I revised and added to my article on “How to Dye Straw Hats”
Rewrite on “How to Dye” Straw Hats
Rewrite on “How to Dye” Straw Hats
Other sellers of my hat patterns
FYI There are other businesses that resell my patterns they also sell some hat making supplies.
In the UK. https://www.venacavadesign.co.uk
In the EU. https://www.la-rose-passementarie.com/en/
On the East Coast of the US. https://corsetmaking.com/Departments/Hat-Making
Hats etc. for sale
I will be selling off some of my hats and sometimes other costume items. From time to time I will add them to this page.
Using Janet Arnold’s Patterns of Fashion
Make a hat box taller
How to make a hat box into a taller hat box something sturdy enough to take traveling.
Advanced plume making
New article; with some better ways to make plumes from ostrich drabs (body feathers) and wing feathers. I have also added info on how I made the two 18th century headdresses on drilled twisted hairpins. I added that to the end of this article. You can find the hairpins for sale at the bottom of this page.
Step by Step Remake of a Beaded Purse
Food safe envelope glue
Most of us have made envelopes and cards over the years but I did not know one could make a food safe envelope glue so I could make cards as gifts, ready to go. Here is how.
Using Drilled Hairpins to Support Feathers
Learn how I made these feather ornaments; Find the article here.
How to burn feathers
Burnt feathers, mainly ostrich and peacock are often used in millinery ornaments for both hats and evening headdress. This became even more frequent in order to achieve the very wispy feathers after the millinery feather trade moved from rare birds to farm raised birds.