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Can't decide which book to get? Choose from our complete list of hat making books:

How to make simple hats that require
little or no equipment.

Making tiaras; eye-catching brims;
how to make silk flowers...

Working with blocks, simple felt cloches, hats from sinamay and straw...

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Silk Hat
Feathers, Feathers, Feathers
Stitched Strip Hats
Freeform Felt Hat
Double Brimmed Hat
Linen and Silk Fibre Hats
Men's Hats

Setting up a millinery business, a very useful guide to hat making materials...

HollyMay Pickell

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How to make hats from silk, strips of fabric and linen. And a book on making hats for men. Then there's Freeform Felt – how to make a really striking hat made by shaping the felt by hand. Double brimmed hats are also in this section, as a new feather fascinator book – Fetahers, Feathers, Feathers!

Silk Hat Silk makes extremely beautiful hats. Our step-by-step guide will ensure that you avoid pitfalls and create a lovely, unique silk hat – an extremely useful and saleable skill. More...	Feathers, Feathers, Feathers! Feathers are such beautiful things that it’s not surprising that there is a huge range of fascinators and small hair pieces available. The technique is not at all difficult to master. More...	Stitched Strip Hats Master milliner Jane Smith demonstrates the method of creating many different styles of hat using only an ordinary domestic sewing machine, one crown block and virtually any kind of strip fabric. More...

Freeform Felt Hat Make a really striking and unusual hat in felt, using a ‘freeform’ technique. Don’t be restricted by the hat block shapes available to you, but learn how to combine them with shaping felt by hand. More...	Double Brimmed Hat Once you have learned the skills of creating hats in different fabrics, and have tried a number of different block shapes, there will inevitably come a time when you ask yourself – how can I make even more spectacular hats? This is the book that shows you how! More...	Linen & Silk Fibre Hats Don’t be restricted by the idea that ladies hats are traditionally made from only sinamay, straw or felt. Both linen, and silk fibre make beautiful hats – just follow our simple instructions and be inspired! More...

Men's Hats Even if your main emphasis is on beautiful decorative hats for ladies, it's a great asset to be able to create men’s hats And here we show you how! More...

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