Making a Velvet Pillbox // A Hat How To

Today I'll be showing how I make small pillbox hats ready to be trimmed (or leave chic and simple!) and worn with many a retro ensemble. For this mini tilted pillbox I blocked the hat tip on a wooden millinery hat block, cut, sewed, and wired the canvas to create the shape, covered the hat in swirling embossed velvet, and trimmed the results with some vintage veiling! Materials Needed: -Hat buckram (stiff, also called hat canvas) -19 gauge millinery wire -Wire cutters -Pillbox or crown hat block (similar here https://www.etsy.com/shop/EasyHatBlocks?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=216527454) -Thread (I used polyester, but cotton is actually preferred for millinery) -Needles (I used millinery needles from Dritz) https://www.dritz.com/product/milliners-hand-needles/ -#26 steel pins or heavier (https://www.dritz.com/product/satin-pins-3/) -Thimble -Spray bottle/water -Iron -Scissors -Fabric to cover hat -Trimmings -Elastic Music and Sound Effects from Epidemic Sound. Where I get my pattern drafting paper: http://atlaslevy.com/Paper_c_13.html (not sponsored) More from me? Want to help me continue making more videos? Listen to me ramble on in a monthly podcast? Watch an additional project video each month? Peruse my Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/TheClosetHistorian Blog: http://theclosethistorian.blogspot.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theclosethistorian/ Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheClosetHistorian Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/bm