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In response to the growing popularity of vintage style hats, we designed a range of crowns and brims to enable you to make a fascinating range of hats. The wine glass and bottle pictured below help to give an idea of size.
For a shallow brimmed hat, BB60 is the block to choose. If you want a deeper brim, use BB61. We suggest that you use a felt or straw capeline with these blocks. We have experimented with using a felt cone rather than a capeline. The felt would not stretch sufficiently to form a wide brim, but we took advantage of this to create a cheeky upturn around one half of the brim (black hat).
The straw hat illustrated is made using a rough straw capeline (cream hat with strawberries). Neither of the brims are wired. The little pill box hat was made using CB62. Here we used a felt cone and pinned the felt underneath the block, finishing the hat by wiring the base.
The crowns and brims can also be blocked separately using any fabric. They look stunning in both silk and sinamay.
Price £63.00 (£52.50 ex VAT)
Price £56.00 (£46.67 ex VAT)
Price £67.00 (£55.83 ex VAT)
Price £56.00 (£46.67 ex VAT)
Price £47.00 (£39.17 ex VAT)
Price £69.00 (£57.50 ex VAT)
Price £83.00 (£69.17 ex VAT)
A simple flat brim with fixing holes to attach any of the vintage small crowns above. Many possibilities including bicorn and tricorn hats. Pictured here with a string groove (not standard).
Price £69.00 (£57.50 ex VAT)
A delightful little up-turned brim, which sweeps from a straight downward slope to a hollow curve on the other side. The position of the crown is offset slightly toward the straight side of the brim. Supplied with a pressing ring.
Price £133.00 (£110.83 ex VAT)
"Many thanks for the two small vintage crown blocks which I received this morning. They are almost too beautiful to use, but no doubt I will overcome this reticence!"
Helen Thorne, UK
This is a new and growing range of approximately two-thirds size blocks that will sit on top of the head rather than fitting lower down as normal. We started with the mini topper and brim below and have been adding more in recent months. Keep a look out for more coming soon and if you've any ideas then do let us know. With the brim blocks you have the option of choosing the same size as the crowns or 3mm bigger to allow you to block in one. If you choose the same size, then the two blocked parts will need stitching together as normal.
Click here to see some examples of hats made on these blocks by Trica Roush of House of Nine Designs
Price £214.00 (£178.33 ex VAT)
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Same as above but with a valley running front to back. Comes with a pressing block pictured left.
Price £246.00 (£205.00 ex VAT)
The accompanying brim for the classic topper above. Made in tulip wood with string groove as standard.
Price £214.00 (£178.33 ex VAT)
A bowler crown perfect with the BB54 above or with any of the brims in this range. Made from tulip woodand with a string groove as standard.
Price £80.00 (£66.67 ex VAT)
A regency top hat crown perfect with the BB54 above or with any of the brims in this range. Includes a string groove as standard.
Price £68.00 (£56.67 ex VAT)
A lower version of the CB105 and this time with gently concaved sides. Very nice with the BB69 below or any of the brims in this range. Includes a string groove as standard.
Price £80.00 (£66.67 ex VAT)
A mini homburg! Again, this will combine very nicely with BB69 below. Available in tulip or obeche and pictured here with a string groove (optional). Also available is a creser to easily shape the valley, simply place it in the groove with a weight on the top and leave to dry.
Price £121.00 (£100.83 ex VAT) - Creaser £26.00 (£21.66 ex VAT)
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A very cute little cowboy crown made for the midi range. This would work well with the BB54 above, or we could make you a dedicated cowboy brim to go with it!
Price £121.00 (£100.83 ex VAT)
A circular brim, 360mm (14 inches) in diameter with a 60mm (2 1/2 inch) deep gently curved slope. Compatible with all the midi size crowns above.
Price £145.00 (£120.83 ex VAT)
A circular brim, 360mm (14 inches) in diameter with a 28mm (1 inch) deep flat slope. Compatible with all the midi size crowns above.
Price £145.00 (£120.83 ex VAT)
A striking asymmetric brim with a high upturn on the left (of the finished hat) and a more gentle, lower one on the right. The upturn at the back is higher than at the front. String groove as standard.
Price £233.00 (£194.17 ex VAT)
Another upturn rolled all the way round, less in the front and back than the sides. String groove as standard.
Price £214.00 (£178.33 ex VAT)
