I swore I wasn't going to bed until I'd finished this - it's what I've been working on all day, and I was determined to post that I'd accomplished something today!
Started this bonnet last year - it was meant for last year's Pumpkin Tea, actually. The frame's from Timely Tresses, the figured taffeta is from Renaissance Fabrics, and the orange silk is from the scrap bin! I pulled it out again day before yesterday; I'd only covered the top of the crown when I worked on it last year. Up til now, I've only had the one Regency bonnet - it's fine for warm-weather outfits, being straw, but it really doesn't go with my wool jumper.
But here it is, modeled by Disembodied Head No.1!

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Started this bonnet last year - it was meant for last year's Pumpkin Tea, actually. The frame's from Timely Tresses, the figured taffeta is from Renaissance Fabrics, and the orange silk is from the scrap bin! I pulled it out again day before yesterday; I'd only covered the top of the crown when I worked on it last year. Up til now, I've only had the one Regency bonnet - it's fine for warm-weather outfits, being straw, but it really doesn't go with my wool jumper.
But here it is, modeled by Disembodied Head No.1!

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