unidentified vintage hat block - Learn How To Make Hats Online | Hat Academy Millinery Courses2024-03-29T05:12:50Zhttps://hatacademy.com/forum/topics/unidentified-vintage-hat-block?commentId=6485913%3AComment%3A111109&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI think this is a 1930s Block…tag:hatacademy.com,2023-07-22:6485913:Comment:3624772023-07-22T00:22:58.645ZElaine Mergardhttps://hatacademy.com/profile/ElaineMergard
<p>I think this is a 1930s Block and instead of imagining it as a beret plonked down on the head I think it may have sat to the back of head with the indented shaping facing forwards and upwards. This would give the look as though it was surrounding the head similar to the effect of a current halo The carved indent is Asymmetrical being lower on the head on the RHS. Experiment using a good quality fur felt & you will be surprised how glamorous this hat will be Best E xx </p>
<p>I think this is a 1930s Block and instead of imagining it as a beret plonked down on the head I think it may have sat to the back of head with the indented shaping facing forwards and upwards. This would give the look as though it was surrounding the head similar to the effect of a current halo The carved indent is Asymmetrical being lower on the head on the RHS. Experiment using a good quality fur felt & you will be surprised how glamorous this hat will be Best E xx </p> This is very interesting. I t…tag:hatacademy.com,2014-08-01:6485913:Comment:1145522014-08-01T14:15:25.523ZBridget Earlyhttps://hatacademy.com/profile/BridgetEarly
<p>This is very interesting. I think that I have a block that I can adapt to do this!</p>
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<p>This is very interesting. I think that I have a block that I can adapt to do this!</p>
<p></p> It appears to be a style of e…tag:hatacademy.com,2014-07-23:6485913:Comment:1133502014-07-23T10:44:33.361ZJan Wutkowskihttps://hatacademy.com/profile/JanWutkowski
<p>It appears to be a style of either beret or capulet, in the vintage style. I always tell people who ask what a hat will look like on a particular block to block it and see. Sometimes you will be surprised! Show us a picture of your blocked hat from this block when it is finished.</p>
<p>It appears to be a style of either beret or capulet, in the vintage style. I always tell people who ask what a hat will look like on a particular block to block it and see. Sometimes you will be surprised! Show us a picture of your blocked hat from this block when it is finished.</p> It is a beret block similar t…tag:hatacademy.com,2014-07-23:6485913:Comment:1134472014-07-23T06:56:06.020Zedith fhttps://hatacademy.com/profile/edithf
<p>It is a beret block similar to those you can buy in eastern Europe! I have built one similar myself and believe photos are in my album online and correctly identified by you as tilted!</p>
<p>It is a beret block similar to those you can buy in eastern Europe! I have built one similar myself and believe photos are in my album online and correctly identified by you as tilted!</p> Found these 1940's examples o…tag:hatacademy.com,2014-07-17:6485913:Comment:1126952014-07-17T20:19:39.970ZSusan Downinghttps://hatacademy.com/profile/SusanDowning
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2968497615?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2968497615?profile=original" width="673"/></a>Found these 1940's examples of fancy bands for attaching tilt berets/hats</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2968497615?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2968497615?profile=original" width="673"/></a>Found these 1940's examples of fancy bands for attaching tilt berets/hats</p> Thank you all for your intere…tag:hatacademy.com,2014-07-17:6485913:Comment:1128232014-07-17T20:09:38.473ZSusan Downinghttps://hatacademy.com/profile/SusanDowning
<p>Thank you all for your interest in this block! Will be sure to show what I make on it!</p>
<p>Thank you all for your interest in this block! Will be sure to show what I make on it!</p> Hi Sharon,
Curiously, apart f…tag:hatacademy.com,2014-07-17:6485913:Comment:1128222014-07-17T20:02:12.964ZSusan Downinghttps://hatacademy.com/profile/SusanDowning
<p>Hi Sharon,</p>
<p>Curiously, apart from a small recess just enough for a small headfitting turning, the opening curves outwards. Impossible to connect this with another block or any sort of shape. The headfitting is almost 'half moon' shaped as it is nearly straight along the back, so doesn't seem likely beret would have been attached to an extension of any sort.</p>
<p>Been puzzling me so much, I blocked it in newspaper, to get a better idea of how it would fit on head, before I think of a…</p>
<p>Hi Sharon,</p>
<p>Curiously, apart from a small recess just enough for a small headfitting turning, the opening curves outwards. Impossible to connect this with another block or any sort of shape. The headfitting is almost 'half moon' shaped as it is nearly straight along the back, so doesn't seem likely beret would have been attached to an extension of any sort.</p>
<p>Been puzzling me so much, I blocked it in newspaper, to get a better idea of how it would fit on head, before I think of a trimming design. After some fiddling, found the perfect position for headfitting on the head (see photos). Seems it would have been worn very far forward. Expect worn with a securing band. Have found some very decorative 1940's ones that cover much of the back of head, which I'll upload later.</p>
<p>Back to the block itself, can't think why the opening should curve outwards? As it was made during wartime, wondering if it was intended to be a two-hat block? Perhaps I should block over the side with the opening and see what I get.....</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2968497585?profile=original"><img width="721" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2968497585?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721"/></a></p> Look at the movie Aviator and…tag:hatacademy.com,2014-07-16:6485913:Comment:1126752014-07-16T18:08:19.840ZMela Hoyt-Heydonhttps://hatacademy.com/profile/MelaHoytHeydon
<p>Look at the movie Aviator and at the blue hat worn by Kate Beckensale as Ava Gardner. It is worn on the back of her head with the tall portion actually standing up from her head. Have seen many 1940's pictures like this and have made several of these hats. No need for an inner structure at all.</p>
<p>Look at the movie Aviator and at the blue hat worn by Kate Beckensale as Ava Gardner. It is worn on the back of her head with the tall portion actually standing up from her head. Have seen many 1940's pictures like this and have made several of these hats. No need for an inner structure at all.</p> That looks like a gorgeous be…tag:hatacademy.com,2014-07-16:6485913:Comment:1127362014-07-16T17:08:38.451ZAnne Livingstonhttps://hatacademy.com/profile/AnneLivingston
<p>That looks like a gorgeous beret block to me. Think of Marlene Dietrich in "Witness for the Prosecution" or Lauren Bacall in "The Big Sleep", or Jean Harlow. Here, look:</p>
<p><a href="http://glamourdaze.com/2013/02/1930s-fashion-the-french-beret.html">http://glamourdaze.com/2013/02/1930s-fashion-the-french-beret.html</a></p>
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<p>Classic. I envy you! Go play and show us what you make! Please!</p>
<p>That looks like a gorgeous beret block to me. Think of Marlene Dietrich in "Witness for the Prosecution" or Lauren Bacall in "The Big Sleep", or Jean Harlow. Here, look:</p>
<p><a href="http://glamourdaze.com/2013/02/1930s-fashion-the-french-beret.html">http://glamourdaze.com/2013/02/1930s-fashion-the-french-beret.html</a></p>
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<p>Classic. I envy you! Go play and show us what you make! Please!</p> Fabulous tilted beret!! I'd s…tag:hatacademy.com,2014-07-16:6485913:Comment:1125942014-07-16T11:20:33.916ZElsie Collinshttps://hatacademy.com/profile/ElsieCollins
<p>Fabulous tilted beret!! I'd say 1940's!! Wish I had one!!! It's a keeper!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Fabulous tilted beret!! I'd say 1940's!! Wish I had one!!! It's a keeper!!!!!!!</p>