hat and not-hat

sewloud is going to take it off my hands, so my time wasn't completely wasted on the Ugly Bonnet. Going to make a hat after I finish the overskirt.

It's not really that ugly, I just don't want it, haha.

And that is how much of the brim I had to hack off to make the pieces fit together, by the way. *gives pattern a Look*

Ugly Hats aside, I got the overskirt cut out today, and pleated up the front. I'm using the overskirt of the "Embroidered Cloth Dress" from p405 of Fashions of the Gilded Age. Decided to live dangerously and not make a mockup (it's an overskirt, how much can I screw it up). I pleated up a little more than I should have done, because it was looking too long, and then when everything was pleated...it's actually a bit short. Well, that's ok, I was originally thinking of making a shorter overskirt anyway! xD Plus I'd already basted the pleats at the side seams in place and didn't care enough to take them out. So, short overskirt it is!