Instructions and pattern for how to block a Regency Obi hat like these from the 1804 Fashions of London & Paris magazine.
This downloadable pattern includes: a materials list, instructions for making a block, altering your sewn straw hat, blocking the hat, mulling the hat, covering the underbrim, some decorating and pattern pieces.
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This shape of hat with a turned up brim in the front and a turned down back that covered the neck is a good choice for an early 19thC headwear because it does not obstruct your view like some bonnets do. It can be very plain but, because modern sewn straw hats have a good side and a back (rougher) side I added instructions for how to cover the underbrim which shows so much when you roll it back. There are two examples below.
Model, Laurie Tavan
