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  1. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I tried a search for Tim@purebeaver and found a web page, the fur felts look great, and I followed this link, www.purebeaverhatsupply.com trouble is you have to have an Instagram account.
  2. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Well, I think that I am finished with my grey hat. I made this hat into a Fedora with a teardrop crown, the brim is 2 5/8" wide, the hat band if 1 1/2" wide French Grosgrain Midnight Navy, I was going to use the black Grosgrain ribbon, but this hat looked better with the Midnight Navy. Here are...
  3. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I am still working on the grey hat, today I put it in the flange and worked on shaping the brim. I have decided that I won't be sewing any more sweatbands from start to finish, it takes too long and getting everything lined up properly and keeping lined up while hand sewing the reeding tape and...
  4. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I have been working on a few things, I finished up the sweatband all except the little bow in the back, black bow for this sweatband. I have been waiting on some ribbon that I ordered and hat bows. I made a flange stand out of a 2"x12"x24" and used a 5/16" dowel rod for the pins. I have been...
  5. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I have about 4 flanges and I only use 1 of them, the others are in storage lying flat on a shelf. Some of them need some sort of repair, one of the flanges is for a small hat size, I think it is a size 6.5 and from the looks, I am guessing a bowler style hat. What do you coat your flanges with...
  7. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    $5K for a sewing machine to sew sweatbands into hats, well it looks like I will be sewing by hand for a long time, maybe I will invest in a thimble, I need to protect my fingers somehow. Aluminum plates 3/8" thick would give you a good surface to iron on. What diameter are the plates?
  8. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I had to do a little research to figure out what width size ribbon binding 7 ligne was, it is about .60 inches width, a little over 1/2" width, that width of binding is perfect for brim binding, of course that is my opinion on brim binding, I am not real fond of wider brim binding. I have a bit...
  9. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I have watched a couple of Hornskov videos, I enjoyed watching his work, however I had to stop when he started cutting holes in a hat that he had just finished, then setting it on fire. Doesn't Hornskov use a sewing machine for all of his hat work? I will have to watch some more videos, hand...
  10. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Sounds like you're in a win, win situation there, you might just pick up some sewing tips and the hand dyed batik fabrics for hat liners, you can't go wrong there.
  11. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Hi ChicagoWayVito, the aluminum disc that the hat is sitting on are about 24" diameter, 1/8" thick and the disc on the bottom does have a hole cut in it, I use the aluminum plates when I work on my hats, mainly to get the brim to flatten out, however now I have a marble slab to iron the brim on...
  13. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Thanks BB I really appreciate the positive feedback, makes me feel better about what I am doing with hats. I was trying to remember what Art did next in his video, I shouldn't have trouble remembering Art's next step since I have watched that video so many times.
  14. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I have been working on my grey hat, moving a little slow. The leather sweatband is taking a lot of time, but I am just about finished hand sewing the reed and reed tape to the leather, this will be my last time hand sewing a sweatband, I ordered a few sweatbands for my next hat projects. I...
  15. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I have an old dark chocolate colored fedora that I have been using as a test bed for things that I am thinking about doing, I have stripped this hat down, cleaned it using denatured alcohol, re-blocked it and ironed out the brim, curled the brim and yesterday I made corrections to the bow, then...
  16. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I have done a little work on my grey fur felt hat body, I have it on my block and I spent a bit of time ironing out the brim. I purchased a large piece of marble to iron my hats on, lucky for me my wife will be able to use it for mixing dough or cutting lettuce and tomatoes on and since she can...
  17. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I think that we will see price increase in everything, it has already increased in food cost and we are all feeling it where we get gas. It might be a good ideal to buy a few fur felt hat bodies if you can. I may have to check into buying a couple myself, I am down to two right now and one is on...
  19. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I have been cutting the ends at 5 degrees, the problem may be that I am hand sewing the ends together, I cut the reed so it is about 1/2" longer than the sweatband and I have been sewing the reed tape onto the leather by hand also. Maybe I should look at buying a sewing machine? I checked out...
  20. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Hi Art, Thank you, I made the corrections on the bow after someone else pointed out the problems with the bow work. I really appreciate the help, I am learning a lot. I never thought about using wax on thread for hat work, I use wax on thread when working with leather. I have two different type...
  21. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    I am getting ready to start another hat, this time it is a dark Grey. I am going to make this hat into a Fedora with a black Grosgrain hat band and bow, I will be making another sweatband for this hat, the silk liner is black.
  22. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Well, I decided to give this hat a Fedora bash with a flat brim slightly turned down in the front. The front has a tight pinch, and the top has a crease down the center. It would be easy to create a teardrop bash in the crown using this as a starting point. Any way here a few photos of the hat...
  23. Darrell2688

    Hat making?? Learning Millinery..

    Well, I made some small changes to my bow on this hat and here is a few photos for you to look at.

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