A PERFECT COURSE IN MILLINERY Hat Making Hats CD 1925!
A Perfect
Course in
Millinery!
CD
Republication™
Originally
Published - 1925 by
The Illustrated Milliner!
Up for bid is another marvelous Dakota Prairie Treasures
CD Republication™ of our original
"A Perfect Course in Millinery
"
originally published by
The Illustrated Milliner Co. in
1925!
This HISTORIC item includes detailed
instructions and needle working techniques to
make the lovely hat styles of the Titanic
Flapper eras and earlier! (Original is NOT for sale)
*** Don't settle for cheap CD info products of inferior quality! Dakota Prairie Treasures specializes in state-of-the-art professional reproductions that have been digitally enhanced to provide you with the finest historical CD Republications™ available. ***
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This item is a great resource for those who are Victorian and Edwardian historical reenactment enthusiasts, theatre costumers, students of historical clothing,fiber and textile arts, etc! FYI: Many of our customer's favorite CD
Republications™ are now becoming available in Spiral Bound
Pattern Book™ format! If you would prefer these antique instructions as a Spiral Bound Pattern Book™ instead of a CD Republication™ please email! We will list it for you asap and email you it's listing number to expedite your order!
This is certainly a fine source of historically valuable techniques & inspiration for
the creative needlework, fabric & thread artists who desire
to study and create with tried-and-true professional millinery making techniques! This is the
perfect opportunity to purchase your own version of another wonderful arts &
crafts instructional revealing our heritage from earlier America culture!
An excerpt:
"When taking up
the
study of millinery, one should approach it neither with fear nor an overconfidence...But be it
remembered that what has been done by one human being, in all
ordinary cases, can be accomplished by another, with persistence and care."
Index to Lessons
Introduction
Necessary Tools
and Supplies
Lesson
1
Making One-piece Wire
Frames
Lesson
2
Making Two-piece Wire
Frames
Lesson
3
Stitches Used in
Millinery
Lesson
4
To Cover a Wire Frame
Lesson
5
Applying Cover to
Foundations
Lesson
6
Sewing Braid in Fancy
Forms
Lesson
7
Lining the Crown
Lesson
8
Making Hat Bandeaux
Lesson
9
Making Buckram Frames
Lesson
10
Varying the Buckram
Frame
Lesson
11
Emergencies in Frame
Making
Lesson
12
Covering the Buckram
Frame
Lesson
13
Brim Finishes
Lesson
14
Covering the Crown
Lesson
15
Folds and Hems
Lesson
16
Brim Bindings
Lesson
17
French Design Work
Lesson
18
Five Different Crowns
Lesson
19
Draping on Concave
Surfaces
Lesson
20
Transparent Hats
Lesson
21
Transparent Brims, Brim
Extensions
Lesson
22
Bows and Other Fancies
Lesson
23
Shirrings, Dimpled
Rosette
Lesson
24
Buckles, Plastron
Rosette, Shirrings
Lesson
25
Wiring Ribbon, Woven
Bands, Smocking
Lesson
26
Bows and Rossettes
Lesson
27
Steaming and Renovating
Materials
Lesson
28
Renovating and Tinting
What a historically
educational and delightful millinery fancy work art instructional piece this is!
The ladies of earlier
times put their hands to such marvelous work and now you can too! These are
beautiful items and sure to delight you and yours! These instructions are very
clear and easy to follow and yet the experience needle worker will be capable of
altering as per individual needs and artistic whim.
The antique and vintage fabrics, straws, wires,
tools, hat blocks, etc., can be found on eBay quite readily. You just have
to hunt a little bit! :) Or, of course, you can utilize contemporary tools and
materials found at a nearby fabric, craft or hobby store…
The item you will receive is representative of the types
of needlework expertise of earlier genteel and feminine American and European
culture! If you're into nostalgia like I am you will have many hours of
enjoyment recreating antique needlework items for yourself or others dear to
your heart just the way your grandmothers did!
You will appreciate the attention taken in providing a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that you will use for many years to come. This information has been scanned into a CD-ROM Reproduction™ using the Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF format. You may download a FREE version of the Adobe software program at www.adobe.com . This is NOT a copy of another CD-ROM. You will receive an ORIGINAL CD of this historic and resourceful book. The text is viewed easily from your computer or you may choose to print each page as you read this amazing book on embroidery. Every page has been meticulously scanned, cleaned and burned to preserve this ANTIQUE book's information and patterns to CD-ROM! The format of this resource has so many more advantages than the original book. What are the benefits of Dakota Prairie Treasures' Antique Book CD Republications™? * Every image and every page has been scanned to produce crystal clear images and you never have to deal with any crumbling old paper! * These scans are completely sizable. You can enlarge and print according to your visual needs! * Each page is saved in PDF format at a high dsi and is readily accessible using Adobe Acrobat (or other pdf reading software programs). This program is very user friendly and allows you to print any one specific page or the entire book! * Each time you want to use an image, a page or pages you can print it out. Every one will be as crisp and clear as the last! * If you spill your coffee, tea or soda on a page you just print yourself another! * You can put all of your notes or musings on your printouts and save them in a folder for future referencing! *Each CD-ROM comes in a protective case! Curious about the quality of these scans? Please contact me and I will forward an image for your own personal inspection! Scale it, edit it, print it to fit your needs and you are surely going to be quite pleased with the results! You will appreciate the attention taken in providing a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that you will use for many years to come... Check out Dakota Prairie Treasures' current auctions and store listings for many other unique needlework CD Republications™ for the creative muse in you!
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