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Permalink Reply by Elaine Mergard October 9, 2017 at 9:54am

Blocking a felt cone onto a 5 piece beret block is hard work as you need to expand it to outer rim them shape back into the collar/headsize. No one wants carpel tunnel for overworking our wrists. Commercially they use male/female blocking with intense steam It is so quick & an imported beret costs AU$30- no milliner can compete. Making berets from flat patterns using straw cloth with machine stitching designs was popular in the 60s. 

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Permalink Reply by Elaine Mergard October 12, 2017 at 1:04pm

Flat Pattern solution for beret This might be helpful for you.    http://beautyandbedlam.com/this-years-fashion-berets-and-a-simple-d...

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Permalink Reply by Jane Yang October 19, 2018 at 3:08pm

You can draw the drawing first, and then stitch the piece of cloth on the drawing.

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