1930—Millinery Processes
by Carlotta M. Brown

PRESSING

Pressing should be done even more carefully in millinery than in clothing construction, for such work must be done while the hat is being made. The final pressing possible for a garment is impossible for a hat. All material should be pressed before the brim and crown pieces are cut from it. Care should be taken that the strokes of the iron follow the straight threads of the fabric.

Silk, satin, crêpe, georgette, ribbon, and felt may be pressed wrong side up on a well-padded ironing board with a moderately hot iron. All wrinkles may be easily taken out in this way. Seams in these fabrics are opened and pressed in the same way.

Velvet when new should not be pressed with an iron, but the wrinkles may be taken out by steaming (see Velvets). The seams in velvet are pressed open by running the thumb nail along the seams or by running the opened seams over the edge of an iron which has been turned on its side; they may also be steamed open if necessary.

Plush and velveteen are treated in the same way as velvet, except that in no case is the iron placed on the nap side of either of these two fabrics.

After having been pressed, all materials should be placed on a flat surface to allow for thorough cooling. If this is not done and the material is handled carelessly, additional wrinkles will be formed by the heat left in the cloth after the pressing.