Bonnet is done
May. 27th, 2011 06:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elizabeth_mnI trimmed the bonnet.
(I also finally bought a fake head! Woo!)
The crown is wrapped in a wide bias strip of self-fabric, edged with tea-dyed cotton lace, gathered and folded and lightly tacked down. I was going for a casually draped look, and this is the best I could do. The ties are also self-bias.
The ends of the bias strip are left in points that hang down a bit from under the two ribbon rosettes.
I ended up having to do a little more shaping on the brim edge after I finished the cover, so the inside of the brim is a little more wrinkled than it was at first, but the shape is now better.
This trimming has basically nothing to do with the inspiration image; I just wanted to make it pretty and this worked for me.
(I also finally bought a fake head! Woo!)
The crown is wrapped in a wide bias strip of self-fabric, edged with tea-dyed cotton lace, gathered and folded and lightly tacked down. I was going for a casually draped look, and this is the best I could do. The ties are also self-bias.
The ends of the bias strip are left in points that hang down a bit from under the two ribbon rosettes.
I ended up having to do a little more shaping on the brim edge after I finished the cover, so the inside of the brim is a little more wrinkled than it was at first, but the shape is now better.
This trimming has basically nothing to do with the inspiration image; I just wanted to make it pretty and this worked for me.
