Wool Cloche Buy a felt wool body from a milliner or find a wool hat from the thrift store. Dampen with a spray bottle and wear it to shape (or dry on a bowl the correct size). Must tie it down to keep from slipping. Cut and trim edges. Add frills.	Fabric Cloche In order to achieve this, you need a stretchy fabric. Pull a piece onto your head. Trim edges as desired.	Turbans 5 yards x36" minimum of fashion fabric. Wrap and crossover at the sides and front. Layering right next to previous layer. Tuck ends into turban.	Fedora Hat You can buy Fedora's in a variety of price ranges. For inexpensive Fedora's or special order nice Fedoras for probably upwards of $50.00.

Felt This hat is coming out of the 1920's cloche hat era. To make this hat follow the felt cloche hat instructions above. When you are ready to tie it down, make sure the tie is located where the crown and the brim would bend. Let dry to shape. You will cut this brim to the desired width. Continued	Felt Continued  Remember to cut it smooth. This is the edge of the brim. The hat above has the widest brim. The previous hat seems to have a dip where the crown and brim come together. Use a tack pin to pull your tie down into a point while drying to form the dip.	Fabric Use double weight buckram from a millinery store. Cut a piece larger than needed. Wet buckram and shape on your head. This is an oval shape. Front to back. When dry, cut back piece out. Cover with fashion fabric. Add feathers and rhinestones.	Felt This is very similar to the felt cloche hats. Follow instructions from above. Add trim, feathers, and netting. For the back, cut 1" wide felt strips for the bow pieces. Trim and then attach.
Fabric Start with a piece of buckram about 7" diameter. Dampen and shape to top of head. When dry, cover with velvet. Add lining to help keep it's shape. Trim with ribbon, netting and feathers. This hat has an elastic string for the back of your head to help hold it on.	Fabric Top circle of fashion fabric is about 9" diameter. Wire the edge of the crown circle. The lower piece is a long straight piece of fabric gathered to fit the top circle. I would use heavy iron on interfacing to help hold the shape. Gather bottom edge with heavy gauge thread. Wire the bottom edge. Stabilize with a lining.	Wool Felt Basic soft wool felt body hat with double row of ruching curling up the side.

1940'S  HATS

1940's Hat Start with wool felt body. Dampen wool body and shape to head. Let dry most of the way. In order to achieve the sharp contours, you need millinery glue. Spread the glue onto wool body and shape the points and brim with your fingers. (Use gloves) Let dry. Spread more glue to the inside of the hat curves and points to keep stiff. To secure a sharp edge, make a circle of millinery wire and slip into inside the crease. Add coke feathers.		1940's Hat Cut two pieces of wool felt. One circle for the top crown. Second piece for the brim, looks like a teardrop with the back center missing. Add seam allowances. Use the circle that you just cut for the measurement to mark your cut lines in the back center of the brim. The front pointed piece of the brim is 6" wide to 5" wide on the side and tapering toward the back. The center back actually curves up toward the crown with the width being about 2" wide. Wire the crown circle and the outside of the brim. Stitch together. May need to clip curves to fit. Add bow and feathers.