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1930—Millinery Processes
by Carlotta M. Brown
CONTENTS
PREFACE
BIAS
BINDINGS
- Single-bias Binding for Covering Wire
- Binding slip-stitched at Both Sides
- Binding slip-stitched at One Side
- Double-bias Binding
- Ribbon Binding
- Shirred Binding
BLOCKS AND BLOCKING
- Crown Blocks of Plaster of Paris and of Wood
- Fabric Crown wired for Block
- Wire Brim for Blocking
- Blocking over a Cork Block
- Blocking over a Wire-brim Block
BRIM COVERINGS
CASINGS
COLOR
CORDING
CROWN COVERINGS
- Tailored, or Fitted
- Soft Crown with Oval or Round Top
- Shirred
- Bias-strip
- Sectional
- Upright Sectional
- Sectional with Corded Seams
- Sections running from Side to Side
- Side Crown with Scalloped Edge and Oval Top
- Side Crown and Sectional Top in One Piece
- Side Crown and Sectional Top Separate
- Tams
- One-piece
- Two-piece Circular
- Beret
- Circular Top with Fitted Under Crown
- Six-section Flared
- Fitted Under Crown in Two Parts
EDGE FINISHES
FABRIC FRAMES
FACINGS
FOLDS
FLOWER AND FRUIT ORNAMENTS
LININGS
MATERIALS USED FOR COVERING HATS
MEASUREMENTS
MODELING
PATTERNS
PRESSING
RENOVATION AND CARE OF HATS AND HAT MATERIALS
- Cleaning and Bleaching Straw and Braid Hats
- Felt Hats
- Dyeing Hats
- Renovating Hat Materials
- Care of the Hat
- Making the Hat Box
RIBBON HATS
RIBBON TRIMMINGS
SEAMS
SELECTION OF HATS
- Principles of Design to be Considered
- Hats for Definite Types
- Influence of Trimmings
- Children's Hats
- Points to be Remembered
STITCHES USED IN MILLINERY
- Slip-stitch
- Long-and-short
- Cord-edge
- Running
- Back
- Lock
- Catch
- Tie Tack
- Stab
- Machine-stitching
- Quilting
- Tucking
STRAW AND HORSEHAIR BRAIDS
USE OF WIRE
- Kinds of Wire
- Construction of the Brim for the Transparent Hat
- Wiring Fabric Frames
- Use of Ribbon Wire
