1830's Bonnet Progress

[atherleisure]

I altered the mock-up of my 1830's bonnet by modifying the brim. I shifted the seamline at the bottom up by about 1.5" and trimmed off about 0.5" around the edges, tapering to nothing before getting to the bottom of the curve. Now the brim is much more reasonably sized - big, but not enormous. It felt a bit too ridiculous before, even more ridiculous than the fashion plates.

Now I've got it cut out and wired and the buckram structure assembled and used mandie_rw's scheme of using miscellaneous bits for the binding over the wires.





I started putting the flannel on last night but didn't finish because I took time out to make a shawl for my daughter. It was good to get the fabric for the shawl out of my stash.

Comments

[starlightmasque.livejournal.com]

I love handmade hats! Can't wait to see what this ends up looking like!

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

It frames the face so prettily.