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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • The Hat
  • What You'll Need
  • Finding Your Head Size
  • The Fabrics
  • The Patterns
  • TECHNIQUES:
    • Finishing a Seam
    • Wiring a Hat Brim
    • Finishing the Inner Headband
  • EMBELLISHING THE HAT:
    • Hatbands
    • Fabric Roses
    • Flower Petals
    • Stacked Flowers
    • Prairie Points
    • Two-toned Prairie Points
    • Couching
    • Piping
    • Tassels
  • SOFT-SHAPED BRIM HATS:
    • Fortune Cookie Hat
    • Guatemalan Hat
  • FULL-CIRCLE (CARTWHEEL) BRIM HATS:
    • High Tea Hat
  • VISOR BRIM HATS:
    • Poppy Cap
    • Starfish Cap
    • Rita Zerull's Sun Visor
  • BERETS:
    • Big Beret
    • Small Beret w/ Celtic Bias
  • THE MOB CAP
  • PILLBOXES
  • TURBANS:
    • Scarf Turban
    • Anita Murphy's Soft-Draped Turban
  • THE TUBE:
    • Manhattan Sunset
  • HEADBANDS:
    • Marinda Stewart's Headbands
  • COVERING A HAT FRAME
  • IN CLOSING
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Title: Virginia Avery's Nifty Hats: A Heady Affair
Author/Designer: Virginia Avery
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1994
Publisher: C&T Publishing, Lafayette, CA
Language: English
Page Count: 32, folded pattern sheet bound into the back
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 0914881833

SUMMARY- You need to know that I wear black primarily - t-shirts and black canvas pants with enough pockets to hold everything a purse would because carrying a purse means I'd be replacing all my id, keys, cell phone, etc. several times a year. If it isn't attached to my body in some fashion when I head out the door, it will get left somewhere. My hair is worn practically too - and it's waist long - and heavy. Bobby pins won't hold it. I could spend a fortune in bobby pins and just leave them randomly behind me like bread crumbs were I ever left in a maze. Anyone could find me if we were playing hide and seek - just listen for the random "ping" sounds. So I use hair sticks, or long lacquered chopsticks if I'm feeling formal and fancy. Wind my hair up and jam them through and I'm done with haircare for the day. Hair sticks do not work with hats. I really wish they did. I have this fancy black tophat that has a mechanism in it that lets it be flattened then pop back up again with a flick of the wrist. I love that hat with a passion few mortals can comprehend let alone attain. So I brandish it whenever I get the chance - mostly to use for gathering raffle tickets and such. I think it adds a touch of class to the whole affair. And what was I talking about? Oh, Hats! Yes, I love them. I read Ms. Avery's book with great interest and some amusement because our styles most definitely clash - and I still really loved this book. It is going with all the hat books I own that I have never made anything from because, as you now know, I can't actually wear one. But I still love the idea of them.

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