Hats In Miniature [Paperback]

Lyn Waring (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 1999

Elegant top hats and fancy boaters, whimsical berets and sophisticated cloches, sporty caps and something for the chef: these charming miniature hats are perfect for dolls, teddy bears...and just to show off! Complete patterns for each one, along with instructions on equipment, collars, seams, cutting, notches, batting, and other materials make the task simple. Bonus: instructions on making a hat stand, so you can display your creations! 128 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

In her hat-making classes, Waring used miniature hats to illustrate sewing techniques. The miniature hats attracted such interest that she began to develop small-hat designs and to teach miniature hat-making for dolls, teddy bears, or just for display on a hat form. This book--the first this reviewer has seen on the subject--includes profusely illustrated, step-by-step instructions for 18 different hat styles, including top hats, baseball caps, berets, cloches, chef's hats, boaters, and elaborate Easter Parade creations. Depending on the types of fabric and adornments used, an astonishing variety of hats can result from the same pattern. Instructions for making a cardboard hat stand for displaying the finished hats makes miniature hat making an excellent pastime even for those who do not sew doll clothes. Recommended for public libraries.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (June 30, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806942657
• ISBN-13: 978-0806942650
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #929,639 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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65 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for dollmakers and collectors, June 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hats In Miniature (Paperback)

Lyn Waring takes the reader through the process of making original hats for dolls, including basic and sports styles through fancy and historic styles that can be embellished however one likes, to oddball styles like top hats and chef hats. A real find--there are a few books on doll hatmaking but they tend to focus more on embellishing a single style, like the ubiquitous (and quite ugly) Breton bonnet. This book gives all the construction details one needs to get started designing and making gorgeous little hats.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hats in Miniature, April 5, 2002

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Sheila Brecheisen (Quenemo, KS United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hats In Miniature (Paperback)

This book is wonderful! It has a broad selection of hats to choose from (17 different hats); patterns for each hat type and ideas for variations; great color photos of the step-by-step instructions, as well as photos of the beautiful, completed hats. There is a section on making and using patterns and even a section on making piping (a type of trim). In the back of the book, there is a pattern for a very simple hat display stand and a useful conversion table (inches to metric & yards to inches). Also, instructions are given for enlarging or reducing the hat patterns. I do feel that the instructions should have been included for making the wood hat stands that were utilized throughout the book for displaying the finished hats. The pattern given is for a different type of hat stand and does not make the better hat display. I also feel that the book overlooked giving the "completed size" of the various hats. It only gives a one-size completed "collar size" of 10 ½" (this is where the hat meets the head, the circumference) for all the hats, but doesn't detail the completed measurements any further for the finished height, or crown top and bottom width (which does vary by style), nor the depth (how wide) each of the various brims are at completion. This would have been very valuable in choosing which hat pattern to make for a particular look, and for making sure one maintains the size ratio when enlarging and reducing patterns. Still, all-in-all, this book is still one of my cherished favorites.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Hats, January 30, 2003

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Erma K. Thompson "emmyt" (Cedar Rapids, IA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hats In Miniature (Paperback)

I did not think making doll hats could be this much fun and by copying and enlarging on a copy machine you can make hats for any size doll or even little girls. This book showed me exactly how to do each step and from there it was easy. Now I am busy making hats of all sizes. What fun. Great book and I highly recommend it expecially if you are not sure on how to get started. I sew a lot but this just gave me the extra confidence I needed to get started.