Hat making tutorial

Hat making, also known as millinery, may look intimidating and complex, but it is actually quite simple. If you want to get really professional, you will need to use a hat block and a felt hood. If you are just starting out, or if you want...

In this tutorial, multi-award winning American milliner and millinery tutor Laura Del Villaggio will show you how to make a gorgeous bias-blocked sinamay hat brim with a hidden wired edge.

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This is a guide on how to make a fedora hat. Learn how to DIY a fedora hat in this step-by-step tutorial.

This tutorial has a bunch of different mini hat sizes! And there's a video - love that! Such a great diy costume idea. Mini top hats are so fun!

Create ravishing hats without expensive tools in this tutorial by milliner, John Koch.

I developed this form to be able to create top hat crowns quickly and easily. The form will work for felts but is especially conducive to Fosshape top hats. The form allows you to make hats in 6-9-12 inch height increments and circumference plates can be cut for any size head. Create a simple pattern for the top and the side of the crown. Using...

Alright everyone, onto part 2 of the basic pillbox tutorial! When we left off yesterday, we had the hat's inner structure completed, now it is time to cover it with fabric! Take the circle of fabric you cut out earlier and center it on the top of your hat to begin. Start across from the seam in the wire and hat stand band (now the center back) and position the fabric so it is on the bias from center back the center front. Pin from the top through the tip of the hat to the stand smoothing the…

I knew I wanted to make another pillbox hat to wear for the upcoming fall/winter season, and I also have been wanting to show you all a more proper method for making a hat than the way I explained in my basic pillbox tutorial. The great thing about the first way I showed you guys how to make a pillbox is that it doesn't require any special extra tools, however in real deal millinery, hats are made on blocks. I happen to have a very nice little round pillbox block from this lovely etsy shop…