In the 1920s, no outfit was complete without a hat. If you had clever fingers, you could save money by buying an untrimmed hat and making it up yourself. Below are some suggestions for trimmings and instructions on how to make them from The Modern Priscilla in November 1925.
Flower for Model No. 5134
The hat illustrated is a very lovely design for semi-formal wear. Smart correctness and simplicity of line make it suitable for church, luncheon, matinee and formal afternoon wear. The transparent maline edge keeps the brim from any suggestion of heaviness.
An effective and simple flower made of petals shirred and sewn on a buckram foundation is used on this method. This flower is very lovely when made of pastel shades, and very smart when made of black or brown on a plain or utilitarian hat. The petals are a 2½ inch circle (Fig B) folded on the bias and the raw edges shirred together (Fig C). The shirring thread when pulled up, should be one and one-quarter inches. These puffed petals sewn to a shaped buckram foundation (Fig A) make a trimming of unusual and soft loveliness. Only one is used on the hat in drawing. Three used in a high crown trim makes a hat appropriate for older women.
No. 5137 for Street Wear
No. 5137 is a snub little tailored model of velvet and silk smart for street wear, for motoring and sports. In vivid shades it is an ideal hat to accompany the fur coat. The braided medallions are easily made and interesting. Pencil blue, copen, navy, black, poppy red, almond green, rust, brown or black are all possible colorings and one needs only to consult one's wardrobe to determine which will serve best.
Model No. 5135
No. 5135 is one of those very friendly hats, becoming to the average mortal, yet distinctive by virtue of its smart trim. Made up in navy velvet for crown and top brim with flowers and facing of shot silk in changeable blue and gold and orange flower fold and edge fold, it is sure to bring out the blue in someone's eyes; the brown eyed maiden chooses wood-brown velvet with rust silk and dull orange flower and fold; black with copen blue or tarragon green and gold or silver edge is wonderfully good.
Making the Flowers
Handmade flowers of clever design and good workmanship form one of the most effective, most becoming trimmings for semi-dress hats. Theses flowers give charming variety of color and add soft blurred lines to the crown, which are always becoming.
Fig. 3 illustrates one of the latest of the new large flowers used on model No. 5135. A bias strip of silk 9 inches on the selvage and 25 inches long is used for the flower.
Join the two ends to make a circle and run straight shirrings as shown in Fig. A. Pull up the first edge shirring tightly and sew through it on the wrong side to join the seam for the flower centre (Fig. B). Be sure that all the raw edges are caught to the wrong side in this seam. Next pull up other shirring threads to curve flower into a slight cup rather than a flat circle. Fasten all threads on the wrong side. Turn outer edge of silk back three-quarters of an inch on wrong side. Run a shirring in this to form a scallop, using Fig. E for a marker and shirring on the curved line only. Pull up the thread to form scallops, but keep the edge rather flat. Shirr tubing or No. 1 ribbon in the same way with Fig. F for a marker. Pull up the thread to form a strip of scallops (Fig. C). Sew two rows of the tubing (points C on Fig. D) between the centre flower shirrings and the outer edge scallops, spacing them evenly. Outline the edge of the flower with a fold of velvet or satin in contrasting color. Note the outer edge of flower D. The original design used changeable blue and gold taffeta for the flower and under the brim of the hat, old blue taffeta for the tube shirrings, dull orange velvet for the edge fold of the flower, and plain navy for the crown and top brim of the hat.
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