Fabulous Felt Hats: Dazzling Designs from Handmade Felt

By Chad Alice Hagen

Book Overview

Handmade felt can be used to create jaunty fun hats that are infinitely varied in form, colour & pattern. Chad Hagen show how simple & fashionable feltmaking can be, guiding readers through a classic collection of hatmaking projects.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579905420
• ISBN13: 9781579905422
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Union Square & Co.
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

fabulous

This book gives a really good basic knowledge how to start felting a hat. Without any experience I could follow the clear instructions and make a fabulous hat myself. Clear pictures and enough examples to get started and create your own design.

Fabulous Felt Hats: Dazzling Designs from Handmade Felt

This is a very inspiring book for aspiring hat makers and has some creative ideas and "how-to's" on how to create them. Has lots of great color photos of a variety of unique hand-felted hats. Great project to do in cold weather to keep your head warm!!

Fun and Practical Suitable for All

This is another well illustrated book that is well worth the investment. The instructions are very clear, comprehensive and thorough. Methodical application by the reader/ crafts person would enable persons of all level of experience to succesfully utilise the text. The projects in this book are excellent in themselves. However they also provide the reader with tools to develop and express themselves further as their confidence develops. Make sure you have at least a small space at home to do the projects. Suggestions are made for alternative hat blocks (although plastic blocks are available in the US that is perfect for this kind of felt hat making). Experiment! This book is also good for milliners. As it teaches you how to make a hat from scratch and encourages the crafter to express themselves without the stress of damaging an expensive pre-made felt hood or capeline.

Great reference book for any felter

This book has clear, simple instructions for someone looking to learn the basics, and those with more experience will be inspired by the supplementary illustrations showing work by some of the best in the world. There is nothing hokey here- Ms. Hagen has very good taste.

Well received gift

Beautiful photographs in a quality book. This book was purchased as a gift for an experienced felter and was well received.