Currently there is nothing like it on the market – protect
children from the harmful rays of the sun by making the adorable
sunhats in this book
• Expertly demonstrates how to make 20 adorable children’s sunhats
with clear step-by-step instructions and beautiful photographs
• Suitable for beginners as well as more advanced stitchers
Gill Stratton has always loved hats, a passion passed down from her Mum and Gran, who took any opportunity to wear a hat! Gill attended night classes at the London School of Fashion at night classes to learn how to make hats. She then went on to work for Mille-Fleurs, a bespoke millinery workshop in Otford, Kent, where she continues to make occasion hats and fascinators. Gill has also started her own company, Elizabeth Rees Millinery, making bespoke children's hats. As a mother of three, she saw a gap in the market for hats that are unique and desirable. She also found that allowing her children to choose the design and fabric was the only way to get them to wear sun hats!
May 13 If you're feeling inspired to sew after seeing the 'Great
British Sewing Bee' then 'Children's sun hats' by Gill Stratton is
a wonderful bright bold fun book with some lovely hats in to spoil
your children with this summer. Out of the 20 patterns three are
baby hats, seven are for boys, seven are for girls and three are
recycled hats. The templates are half size over five pages at the
back of the book which need to be enlarged by 200 per cent. There
are eight pages of photo-illustrated basic techniques at the
beginning of the book on: 'Using patterns to cut out the fabric',
'Using iron-on interfacing', 'Assembling a brim', 'Attaching the
crown to the middle section', 'Attaching the brim to the crown',
'Making and attaching the lining', 'Making a six-part crown', and
'Making and attaching a peak'. Gill says in her introduction to the
book 'Sun hats have become a summer essential to keep the sun from
children's delicate faces. However if, like me, you spend most of
the summer nagging your children to put their hats on, then this
book is for you. I found that if I let my children choose the shape
and colour of the hat, they were much more likely to wear it.' I
can say that this is definitely the case. I never had a hat made
for me but I wore a cotton dress my mother made for me which was
blue with colourful lollypops on to death, and was distraught when
I grew out of it. It was a dress she never would have found in any
shop and I loved the fabric so much.
*sewingisforgirls.blogspot.com*
July 13 If the sun does manage to struggle through, all kids will
need a sun hat. Gill's book has 20 projects with templates, simple
step-by-step pictures and lovely photos. She includes sun visors,
caps, pretty sunhats for girls and modern hats for boys, all
suitable for beginners and more advanced stitchers.
*Machine Knitting Monthly*
Aug 13 Fun to wear and safe and practical into the bargain. Hats
were once commonplace and seem to have gone out of favour. With
warnings about being exposed to the sun, it makes sense to cover
your child’s head. There’s no better way to do it than with
material chosen by your child. These fun fabrics make wearing hats
a doddle. From babies to 8 year olds, Gill has come up with
different patterns and ideas. You’ll find materials and equipment
plus all the basic techniques. You will need to enlarge the pattern
pieces. Easy to use book for a variety of hat patterns.
*Karen Platt Yarnsandfabrics.co.uk/crafts*
Sept 13 Do you, like the author of this book, have a child that
does not want to wear a sun hat? Give them a look at the fun hats
in here and they are sure to decide otherwise! With wise advice
concerning getting the children involved in choosing the fabric and
trim for the hats, this is a book that is sure to be useful to
anybody who ever makes anything for children. As with the other
titles in this series this is love-to-sew, not learn-to-sew, so
basic sewing skills are taken as read. The first part of the book
gives you a crash course in basic hat-making with measuring heads,
sewing on a brim or a peak, making crowns, stitching it all
together and adding a lining dealt with briskly and remarkably
effectively. You might need to know how to sew but millinery skills
are not needed before you open this book. The projects themselves
are mostly for babies and children up to 8 with plenty for each sex
and many tastes covered. There are hats for a new baby, visors,
peaked caps, a pretty floppy dress hat suitable for a formal
occasion, explorer;s hat, a pirate hat and even a foreign legion
style one to keep the sun off the back of the neck. Some of them
are even made by recycling old clothes such as jeans, a dress,
shorts and a shirt which gets my approval for green crafting. Each
project is laid out with what you need in the way of materials and
tools and there are instructions in the form of words mostly but
with a staged photo or two to help you along. On the opposite page
is a full-page photo of the hat being worn that you can show to the
child in question for their approval. When I was younger children
were thought to be made of asbestos and hats were not required (!)
but I would have had a ball wearing some of these (and not getting
sunburned into the bargain). A very useful book…can we have one for
adults too please?
*Myshelf.com*
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