Finally Trimmed

[atherleisure]

After an embarrassingly long time, I finally trimmed my early 1860's bonnet. I finished making the bonnet in February of 2018. I trimmed it this weekend. Considering how much I hate trimming hats, I think it looks pretty nice.





It's done with paper flowers, velvet leaves, berries with fabric leaves, and rayon taffeta ribbon.

Comments

[chocolatepot]

It looks lovely!

When it comes to attaching the flowers inside the brim ... did you put a stitch through the petals? I've only tried inside-the-brim trimming once, and it seemed like when I just attached them at the base of the stem they kept flopping down.

[atherleisure]

Thank you. Yes, I ran a couple of stitches through a petal on each flower. Some of them are stitched to the brim, some of them to each other, and some of them have threads wrapped around a berry. I doubt it will stand up to a windstorm, but it seems reasonably sturdy for calm weather.