Hats Design and Construction

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Summary: An essential for students of millinery
Review: As someone with a serious interest in Millinery, I found this text book to be extremely informative. Most areas of hat-making are covered in step by step detail. This is a text I would recommend to anyone intested in the various methods of hatmaking, from sewn to blocked felts and straws. It even contained small samples of foundation materials, which I have found really useful when order materials in the US from Australia where we call them by different names.

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Summary: One of the best , most complete instructions books available
Review: Basic text for learning millinery on one's own. One of the best and most complete instructions books available. The broad range of topics includes workroom equipment and supplies, complete step-by-step instructions on how to make patterns and sew various styles of hats: wooden blocks, felts, straws, bridal headdresses and children's hats. A wonderful resource as it contains actual fabric samples used for foundations, coverings and trim.

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Summary: disappointing
Review: This book is an unprofessionally bound wad of paper. It has absolutely no photographs in it, is all HAND-TYPED and has amateur drawings as descriptions. I can draw better than this myself. It should be clearly described and it is not.
I am disappointed with this purchase and because I am in the UK and it has been sent to me from USA at fast delivery rate it is not worth the money for me to send it back. It has already cost me $10 above it's price.

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Summary: Fairly Good Millinery Guide
Review: This book teaches most or all of the basic millinery skills, however, the book itself seems to be less than professionnally made.