1880's Bonnet

[atherleisure]

I finished an 1880's bonnet back in...October, was it? I kept meaning to do my hair and take pictures but didn't. Today I finally dug out the styrofoam head and took pictures of the bonnet on it.

The pattern is the Penny Dreadfuls 1880's Peaked Bonnet Pattern (https://www.1886location.com/shop/1880s-Peaked-Bonnet-Pattern-p207317054). It's a very simple buckram and wire frame, mulled with cotton flannel, covered with silk/rayon satin, and decorated with velvet roses and leaves along with silk satin ribbon. It was a quick project and only took a few days to make. She has lots of good inspiration fashion plate images along with the pattern picture, which was really helpful for trimming.





And now I'm back down to two finished items that I haven't posted about yet. I intend to wear the 1940's dress to work one day this week so I'm hoping I'll manage to take pictures then.

Comments

[marianme]

Sweet! What a nice topper. I bought the pattern and then that’s it.

[atherleisure]

Thanks. It was really simple since it's just one piece of buckram to shape and wire.

[mala_14]

Oooh it looks fantastic!

[atherleisure]

Thank you.

[quincy134]

That looks great!!

[atherleisure]

Thank you.

[danabren]

How do you find Chantal's pattern? Good instructions?

[atherleisure]

The instructions were good. I'm not a fan of gluing things together on my bonnets, and she has the mull layer glued on and mentions glue for trims. The steps were well laid out and thorough, though. If you've done a little millinery, it should be easy to adjust to sewing, if that's your thing.

[danabren]

Thank you for the information.