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velvet mantle progress
Nov. 23rd, 2016 11:49 pmFinally finished binding the mantle! So it just needs a hook/eye (forgot to buy a big one from work tonight, so that will have to wait) and the marabou trim. And I totally plan to bring mantle and trim to my grandmother's house, where we're going for Thanksgiving dinner. I do not have time to lapse into a turkey coma! Feathers must be sewn! (Said feathers happily showed up on my doorstep today, which is good as I was getting antsy.) I decided on a "pink champagne" color for the marabou, which was a good choice as I think it looks nice with the dull spruce velvet without being too in-your-face Christmassy.
The binding is decidedly woobly; if I'd not planned on trim I would have made a little more effort! But - getting trim, therefore I don't care. There are a few nicks in the velvet (clearance, so unsurprising) and naturally I managed to put pretty much all of them front and center. Oh well! Can't really see them in pictures so it's like they don't exist, right? ;) (And ignore the weird light/shadows. Late afternoon, doncha know.)
I also mocked up a new brim for my bonnet; I'm using the same crown as the peach one from this summer, but as you get to the end of the decade, brims are much lower, rounder, and closer to the face, although not quite the coal-scuttle type that comes in in in the early '40s. If I were really dedicated, I would make up a new crown that has more of a flare out to the brim...buuuut I'm getting short on time, and as a very transitional style of bonnet there are a lot of varations! So the straighter crown is valid too, just not what I'd pick if I had infinite time. Anyway! I cut out the buckram pieces too, and am trying my hand at a blocked crown tip...buckram is currently drying on its ghetto-tastic block aka plastic refrigerator container. Aww yiss.
The binding is decidedly woobly; if I'd not planned on trim I would have made a little more effort! But - getting trim, therefore I don't care. There are a few nicks in the velvet (clearance, so unsurprising) and naturally I managed to put pretty much all of them front and center. Oh well! Can't really see them in pictures so it's like they don't exist, right? ;) (And ignore the weird light/shadows. Late afternoon, doncha know.)
I also mocked up a new brim for my bonnet; I'm using the same crown as the peach one from this summer, but as you get to the end of the decade, brims are much lower, rounder, and closer to the face, although not quite the coal-scuttle type that comes in in in the early '40s. If I were really dedicated, I would make up a new crown that has more of a flare out to the brim...buuuut I'm getting short on time, and as a very transitional style of bonnet there are a lot of varations! So the straighter crown is valid too, just not what I'd pick if I had infinite time. Anyway! I cut out the buckram pieces too, and am trying my hand at a blocked crown tip...buckram is currently drying on its ghetto-tastic block aka plastic refrigerator container. Aww yiss.
