Make your own hats

by Gene Allen Martin

Materials used to make Hat Frames

Fabrics— Buckram Crinoline Cape net Neteen or Fly net Willow plate

Wires— Cable Frame or brace wire Lace Tie Ribbon Sprung

Paper for patterns— Heavy manila

Buckram—

Comes in black and white, about twenty-seven inches wide—a heavy stiff material, smooth on one side and rather rough on the other. It is more commonly used for hat foundations than any other fabric. There is also a summer buckram, lighter in weight and smooth on both sides.

Crinoline—

Comes in black and white, twenty-seven inches wide—a stiff, thin, open-meshed material, used to make soft hat frames, to cover wire frames, and in bias strips to cover edge wire after it is sewed on the fabric frame.