Victorian bonnet pattern

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As my entry for the HSF Challenge 23 Gratetude, I decided to make a 1840s bonnet. This desicion was made based on multiple things: I wanted to make something I never done before in a tecnique I nev…

Austen Regency Soft Crown Bonnet, DIGITAL PDF sewing pattern, appropriate for 1800 to 1810 impressions. Inspired by an original bonnet held in the McCord Museum, this was a common style worn during the early Regency era. Similar to the Regency French bonnet, this pattern creates a stylish bonnet made with a wide, rounded edge brim and pleated fabric lined crown. The crown can be made to either fit small or larger hairstyles. This bonnet is made to fit nicely on the head and to fasten with…

A Dickens Cloak and Bonnet for Under $20 is a tutorial with helpful tips and clear images designed to inspire readers to create their own.

Here is a quick and easy guide to creating a fairly realistic looking Victorian or Regency bonnet.I am sorry but I haven’t been able to get step by step photos for this post yet but I will t…

I have a serious love of 1840s fashion. There is such a gothic flavor to that era. I am probably heavily influenced by having read Jane Eyre in my younger years. I also think it is caused by looking at somber photographs of women with severe hairstyles and tightly buttoned gowns. I am inclined to day dream of leaden skies, thick fog and hearing the clip clop of the carriage horses on the cobbled streets. But don't be fooled by my gothic love affair. There were plenty of colors and patterns…

Always looking for new dress-up opportunities, I contacted JASNA to see what Atlanta-area events might require head-to-toe Regency finery. Turns out local Jane Austen fans are (I suppose understandably) more about the author's stories than her clothes. Despite my potentially offensive insistence that there's no point h