1840s bonnet

Wanting to keep my millinery skills fresh, I recently put together two matching silk drawn (or shirred) bonnets. Inspired by an original in the Henry Ford Collection, I was intrigued by the hybrid …

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Here you’ll find costumes and accessories I’ve created suitable for the 1840s, 1850s & 1860s – the Victorian era – as well as other Victorian topics.

Poke bonnet 1847

c. 1840s-1850s. Drawn bonnet made with gray plain weave China silk sewn with narrow channels and drawn or shirred over cane ribs, overall supported by a shaped buckram base with cane support around the base of the brim. The rounded brim comes to a point below each cheek. The brim and crown are worked over the buckram from one length of fabric. At the front edge of the brim, the fabric is evenly shirred over six parallel rows of cane ribs and released into soft gathers toward the brim’s base…

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…

Drawn Bonnet, 1840-1849

I'm so happy with how this bonnet turned out! And I had everything I needed to cover and trim it in my stash! This bonnet is for a c. 1842 outfit that I'm suddenly working on! It's mostly for Costume College, but there is also a small 1840s event a week from today that I will hopefully have it finished for! At least I hope to have the gown wearable, even if it doesn't have all the trim. The bonnet form is from Timely Tresses, and I covered it using their pattern. I decided to pipe the tip of…