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mandie_rwSo, what have I been up to? Finally completed enough little things in the past couple days to post about them, and somehow I'm not too far behind in my ambitious schedule to Finish ALL the Gettysburg Things.
First - a bumpad, which I've needed since I first got my hoop! I find my hoop tends to push forward a bit under the weight of skirts and petticoats, so some kind of little pad was in order. It's way exciting. This is version 2, by the way - when your method is cut, sew, stuff, you rarely get things thr right size on the first try! Number 1 was too small.
Next - I finally trimmed my own bonnet! I only made it two years ago! ...Yeah, really. It's a bit simply trimmed, I think - I was wavering about putting some flowers on the outside as well, but I'm not very into the frou-frou, so I'll leave it for now.
And the progress on Alice's bonnet!
It's (in the process of being) covered in a dark pine-blueish-green faille, and Totally Decked Out in plaid dupioni. But not-very-slubby-dupioni! The ties will be made of the same plaid...and I'm hemming them now. Because they're cut from fabric. Ugh.
And I have found it's much much easier to trim as you go, while covering a bonnet like this. Trimming my own bonnet after the fact was a PITA.
(And...yes, I absolutely do trim everything like it's an 18th century hat.)
First - a bumpad, which I've needed since I first got my hoop! I find my hoop tends to push forward a bit under the weight of skirts and petticoats, so some kind of little pad was in order. It's way exciting. This is version 2, by the way - when your method is cut, sew, stuff, you rarely get things thr right size on the first try! Number 1 was too small.
Next - I finally trimmed my own bonnet! I only made it two years ago! ...Yeah, really. It's a bit simply trimmed, I think - I was wavering about putting some flowers on the outside as well, but I'm not very into the frou-frou, so I'll leave it for now.
And the progress on Alice's bonnet!
It's (in the process of being) covered in a dark pine-blueish-green faille, and Totally Decked Out in plaid dupioni. But not-very-slubby-dupioni! The ties will be made of the same plaid...and I'm hemming them now. Because they're cut from fabric. Ugh.
And I have found it's much much easier to trim as you go, while covering a bonnet like this. Trimming my own bonnet after the fact was a PITA.
(And...yes, I absolutely do trim everything like it's an 18th century hat.)
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Date: 2013-11-10 03:24 pm (UTC)And why not 18thc trimming? It lovely!
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Date: 2013-11-11 05:38 am (UTC)And 18thc trimming is THE BESTEST. :D