Using Felt For Hat Making

Felt is a classic choice for winter hats, both for men and women. It can traditionally blocked or hand draped to create freeform headpieces.

Projects, E-magazines and Articles About Felt

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    HATalk Issue 218 – May 2024

  • Project

    Blocked Felt Hat

    Block a lightweight wool felt hat using the blocking-in-one method.

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    HATalk Issue 217 – April 2024

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    HATalk Issue 216 – March 2024

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 214 – January 2024

  • Project

    Freeform Felt Headpiece

    Use felt draping techniques to create a unique freeform felt headpiece with cut out detail.

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 212 – November 2023

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 211 – October 2023

  • Project

    Felt Flower with Metallic Detail

    Make a felt flower and add some subtle metallic details for extra pizazz.

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 206 – May 2023

  • Project

    How to Enlarge a Hat Block

    Create a crown lock extension using layers of blocked felt.

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 197 – August 2022

  • Project

    How to Stiffen Felt

    Hints and tips on stiffening a felt hood for hat making.

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 196 – July 2022

  • HATalk Issue 191 - February 2022

    HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 191 – February 2022

  • Felt Beret

    Project

    Felt Beret

    Create a classic beret shape with a wool felt cone and a hat block.

  • HATalk Issue 190. Cover features Lisa McFadden Millinery. Photo by Jordi Foster.

    HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 190 – January 2022

  • HATalk Issue 184 - Cover Headpiece by Anel Heyman

    HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 184 – July 2021

  • HATalk Issue 183

    HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 183 – June 2021

  • Felt Holly Leaves on Placemat Hat

    Project

    Felt Holly Leaves

    Decorate your hats using festive holly leaves made with craft felt.

  • Project

    Restoring Hat Grooves

    Repair damaged grooves, dimples and valleys on an old blocked hat.

  • Project

    Hand-Draped Felt Cloche

    Use freeform draping and pleating techniques to create a 1920s style felt cloche with an assymetrical brim.

  • Project

    Felt Hat Blocking Tip

    A simple, time-saving trick to help you achieve a perfectly smooth finish when you block a felt crown.

  • HATalk Issue 141 - December 2017. Cover hat by Lomax & Skinner.

    HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 141 – December 2017

  • HATalk e-magazine Issue 139 (October 2017) - Cover by Anne Tomlin

    HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 139 – October 2017

  • HATalk Issue 135 (June 2017). EVA Foam Tutorial by Galina Kofod.

    HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 135 – June 2017

  • Hat by Kimberly Andert for cover of HATalk Issue 133 (April 2017), featuring a cloche project by MJ Baxter.

    HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 133 – April 2017

  • HATalk e-magazine February 2017 - Issue 131

    HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 131 – February 2017

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 124 – July 2016

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 123 – June 2016

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 122 – May 2016

  • HATalk e-magazine Issue 119 - February 2016. Featuring a Bailey Tomlin Sinamay Rose Tutorial.

    HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 119 – February 2016

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 117 – December 2015

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 115 – October 2015

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 109 – April 2015

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 108 – March 2015

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 107 – February 2015

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 100 – July 2014

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 86 – May 2013

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 77 – August 2012

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 69 – December 2011

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 65 – August 2011

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 53 – August 2010

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 51 – June 2010

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 49 – April 2010

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 48 – March 2010

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 47 – February 2010

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 42 – September 2009

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 37 – April 2009

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 31 – October 2008

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 20 – November 2007

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 15 – June 2007

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 14 – May 2007

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 10 – January 2007

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 1 – April 2006

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