Using Leather For Hat Making

Leather can be blocked to create hats or used to make beautiful handmade flowers and trimmings.

Projects, E-magazines and Articles About Leather

  • Project

    Preparing a Leather Sweatband

    Learn how to properly prepare a leather sweatband before sewing it into a hat.

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 210 – September 2023

  • Post

    Leather for Making Hats

    Leather is durable and fun to work with and will elevate your designs. Having some knowledge of the processes involved in its manufacture will help you make smarter purchasing decisions.

  • Project

    Leather Cocktail Hat

    Block, line and trim a leather cocktail hat with a buckram foundation.

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 167 – February 2020

  • Project

    Leather Camellia

    This stunning leather camellia can be worn as a brooch, a headpiece or used as a decoration on a hat.

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 156 – March 2019

  • Project

    Leather Rose

    Petals and leaves shaped with heated flower making tools give this leather rose a beautifully realistic look.

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 131 – February 2017

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 126 – September 2016

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 120 – March 2016

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 111 – June 2015

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 110 – May 2015

  • HATalk e-Magazine

    Issue 101 – August 2014

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