I just found a hat my great-grandmother made and it's spookily similar to the one I just watched you make only 110 years older and very fragile, excellent work, keep it up
Just wanted to say thank you for making this video! I've always liked hats, and you gave me the confidence to make my own. Now I've got a millinery stall at the flea market! Thank you!!
I've also started investing a lot in hat pins recently. Even modern sunhats just go flying around and just have a mind of their own, so I'm happy to have found some decently long and sturdy hatpins to help tack them down where I want them ^^
This is perfection. I want to make an insanely wide, red sunhat (think Rose's hat when boarding the titanic only a smaller crown and red) for when I'm forced to go outside with people in the summer but also want the brim to be sturdy and hold up to the weight of my expectations. I'm going to follow this tutorial to do it!
I just love watching you create! The joke in my family is to NOT let me near a sewing machine as I continually break them. Please keep sharing. Thanks for the hours of enjoyment!!!
I work at a hat store so I LOVED watching this! It may not be historically accurate, but adding a drawstring to the inside of the crown can help prevent the hat from falling too far forward or being too large. I see this becoming more common on large, Kentucky derby style hats. Little loops on the inside to hook hair pins into can also help keep a hat in place. Hat pins might be a more authentic option, but may be difficult to get through so many layers. Depending on the fabric, it may cause damage. But on looser weaves like a sinamay base, you can slide the pin between the fibers without a problem.
Thank you so much for posting! I've been making hats for many years and have done EVERYTHING by hand. Until I saw your demonstration on applying the wire with the machine. And no broken machine needles!
I love the hat! I am going to make a 3 piece edwardian inspired suit of black pinstriped suiting and the blue striped fabric I have chosen to make a blouse is close to the blue flowers in the hat. I think the hat would be perfect for.my suit. I was going to make a 3 piece skirt (pencil style bustle with a corset and victorain jacket to match) I decided I want a high waist skirt so a corset will not suit me and I have opted to not make a wide collar on my jacket.but go to the high neck ( I think) that may change again to. Thanks for the inspiration and details . I like it and it will be a style.very close to the one made here. Oh, and I do so love the sheer fabric you used to line the brim and make the blouse you wore made from it. Sence the suit is more a cold weather wear. I have a 1940's dress pattern to make but the size is not my body size, so much math is needed for the pintucks not on the pattern design and plus it will need a whole bust adjustment . I must.give you the props on this to as it.is 2 plaids with all the same.colors but the size of plaid is not the same. When I do these , would you like.to see them. I may or may.not.have a hat. The 1940 dress is a summer.dress to be mathed out and made asap. I give you my inspirering person tag even though I have wanted to do these things before you were even born. It truly is you that deseve it all. Many years battleing being.super.poor and a hard life but I have alway had passion for the arts in music clothing and home decore. I will sew again and I will reconnect with my.lost ability to do good and.you.helped. THANK YOU. I sure hope I dont embarrass me. lol. Oh one.more.thing Hats have a twill tape at the cap just above the brim . I haven't seen you use one. Is that.not something you feel needed? Or is it.just.that ypu dont wear them enough to strwtch the hat size? Just wondering why , answer or donot Much love and adoration keeep.up the fabulous work well done and well lived by many. I dont know how many.followers you have but I bet all of them have my.very same feelings about you and your talent alone with admiration on being SELF-TAUGHT. SPECTATOR Ang3lia (3 was an accident but i have changed text over 3 times today... it is who I truly.am so it.is an e & me occasionally but today wildfire.
Thank you so much! I’m in the middle of making a hat from a pattern, and already I see so many techniques that would have been beneficial. I liked the idea of using any sort of wire; I used millinery wire on a very shaped brim and I worry about it being floppy and not holding its shape. I planned on making a top hat next so I’ll take your techniques to heart.
I love these over the top hats with feathers and flowers and grapes and everything! Maybe the next one needs a stuffed bird on top, Mrs Longbottom style? Anyway thanks so much for this tutorial - not only is it great for what it is, it can also easily be adapted to making brimmed hats from other periods. Keep up the good work!
I would recommend not using regular picture wire for hats as it doesn't bounce back like millinery wire. Millinery wire will not bend out of shape as easily.
This is one of the neatest tutorials I have seen so far and to "top" it of one of the most beautiful hats. It is classy, funky and properly made. A masterful example.
The chances that I fabricate such a hat are 0%. Nevertheless , the recycling of the lonely sock is a great tip. Thank you for this great video. I enjoyed every bit of it.
I have been enjoying catching up on your videos. I am just sewing aprons, bags & bibs to sell at a flea market to make some extra cash. I am just mesmerized by your talent! Thank you for being you & being so genuine. I watched another similar channel & I got the impression I was being talked down to.
I find tutorial very clear and love your humour take through video . Beautiful hat ! I have never done real hat outside knitted /crocheted and baby bonnets . I realized being grafter ,sewing /beader/clayer /wire work wanna be :P . I have actually everything else except Ostrich feathers ,only crappy ones . I will try practice making this hat . Thank You very much for your instructions and creativity which I greatly enjoy watching .
So much truth in this video! Decoration adds so much to hats and I remember the first one I made (a French hood following along with how you made yours) I was horrified until I started adding the beads and trim on! And now it's one of my favorite things I ever made! Also I love the part about staying true to what their intentions were in the past. I like to consider the spirit of the garment when I'm making it in addition to all the actual evidence, and it eases my mind when I hit something I just can't do in the historical way.
So inspiring, I love to sew and design all clothing. It is hard much of the time to find patterns, I have so many vintage, more difficult to find new designs. I became frustrated with personal sewing and switched to designing quilts, but still love to make vintage clothing. Thank you for your instructions.
I really love the gathered detail on the underside of the brim. I never thought of making a hat until I saw this video. Although it took me months to try one, it looks like everything you said not to do. Now, seeing your video again, I want to try another one using wire for support and the gathering technique. Thanks for your insight...
Thank you for this tutorial. It's really helpful and now I want to make a hat with grapes on it because you are right nothing can beat a hat with grapes on it.
I love this hat! When you were talking about hat decorations it reminded me of a kids book I have called "She's wearing a dead bird on her head". It all about the crazy hats women used to wear!
I'm in a formal millinery program right now, but they are not (nor do they plan to) going into these kinds of gathered linings or theatrical hats in general. Thanks for fixing the gaps in my studies.
Thank you, thank you! I have been looking for a hat 👒 tutorial like this for some while, and finally, I found it! ❤️ And the word Edwardian, love that time and style of dress and believe in dressing that way even tho we are in 2023. I have internalize that style and time period. I will look for movies during the Edwardian period.
your videos are amazing! it's so great the things you come up with, and the lengths you go to follow your passion for weird historical hats (and historical costume in general!). the fact that you're so lighthearted but thorough during the explanations really shows that you're having fun while doing it, and that's extremely comforting. i know you had some hard moments last year, but i'm happy you're enjoying this so much again. keep it up! the best part of this is seeing you happy during the videos
My goodness you are adorable and incredibly talented! Thank you for this video! This is the first time someone has made the process of millinery approachable.
You looked like Rose from the Titanic movie. Well done. I love the Edwardian era. I'll be making all kinda of period costumes soon.... inspired by you. Thank you.
Hi! This video might be 5 years old, but I'm planning an edwardian hat for a cosplay and this video is really helpful with drafting and constructing it. Thank you for posting it! Hope you are well :)
Angela, this is spectacular as always. Thank you for all the helpful suggestions. I am going to attempt child sized versions to add to a dress up trunk for little girls. They all love to play dress up. Have a wonderful day.
I only discovered your channel the other day and I have been binge watching ever since. I have made lots of costumes in my time, but nothing historically accurate. I wish I had access to the material and the prices that you have, but as I live in the UK 🇬🇧 I don't. I am very much enjoying watching you and you have made me want to go into my work room and get sewing. X
I took all day to learn and sew this! It was super fun, and I finally finished it this morning! What a great project to fill my time with, thank you for sharing. I think I'm going to be making many hats now... hehe
Wanting to use a fluff or twist of tulle around the upper side of the brim. Hoping to see a video on how to use tulle, flowers and feathers. Thank you for your videos. Very informative!!!
You look gorgeous in all these hats. I have done two versions of the pillbox you did and now am looking for something else, this looks promising! You keep switching between excess and access the wrong way round...I know its easy to do. I dont mind but foreign people might be confused by it. I think the gathered muslin looks so beautiful on the inside of the brim, I would have thought it was an expensive hat from a proper hat shop. I am developing quite the addiction for (trying) to make hats since I found your pillbox. Now I have the right materials they should come out better! Lol I would have believed you about the goggles! Shows my chances of ever getting a play button, or a pair of yellow goggles from Google (Google and goggles were made for each other, they should do a sideline in safety eyewear!) I already have a ton of ideas for different hats now you have shown that its not much more complicated than the pillbox. I love your videos!
This is by far the best video I have found in hat making and very applicable to the project I want to create. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this as it saves me TONS of time trying recreate this!
This was superb, and very helpful. I'm helping my school create costumes for Mary Poppins. I made Katie Nanna's hat a few weeks ago using similar methods that just seemed right to me, and it came out great, if a little 'tired' looking and that's ok for the character. I just made a formal, imposing hat for Miss Andrews using a paper pattern from Simplicity and it's awful. I'm going to re-do using the wire everything over interfacing approach. Why is it that whenever I make something without a pattern, it's generally much easier to do, more intuitive in process, and looks better than something I fight with, from a commercial pattern?
I was wondering, i have an antique very old (1870's) industrial foot that is for piping. Would a similar foot be good for inserting and sewing on the wire, if it had the zigzag space on that foot? Do they even make feet like that anymore? This looks like you could make lampshades as well using the same technique, you are inspirational!! A lamp shade with grapes and flowers and over 50 feathers?
If the wire is flexible enough to work with a piping foot, it probably isn't sturdy enough to support a hat of this size - so I really wouldn't recommend it! But yes, they still make feet like that :) I think lampshades involve sewing channels for wire - almost like corsets instead of hats, but I'm sure you could figure something out! I have a few very ruffly lampshades I decorated, but none with grapes....yet
Edwardian ladies had masses and masses of hair - long hair being de riguer for the time - and even wore, if not graced by nature with thick long hair, hairpieces to mimick Big Hair. Hence the big, big hats, which were fixed on the head with hatpins, which were stuck through the hat and the hair. When hair was bobbed during the roaring twenties, big hats went out of the window.. alas! I love the twenties, but I love the Edwardian era more, lol! (did you ever read the autobiography of Agatha Christie? She grew up in the Edwardian era. A real recommendation! Great woman, great book!)
its incredible how easy you describe your doing - I'm a dressmaker (elderly woman) for a theatergroup , but I couldn't explain it so detailed and precise! You are really a highly talented young lady - I would like it to stay in contact with you - maybe I could learn a lot from you for my doing!
THANK YOU for this thorough tutorial. I'm planning to make a Victorian-esque riding hat and the pattern envelope states "buckram" is needed, but the pattern says "interfacing" and I'm so confused. It's good to know I can use interfacing if I can't get the correct buckram-- and thank you for providing a link to the kind you used! Also, using another wire along the middle of the brim is a great idea that the pattern I have doesn't even mention. Subscribed and going to watch more of your videos before I start!
A little tip💡: when measuring a curved line put your measuring tape on its side (like it is a little wall), then there will be no wrinkling and measures will be much more precise
YAAAAAAAAS i been waiting for you to do a big over the top hat tutorial for ages 😭😭😭 i wanna make a bunch even though i would have no where to wear them to lol
I am so happy whenever your videos come out because they're both educational, inspiring and something I can put on in the background for some company (if I don't have time to properly dedicate my attention to them!)
Gosh you’re just so amazing! I love watching your videos! You’re such an inspiration to meeee, every time I watch your videos my heart swells with joy ❤️❤️❤️
Actually there were a lot of factories in the early 1900s, especially in New York and Paris that made shaped silk flowers. One of them is still in business and uses the 100+ year old molds.
Your hats always look amazing! I love the decorations and your tips and tricks are always helpful. I will definitely use your tutorial when I finally decide to make the Mad Hatter's tophat :D
Love this!!!! I feel a lot less intimidated by making a hat now that you explained things so well. Also just bought your 1st McCall's pattern so will be making one of these to go with that outfit at a later date!! Thanks so much for all your info!!
I usually buy varied packs - I'm not that picky unless I'm doing embroidery or beading. Just make sure it has a big enough (or well rounded) eye so that it won't damage your skin when pushing it through the layers.
Great tutorial! I made a hat using Mrs Depew’s pattern #3132. I don’t like how it turned out but after watching this video, I am going to try again using a few of your techniques. Thanks for making this video! ❤️
Your voiceover in this video is different to your usual style for tutorials. There's so much humour, it's wonderful. Really enjoyed this video.
I'm not saying it is because I filmed it after 11pm, but it might be because I filmed it after 11pm haha! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Agreed! Angela sounds like she's having so much fun in this video, it's delightful.
@@AngelaClaytonCostumery What is a good substitute for buckram?
@@maleaha2555 If you don't care about historical accuracy: I personally used 2mm EVA foam (although thicker is probably better) and it worked ok
@@ib5916 thank you
I loved the "use no feathers! Use 50 feathers!" inspirational speech at the end :)
I just found a hat my great-grandmother made and it's spookily similar to the one I just watched you make only 110 years older and very fragile, excellent work, keep it up
Just wanted to say thank you for making this video! I've always liked hats, and you gave me the confidence to make my own. Now I've got a millinery stall at the flea market! Thank you!!
I've also started investing a lot in hat pins recently. Even modern sunhats just go flying around and just have a mind of their own, so I'm happy to have found some decently long and sturdy hatpins to help tack them down where I want them ^^
I love that you addressed how the hat can look like a "mistake" right before it's trimmed!
Jolie j'aime bien
My grandmother was a milliner for a time in her youth. My childhood was filled with outrageous hats. You made me so very happy!
This is perfection. I want to make an insanely wide, red sunhat (think Rose's hat when boarding the titanic only a smaller crown and red) for when I'm forced to go outside with people in the summer but also want the brim to be sturdy and hold up to the weight of my expectations. I'm going to follow this tutorial to do it!
After watching this and your pillbox hat tutorial, I feel much more confident, with making something for myself. Thanks for the video!
I just love watching you create! The joke in my family is to NOT let me near a sewing machine as I continually break them. Please keep sharing. Thanks for the hours of enjoyment!!!
I work at a hat store so I LOVED watching this! It may not be historically accurate, but adding a drawstring to the inside of the crown can help prevent the hat from falling too far forward or being too large. I see this becoming more common on large, Kentucky derby style hats. Little loops on the inside to hook hair pins into can also help keep a hat in place. Hat pins might be a more authentic option, but may be difficult to get through so many layers. Depending on the fabric, it may cause damage. But on looser weaves like a sinamay base, you can slide the pin between the fibers without a problem.
Thank you so much for posting! I've been making hats for many years and have done EVERYTHING by hand. Until I saw your demonstration on applying the wire with the machine. And no broken machine needles!
I love the hat! I am going to make a 3 piece edwardian inspired suit of black pinstriped suiting and the blue striped fabric I have chosen to make a blouse is close to the blue flowers in the hat. I think the hat would be perfect for.my suit. I was going to make a 3 piece skirt (pencil style bustle with a corset and victorain jacket to match) I decided I want a high waist skirt so a corset will not suit me and I have opted to not make a wide collar on my jacket.but go to the high neck ( I think) that may change again to. Thanks for the inspiration and details . I like it and it will be a style.very close to the one made here. Oh, and I do so love the sheer fabric you used to line the brim and make the blouse you wore made from it.
Sence the suit is more a cold weather wear. I have a 1940's dress pattern to make but the size is not my body size, so much math is needed for the pintucks not on the pattern design and plus it will need a whole bust adjustment . I must.give you the props on this to as it.is 2 plaids with all the same.colors but the size of plaid is not the same. When I do these , would you like.to see them. I may or may.not.have a hat. The 1940 dress is a summer.dress to be mathed out and made asap.
I give you my inspirering person tag even though I have wanted to do these things before you were even born. It truly is you that deseve it all. Many years battleing being.super.poor and a hard life but I have alway had passion for the arts in music clothing and home decore. I will sew again and I will reconnect with my.lost ability to do good and.you.helped. THANK YOU. I sure hope I dont embarrass me. lol.
Oh one.more.thing Hats have a twill tape at the cap just above the brim . I haven't seen you use one. Is that.not something you feel needed? Or is it.just.that ypu dont wear them enough to strwtch the hat size? Just wondering why , answer or donot Much love and adoration keeep.up the fabulous work well done and well lived by many. I dont know how many.followers you have but I bet all of them have my.very same feelings about you and your talent alone with admiration on being SELF-TAUGHT. SPECTATOR Ang3lia (3 was an accident but i have changed text over 3 times today... it is who I truly.am so it.is an e & me occasionally but today wildfire.
I really like your attitude to historical accuracy :) accurate to the mood of the day is so much more interesting!!
This is wonderful!! I've never made a hat, but always wanted to so I could expand my costuming. This was a great, well rounded tutorial!
Thank you so much! I’m in the middle of making a hat from a pattern, and already I see so many techniques that would have been beneficial. I liked the idea of using any sort of wire; I used millinery wire on a very shaped brim and I worry about it being floppy and not holding its shape. I planned on making a top hat next so I’ll take your techniques to heart.
Thank you for this video! I especially like your ruffled lining -- it makes the whole thing look so much more "for real"!
I love these over the top hats with feathers and flowers and grapes and everything! Maybe the next one needs a stuffed bird on top, Mrs Longbottom style? Anyway thanks so much for this tutorial - not only is it great for what it is, it can also easily be adapted to making brimmed hats from other periods. Keep up the good work!
I would recommend not using regular picture wire for hats as it doesn't bounce back like millinery wire. Millinery wire will not bend out of shape as easily.
This is one of the neatest tutorials I have seen so far and to "top" it of one of the most beautiful hats. It is classy, funky and properly made. A masterful example.
The chances that I fabricate such a hat are 0%. Nevertheless , the recycling of the lonely sock is a great tip. Thank you for this great video. I enjoyed every bit of it.
I know it's unrrelated but I love the colour of your nail polish!
I have been enjoying catching up on your videos. I am just sewing aprons, bags & bibs to sell at a flea market to make some extra cash. I am just mesmerized by your talent! Thank you for being you & being so genuine. I watched another similar channel & I got the impression I was being talked down to.
I find tutorial very clear and love your humour take through video . Beautiful hat ! I have never done real hat outside knitted /crocheted and baby bonnets . I realized being grafter ,sewing /beader/clayer /wire work wanna be :P . I have actually everything else except Ostrich feathers ,only crappy ones . I will try practice making this hat . Thank You very much for your instructions and creativity which I greatly enjoy watching .
you look absolutely spectacular in that ridiculous fabulous historical hat. Thank you so much for this awesome tutorial!!
I really like the sock tip. And I feel you on the hair moment I have a mane
Pls never go away of TH-cam i love u
Honestly good to see Edwardian content-it’s a time period so overlooked
You made this sound very doable! I might be making a stylish & fun hat (with grapes!) some day. Very lovely and thank you for all the tips!
So much truth in this video! Decoration adds so much to hats and I remember the first one I made (a French hood following along with how you made yours) I was horrified until I started adding the beads and trim on! And now it's one of my favorite things I ever made! Also I love the part about staying true to what their intentions were in the past. I like to consider the spirit of the garment when I'm making it in addition to all the actual evidence, and it eases my mind when I hit something I just can't do in the historical way.
So inspiring, I love to sew and design all clothing. It is hard much of the time to find patterns, I have so many vintage, more difficult to find new designs. I became frustrated with personal sewing and switched to designing quilts, but still love to make vintage clothing. Thank you for your instructions.
you sounded much more relaxed in this video than you normally do in your tutorials, it was nice 😊 beautiful hat, I look forward to making one
I have been wanting to make a mad hatter top hat for years but never knew where to start. I think the techniques you used here are just what I need.
I really love the gathered detail on the underside of the brim. I never thought of making a hat until I saw this video. Although it took me months to try one, it looks like everything you said not to do. Now, seeing your video again, I want to try another one using wire for support and the gathering technique. Thanks for your insight...
Thank you for this tutorial. It's really helpful and now I want to make a hat with grapes on it because you are right nothing can beat a hat with grapes on it.
I love this hat! When you were talking about hat decorations it reminded me of a kids book I have called "She's wearing a dead bird on her head". It all about the crazy hats women used to wear!
I'm in a formal millinery program right now, but they are not (nor do they plan to) going into these kinds of gathered linings or theatrical hats in general. Thanks for fixing the gaps in my studies.
Thank you, thank you! I have been looking for a hat 👒 tutorial like this for some while, and finally, I found it! ❤️ And the word Edwardian, love that time and style of dress and believe in dressing that way even tho we are in 2023. I have internalize that style and time period. I will look for movies during the Edwardian period.
your videos are amazing! it's so great the things you come up with, and the lengths you go to follow your passion for weird historical hats (and historical costume in general!). the fact that you're so lighthearted but thorough during the explanations really shows that you're having fun while doing it, and that's extremely comforting. i know you had some hard moments last year, but i'm happy you're enjoying this so much again. keep it up! the best part of this is seeing you happy during the videos
My goodness you are adorable and incredibly talented! Thank you for this video! This is the first time someone has made the process of millinery approachable.
The hat is gorgeous and I am pleased with the instructions on how to construct one. It was so clear through every step.
You looked like Rose from the Titanic movie. Well done. I love the Edwardian era. I'll be making all kinda of period costumes soon.... inspired by you. Thank you.
Grapes on hats are the best indeed!
Hi! This video might be 5 years old, but I'm planning an edwardian hat for a cosplay and this video is really helpful with drafting and constructing it. Thank you for posting it! Hope you are well :)
Angela, this is spectacular as always. Thank you for all the helpful suggestions. I am going to attempt child sized versions to add to a dress up trunk for little girls. They all love to play dress up. Have a wonderful day.
I only discovered your channel the other day and I have been binge watching ever since. I have made lots of costumes in my time, but nothing historically accurate. I wish I had access to the material and the prices that you have, but as I live in the UK 🇬🇧 I don't. I am very much enjoying watching you and you have made me want to go into my work room and get sewing. X
I love any and every video you put out! It doesn’t even matter that I may never make one of these hats, I dropped everything to watch it. 💚
I took all day to learn and sew this! It was super fun, and I finally finished it this morning! What a great project to fill my time with, thank you for sharing. I think I'm going to be making many hats now... hehe
So helpful, thank you! Your tips for sewing wire will definitely give me confidence going forward- my last experience was a nightmare.
Lovely! Thank you for all your hard work putting your videos together, much appreciated, I’ve watched a few, really enjoy them!
Wanting to use a fluff or twist of tulle around the upper side of the brim. Hoping to see a video on how to use tulle, flowers and feathers. Thank you for your videos. Very informative!!!
I loved all those moments when you giggle to yourself during the voiceover! A beautiful video with beautiful hats
You look gorgeous in all these hats. I have done two versions of the pillbox you did and now am looking for something else, this looks promising! You keep switching between excess and access the wrong way round...I know its easy to do. I dont mind but foreign people might be confused by it. I think the gathered muslin looks so beautiful on the inside of the brim, I would have thought it was an expensive hat from a proper hat shop. I am developing quite the addiction for (trying) to make hats since I found your pillbox. Now I have the right materials they should come out better! Lol I would have believed you about the goggles! Shows my chances of ever getting a play button, or a pair of yellow goggles from Google (Google and goggles were made for each other, they should do a sideline in safety eyewear!) I already have a ton of ideas for different hats now you have shown that its not much more complicated than the pillbox. I love your videos!
Love the new hat! You’re so good at creating and explaining your process!!
i have wanted to make hats forever. now that i have seen it done, i am pumped.
So pretty & fun!!! Just love how outrageous hats use to be, unless one is English royalty at Ascot, then hats are still ridiclous.
This is by far the best video I have found in hat making and very applicable to the project I want to create. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this as it saves me TONS of time trying recreate this!
This was superb, and very helpful. I'm helping my school create costumes for Mary Poppins. I made Katie Nanna's hat a few weeks ago using similar methods that just seemed right to me, and it came out great, if a little 'tired' looking and that's ok for the character. I just made a formal, imposing hat for Miss Andrews using a paper pattern from Simplicity and it's awful. I'm going to re-do using the wire everything over interfacing approach.
Why is it that whenever I make something without a pattern, it's generally much easier to do, more intuitive in process, and looks better than something I fight with, from a commercial pattern?
Now I want to get into hat making... but where would I wear them lol
EldrirPrince yeah, hats and stylish dressing needs a comeback.
Wear it daily! I dress up on trips to the grocery store, and people have loved it so far.
I never thought of doing a hat. And even though I dont need one your video made me inteterested in starting right now.
I have to say you have a lot of skill making these Hats. These are great tutorials.
I was wondering, i have an antique very old (1870's) industrial foot that is for piping. Would a similar foot be good for inserting and sewing on the wire, if it had the zigzag space on that foot? Do they even make feet like that anymore? This looks like you could make lampshades as well using the same technique, you are inspirational!! A lamp shade with grapes and flowers and over 50 feathers?
If the wire is flexible enough to work with a piping foot, it probably isn't sturdy enough to support a hat of this size - so I really wouldn't recommend it! But yes, they still make feet like that :)
I think lampshades involve sewing channels for wire - almost like corsets instead of hats, but I'm sure you could figure something out! I have a few very ruffly lampshades I decorated, but none with grapes....yet
Hat pins, & lots of hair & hair padding helped keep those hats on. Thank you for this video, very interesting, hats looked terrific!
All your creations are absolutely stunning! I love watching your videos! Thank you for sharing your talent!!!
If you haven't done this already I think you should make a hat collection video. Your hats look super pretty.
Edwardian ladies had masses and masses of hair - long hair being de riguer for the time - and even wore, if not graced by nature with thick long hair, hairpieces to mimick Big Hair. Hence the big, big hats, which were fixed on the head with hatpins, which were stuck through the hat and the hair. When hair was bobbed during the roaring twenties, big hats went out of the window.. alas! I love the twenties, but I love the Edwardian era more, lol! (did you ever read the autobiography of Agatha Christie? She grew up in the Edwardian era. A real recommendation! Great woman, great book!)
its incredible how easy you describe your doing - I'm a dressmaker (elderly woman) for a theatergroup , but I couldn't explain it so detailed and precise! You are really a highly talented young lady - I would like it to stay in contact with you - maybe I could learn a lot from you for my doing!
I’ve watched this video so many times now. I love your hat videos.
THANK YOU for this thorough tutorial. I'm planning to make a Victorian-esque riding hat and the pattern envelope states "buckram" is needed, but the pattern says "interfacing" and I'm so confused. It's good to know I can use interfacing if I can't get the correct buckram-- and thank you for providing a link to the kind you used! Also, using another wire along the middle of the brim is a great idea that the pattern I have doesn't even mention. Subscribed and going to watch more of your videos before I start!
Absolutely gorgeous and I am so happy! I am one that has waited for this tutorial for years! And it is apparent. Totally worth the wait ♡♥
A little tip💡: when measuring a curved line put your measuring tape on its side (like it is a little wall), then there will be no wrinkling and measures will be much more precise
you are adorable, loved your video. Don't know if I could make a hat or not but you give me confidence to try.
YAAAAAAAAS i been waiting for you to do a big over the top hat tutorial for ages 😭😭😭 i wanna make a bunch even though i would have no where to wear them to lol
I am so happy whenever your videos come out because they're both educational, inspiring and something I can put on in the background for some company (if I don't have time to properly dedicate my attention to them!)
Wonderful video. I enjoy your work and your sense of humor. You have an amazing talent. Thank you for sharing.
I love this. I have had to watch it a few times before I could work up the courage to try it but I think I am ready! Thank you
Great video! You definitely covered the steps thoroughly! The length was fine!
Gosh you’re just so amazing! I love watching your videos! You’re such an inspiration to meeee, every time I watch your videos my heart swells with joy ❤️❤️❤️
I thought that this hat was very cute. Could you consider showing us a style that would be worn in the fall and winter please.
It ‘s so fun to see your video style evolve - getting better all the time!
Actually there were a lot of factories in the early 1900s, especially in New York and Paris that made shaped silk flowers. One of them is still in business and uses the 100+ year old molds.
You look FABULOUS in that hat! I love it! This really seems doable. I want to make a hat now.
Your hats always look amazing! I love the decorations and your tips and tricks are always helpful. I will definitely use your tutorial when I finally decide to make the Mad Hatter's tophat :D
I really look forward watching your videos every week and I’m always excited to see you what you’re doing 😍😍❤️
Great hat. Loved your style. Only thing needed would be the exact measurements you used for this one.
Very nicely done. I think everyone should own at least one ridiculously fun hat, just to remind themselves not to take things too seriously .
Beautiful hat. I will attempt to make one sometime. I always wanted to know how to make a hat. Thank you , Angela.🐶
This was so cool! Would love to see more hay tutorials 💕
Thank you so much for this video tutorial! I love the various designs you show at the beginning. You teach very well.
Would you use a hat pin with this? Love your videos, they are so much fun to watch and enjoy.
This is my favourite video so far, you sound so happy
Love this!!!! I feel a lot less intimidated by making a hat now that you explained things so well. Also just bought your 1st McCall's pattern so will be making one of these to go with that outfit at a later date!! Thanks so much for all your info!!
Use no feathers! Use 50 feathers!
Love this. I actually need Edwardian era stuff for an upcoming convention. :)
Oh, I made my hat today, thank you so much it turned out so beautiful! Your tutorial was extremely helpful! Keep going!
I have learned many things new, interesting and most DEFINITELY enjoyed it.
When you are sewing through so many layers of heavy fabric, what kind of hand sewing needle do you use?
I usually buy varied packs - I'm not that picky unless I'm doing embroidery or beading. Just make sure it has a big enough (or well rounded) eye so that it won't damage your skin when pushing it through the layers.
I always get so inspired after watching your videos :) I'm definitely gonna spend the rest of my day in the sewingroom now xD
Love the hat. My hair has lots of moments. My life is one big hair moment.
This. My life = big hair moment. So true.
Great tutorial! I made a hat using Mrs Depew’s pattern #3132. I don’t like how it turned out but after watching this video, I am going to try again using a few of your techniques. Thanks for making this video! ❤️
I watched a video on how to make a hat for my wife’s halloween costume and now my suggested box is full of these videos.