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- From: hill@acsu.buffalo.edu (Robin Hill)
- Newsgroups: alt.sewing
- Subject: Pillbox Hat Design
- Summary: Instructions for a simple hat
- Message-ID: <C1Izq1.KI1@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 18:37:13 GMT
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- Organization: SUNY@Buffalo Computer Science
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- In article 6048, Margaret Minsky proposes to make a fake fur hat, and
- asks for comments:
-
- I can approve the design (but cannot comment on the fake fur
- techniques). I fabricated a leather pillbox hat recently that turned
- out surprisingly well, without benefit of pattern. As she plans to
- do, I just measured around my head, and cut and stitched a cylinder
- (the "band")--only about 2" high--then added a flat circular top piece
- (but actually more of an oval shape, since I've noticed that most hats
- are tight on me from front to back). The leather was a scrap from
- Tandy, for $3 or so. I lined it, using the same two-piece design,
- with velveteen for warmth, and also piped the bottom edge and the
- crown seam. The result is not a 50's/60's pillbox that perches at the
- back, but the newer urban or African-American style that fits somewhat
- low across the forehead, and I was astonished at how good it looked.
- ...Then I lost it on a train. But I have more leather. I think
- upholstery brocade would also work well.
-
- To hold the lining in place, I suggest this construction:
- 1. Treat it as interlining for the top, stitching both top pieces
- together to the band (after the side seam of the band is stitched, of
- course).
- 2. Stitich the lining band to the hat band at the bottom edge.
- 3. Fold the lining up; turn, press, and slipstitch the edge over
-