Hats!: Make Classic Hats and Headpieces in Fabric, Felt, and Straw

This is a wonderful book. It has clear directions with good accompanying photographs for making felt, buckram, and straw hats of various kinds, plus explanations of several kinds of trimmings. I have found this and Classic Millinery Techniques by Albrizio, which covers dressmaker sewn hats and buckram techniques as well as trimmings, to be essentials for learning the art of milinery. Both have inspiring photographs of modern finished hats.Addition: Two things I noticed about this book. One, apparently British hat blocks never have tie lines which all the brim blocks and some of the head blocks I have used do. Tie lines (grooves in the wood) makes life much easier as instead of all the pinning shown in this book, you use a cord with a slipknot and tighten it in the groove, pulling the felt or material to get it smooth. Two, this woman does everything by hand! You can use a sewing machine for many steps and save a lot of time, and most people will not know the difference.

Easy to read. Good instruction and tips.

This book is excellent! The techniques for the felt hats are pretty much exactly what I learned in a millinery class that I took at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC. The designs are fresh twists on classic hats and there are definitely a good variety of hats to learn. There are photos of each step of the process for each hat, which helps visual learners like me. Sarah also explains all of the supplies that are needed as well as the different materials needed for making each hat. This is a great book for anyone looking to learn millinery in a modern format.

This book is not what I expected. It is for miners (sp?). Too hard for me.I gave it FOUR STARS, though, because it is a good book, and would be good for someone with a little experience, and the money to put into the equipment.

Hats by Sarah Cant teaches you step by step how to make felt, straw and fabric hats and headpeices. Love this book. It shows you each step the author uses, each with a colorful picture, to make each peice. Lists all materials needed to make each headpeice or hat. All I need is a hat block now!! Great book, Id recommend this book to anyone interested in milinery techniques. Good quality book, all color pics, clear precise instructions and templates. 128 pages with glossary.

Lovely book with lots of good illustrations. My only disappointment was I was hoping for a recipe for stretching the wool felt. There are few books out about this subject and it does cover a lot. I'd recomend it.Karen MacMurrayauthor of "Historical Research for Novel Writers"

Recently, i became interested in hat making. I am a novice. I chose this book after the recommendations in amazon. I think it will be helpful during my hat making adventure. There are lots of hat making projects with detailed demonstrations. It is quite important for beginners who want to learn by themselves.

I haven't had a chance to begin projects outlined in this book; however, reviewing it has not been disappointing!

Don't buy this book unless you like cloche styles and have the funds to buy 10 different hat blocks.

Great book, really clear with a good range of projects. Sadly, it makes it clear that you can't make hats without investing in several hundred pounds worth of wooden hat blocks. I'm now looking out for a community workshop or something where I can borrow the equipment.

Love this book !!! Step by Step !!

Excellent content! Book came on time and was in good order

Great read