Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-25
Diary OF a Well
Dressed Girl

How She Made a Hat to Wear for Late
Summer and Early Fall
Cicely and I came home from our
shopping trip very enthusiastic
about the autumn hats. They are
such simple. untrimmed affairs that
we both found our fingers itching
to get at making them. | bought a
supply of materials, and then we
went out on the veranda and looked
over the sketches | had made of the
hats that had particularly appealed
to us.
Cicely held up sketch and said:
robin, I'm wild about this large,
black satin hat with the floppy brim.
Do you suppose that l could make
one like it? | thought that | might
be able to buy 1t, but the SIS price
tag shattered any hope that I had OF
adding it to my outfit"
I told her that 1t would be mere
child's play to duplicate that hat,
for it was simply foundation of
flexible buckram covered with satin.
Then / proceeded to tell her exactly
how to go about making 1t, and be-
fore long Cicely had her hat under
way.
| decided to make much the same
sort of hat covering the frame with
black taffeta instead of satin, for the
sllk-covered hats are to be popular
this autumn.
We first cut out large, circular
pieces of the buekram and made holes
in the center the size of our heads. l
saw that unless the edge of the buck
ram was bound that it would be apt
to cut the silk covering. so / machine
stitched a bias fold of heavy mus
lin over the ragged edge of each brim.
Then we covered the brims with the
material, fitting ii smoothly over the
buckram. OF course the top had to be
stitched in place first and then the
facing. We had to use the tiniest
hand stitches about the edge of the
brims so that they would not show.
When the brims were completed we
began the crowns.
For these we took strips of buck
ram wide enough to make the height
of the crowns and long enough to en-
circle our heads. We neatly covered
them with the material, and then
cut out circular pieces of the silk,
slightly larger than the tops of the
crowns, so that they would pucker
a little when sewn TO the crown
bands.
I noticed that most of the crowns
of the autumn hats are very low
and that they fit the head snugly, sc
I was most careful to bear this In
mind while making our hats.
The most troublesome feature In
hatmaking is to stitch in place the
narrow corded piping used to join the
20 6a faFsn
and to edge the brim. ] had to at
tempt this feat several times before
| | finally managed to sew 1t on prop
| erly for Cicely had to turn this part
of her hatmaking over to me. She
made a smart cockade of pleated
grosgraln ribbon, keeping the hat all
black, and poised it near the top OF
| the crown. / must say that she made
| a very creditable attempt at millinery,
| and she is inclined to feel the same
way about It.
have always liked the magpie
| combination, and decided to trim my
hat with white. One of the smart
milliners was partial to the use OF
! heavy yarn in the trimming of her
hats so I threaded a large needle
with white yarn and embroidered
scallops about the edges of the brim
and the crown This touch of white
against the lusterless black of the
taffeta was very effective. Then
made a large pom-pom of white yarn
and ornamented the side of the crown
with 1t. Now I am ready to meet the
first fall-like day with WOOL trimmed
hat which is decidedly seasonable.
Cicely is not the only member of
our household who is pleased with
| her ability as a milliner.