One of my friends is borrowing my 1840's working class costume. This was a very good reason for me to give my old green velvet bonnet an update. I removed the cotton lace and ribbon flowers and added 6 inch pleated crinoline instead. I also removed the wide velvet ties, which where really hard to tie, and replaced it with petersham ribbon. No matter who wore the bonnet it kept falling of so I decided to cheat and stitched a small clear plastic comb in.
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Still not to happy with the curtain.
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A while ago a friend gave me a lot of flowers to decorate my hats with. I had intended to make a new 1880's hat but didn't have the time or the money. So I just added colored flowers and now it looks completly different! My hat pins can't get through the hat so again I decided to cheat and stitched in hat elastic to keep in place.
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This was the inspiration for the hat. Rachel McAdams as "The Woman" Irene Adler in Sherlock Holmes. Can't wait to wear it!
I love the look of the green velvet bonnet but see what you mean about the rear curtain. Have you considered making a new curtain out of a lighter fabric--perhaps a matching green silk, or black lace? That might work better than trying to pleat velvet.
ReplyDeleteHi @Cathy,
ReplyDeleteNo, I hadn't thought of that. It's an excellent idea!
i knew I wasn't happy with how it looked but I was thinking along the lines of a different instead of also changing the fabric.
Thank you. :)