stand, lovely lilies, children have fun with hats and more.
HATalk   ISSUE 09 £3.50
Archie Burkel & Hat Ladies; hat of the month by Sue Wainwright; work with crin, make a boa & play HATdoku!
HATalk   ISSUE 10 £3.50
Fashion students get a taste of millinery; hat of the month created by Kim Silver; use your Logo, make another Edwardian tiara, eat your hat.
HATalk   ISSUE 11 £3.50
hat making which is making a real difference; hat of the month created by Katrina Skelton; visit the races, fill your lilies, our final Edwardian tiara.
HATalk   ISSUE 12 £3.50
Ora Vladislavsky, milliner in Israel; hat of the month created by Nessa Cronin; make a hat from left-over straw, create a simple block, use colour.
HATalk   ISSUE 13 £3.50
Jill Taylor re-furbishes hats; hat of the month created by Beth Essex; use colour, create a fascinator, make a flower, and more.
HATalk   ISSUE 14 £3.50
An unusual tribute to a Master Milliner; hat of the month created by Sarah Coleman; make tiny flowers, create a hat with felt pieces, more about colour.
HATalk   ISSUE 15 £3.50
A visit to Peru; hat of the month created by Annie Griffith; use your hatblocks, make a hatband, a little silk hat and more.
HATalk   ISSUE 16 £3.50
A visit to an inspiring hat studio; hat of the month created by Ann Storm; use your Hatblocks 2, introducing tiaras, lingerie for hats and more.
HATalk   ISSUE 17 £3.50
Millinery in days gone by; hat of the month created by Ayo Uko; extra ways to use hat blocks, make a tiara, decorative buttons and more.
HATalk   ISSUE 18 £3.50
Making hats for ‘My Fair Lady’; hat of the month created by Rachel Wykes; more on using and adapting hat blocks, make a straw cocktail hat and more.
HATalk   ISSUE 19 £3.50
A look at Alternative Fashion Week; hat of the month created by Ann Storm; make a Coronet tiara, a straw flower, simple stamens and more.
HATalk   ISSUE 20 £3.50
Dawn Ball tells how she began hat making; hat of the month created by Lilly Last; display your hats, make organza flowers, meet the block maker and more.
HATalk   ISSUE 21 £3.50
Setting up in business with Debbie Birmingham; hat of the month created by Liisa Walker; make a new tiara, a feather flower, the block maker part 2 and more.
HATalk   ISSUE 22 £3.50
Catherine Clark Hat Hire; hat of the month created by Jane Moss; improvise with blocks, hat cards, the block maker part 3, a hat Hen Party and more.
HATalk   ISSUE 23 £3.50
Nina Blakemore, model; hat of the month created by Becky Smith; a historic hat collection, more rouleau magic, speaking about hats and more.
HATalk   ISSUE 24 £3.50
Cynthia Whelan – hats as sculptures; hat of the month created by Julie McCready; a hat for a wedding, inspirational bias strips, photo hints and more.
HATalk   ISSUE 25 £3.50
Diane Ferris & The Hatbox. Hat of the Month by Linda Gove Evans. How to make a ‘Retro’ tiara, an exotic bloom, use stitching on sinamay and more.
HATalk   ISSUE 26 £3.50
Linda Gove Evans. Hat of the Month by Marjory Tennant. How to make feathered creation designs, block improvisations, and the beauty of simplicity.
HATalk   ISSUE 27 £3.50
Australian milliner, Wendy White. Hat of the Month by Elisabeth Koch. How to make a bias strip fascinator; a chic little hat; hat history for children and more.
Issue 28   ISSUE 28 £3.50
Milliner in the Netherlands,
Myra van de Korput. Hat of the Month by Ann Chaisty. A historic hat collection part 2; petersham possibilities; placing hat trims and more.
  ISSUE 29 £3.50
Milliner in Germany, Ulli Meins. Hat of the Month by Julie McCready. How to make an ingenious hat; a hat stand; getting your hats seen and more.
  ISSUE 30 £3.50
Wilma Smith hosts a special
hat event. Hat of the Month
by Sarah Carter. How to re-create a hat in vintage-style; learn about blocking net; organza, and more.
  ISSUE 31 £3.50
Carry Somers and Pachacuti Panamas. Hat of the Month by Sally Walter. Clever corsages, sinamay tiaras lilies. Introducing Parkin Fabrics and more.
  ISSUE 32 £3.50
Katie Burley and ‘Etsy'. Hat of the Month by Dyonne Rhodes. Use pre-formed brims to create fascinators, make wired trimmings, learn to ‘Wet ‘n Shape’ & more.
  ISSUE 33 £3.50
Mona Rochon & school theatre performances. Hat of the Month by Denice Gregory. ‘Roman’ Alice bands, Victorian markets & fascinator-hats.
  ISSUE 34 £3.50
Elisabeth Koch in China. Hat of the Month by Linda Bratley. New blocking techniques, show your hats, focus on fascinators, create your own bias tape & more.
  ISSUE 35 £3.50
Millinery in Poland with Ewa Mroz. Inspirational hat by Patricia Waller. Recycle a brim, use dress patterns, vintage hats, decorate hat pins, focus on fascinators.
  ISSUE 36 £3.50
Ayo Uko, in the USA. Hat of the month by Ann Champion. Focus on fascinators, learn ruching, A-Z of hats: ‘B’, an Elegant Shopping Party.
  ISSUE 37 £3.50
Paula Singleton handmade felt hats. Inspirational hat by Pamela Larsen & Ruth Greenberg. Fascinators; hat A-Z; preformed brim to fasc-inator; look good in hats.
  ISSUE 38 £3.50
Daba Iyeimo in Nigeria. An unusual fascinator by Grace Farrimond. Hat A-Z; preformed brim to fascinator; Hat Camp; an instant hatband.
 

ISSUE 39 £3.50
Walter Wright Ltd. Prize-winning hat by Ambreen Iqbal. Work experience with a milliner, A-Z of hats, designing for a competition, hats to the Palace.

 

ISSUE 40 £3.50
Barbara Kile, milliner and teacher. Prize-winning hat by Carol Hartshorn. Hats at a splendid occasion: recycle a drinks can: A-Z of hats: polystyrene heads.

 

ISSUE 41 £3.50
Sally Harper: from sculpture to millinery. Dual-purpose hats by Conaty and Walker. Make a ‘rose’ fascinator, hat decorations, inspirational lillies and A-Z of hats.

 

ISSUE 42 £3.50
Rachel E Pollock on period hats, ‘Audrey Hepburn’ hat by Carol Burrows, crin as hat edging, edge fascinator bases, make a fascinator flower, Opera order.

 

ISSUE 43 £3.50
Roslyn Applegate in Australia, Hat by Fashion student Nikki Stent, Carrie Kintore creates fascinators; textile artist decorating hats; choir hats; feather finishes.

 

ISSUE 44 £3.50
Margriet Verweij in Holland, Hats by Roslyn Applegate, How to wear your hat; learn the ‘tip and band’ method of creating wrinkle-free sinamay crowns.

ISSUE 45 £3.50

Gabriella Dumitran in Romania. Hat by Nikki Stent; trying on your hat; thimbles; Ascot hats; child's denim hat pattern; turn up cloche brims.

ISSUE 46 £3.50

Raquel Acero - Spanish milliner; hat by Carol Burrows; using tulle, crinoline and veiling; turn up sinamay brims; A-Z of hats; Ascot hats by Elisabeth Koch.

ISSUE 47 £3.50

Headwear, Hardware Exhibition; Fascinator by Rebecca Hanley; Make your own 'Sunny Morning Fascinator'; A-Z of hats; alternative felt stiffener; make earrings from sinamay scraps.

ISSUE 48 £3.50

Tricia Roush in the USA. Hat by Vladimir Straticiuc. German Hat Festival - Mut Zum Hut; J & K hat terms; how to knit & felt a hat and use feathers from a mount.

ISSUE 49 £3.50

Tina Giuntini-creator of Bea & Evie; hat by Andre Baxter; make a 'bling felt hat'; Janet Rickett's fascinators; "L" hat words; using artificial flowers.

 

ISSUE 50 £3.50

Flore makes hats for a film; hat by Anya Caliendo; New York City Hat Show; make a crumpled sinamay fascinator; retrimming with Joanna Zara; Nigerian Geles.

ISSUE 51 £3.50

Behida Dolic and her hand draped hats; hat by Esther de Frutos Moreno; Head Over Heels Exhibition; how to make felt flowers; fix a mismatched crown and brim.

ISSUE 52 £3.50

Sharon Bainbridge & her students exhibit; hat by Beth Hirst; use raw edge bias binding; make a feathered fascinator; market your hats.
       
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