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Originally published in the 1910s, Practical Millinery Lessons gives a complete course of 24 lessons in the art of millinery. The course has been prepared with a threefold purpose: First: To provide teachers with a textbook complete, concise and thoroughly practical. Second: It aims to aid the milliner in instructing her apprentice, for, if studied in a workroom and under the guidance of a milliner, the ideal conditions for learning the art of millinery are fulfilled. Third: For home study, providing an ideal series of lessons for all who desire to master the art of millinery; and for those who have picked up some knowledge of millinery work and wish to perfect their methods.

Contents Covered:

• Preface
• Preparation for lessons: The Work Table -- Light -- Necessary Tools and Findings -- Necessary Materials
• Lesson 1: To Make a One-Piece Wire Frame
• Lesson 2: To Make a Two-Piece Wire Frame
• Lesson 3: The Stitches Used in Millinery
• Lesson 4: To Cover a Wire Frame with Mull
• Lesson 5: To Sew Braid to a Wire Frame
• Lesson 6: Wiring and Lining a Straw Hat
• Lesson 7: How to Make and Use Bandeaux
• Lesson 8: Drafting Patterns for Buckram Frames and Taking Paper Patterns from Buckram Shapes
• Lesson 9: How to Make Buckram Frames
• Lesson 10: To Cover Buckram Frames with Velvet
• Lesson 11: How to Make Folds
• Lesson 12: Bindings and Facings
• Lesson 13 Lace and Shirred Net Hats
• Lesson 14: Shirred Net Hats
• Lesson 15: Mourning Millinery
• Lesson 16: The Mourning Veil
• Lesson 17: General Instructions on Bow-Making
• Lesson 18: Baby Bonnets
• Lesson 19: Cutting and Sewing Furs
• Lesson 20: Preparation of Trimmings for Hats
• Lesson 21: Trimmings Made in the Workroom
• Lesson 22: The Art of Trimming
• Lesson 23: Flexible Hats Made by Patterns
• Lesson 24: A Lesson on Laces

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