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Post by cosmoblue on Nov 4, 2007 2:11:15 GMT -5
Bonnets, Oh yes. I had previously ignored my need for appropriate regency headwear. Mostly because I am in denial that I should be wearing a matronly cap for day just because I am married and a mother. Anyway I happened upon www.austentation.com/ today and now I am going to have to buy like 5 or 10 hats. This is the last thing I needed, but oh how I love accessories. [modified to add subject for easier browsing] ~ Admin |
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Nov 5, 2007 19:30:36 GMT -5
I need to accessorize too.
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Post by austenfan on Nov 6, 2007 21:44:35 GMT -5
I want the fabric one like Lizzie had. Very pretty.
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Jan 7, 2008 13:33:33 GMT -5
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Jan 7, 2008 16:35:06 GMT -5
Thinking out loud here.... I think I'm going to hold a bonnet workshop sometime soon and have people pick one of these four bonnets (and bonnet frames) which i will order for them, and then bring their own fabric, yardage, trim, notions, florals, hot glue gun, needle and thread, etc.... Maybe do a cap too. Bring two sewing machines....     I want a Bonnet. |
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Post by dawnluckham on Jan 7, 2008 21:50:18 GMT -5
Steph, I don't want to throw water on your hot idea, but I wouldn't use any of those bonnet shapes to construct Regency bonnets. Well, maybe the straw one, second from the top would work if you were going to work on "muffin" style hats. Here's why: The top one screams 1840's to me. The second one, as I said has possibilities, The third one, the crown is VERY shallow and you really want something that sits deeper on the head. And the last one doesn't look like any historical shape I've ever seen before - maybe 1930's??? Here’s how I’d make a muffin hat out of the straw hat: Cut the crown out until the hat sits firmly on your brow. This should not blow off in the wind. Bind the raw edge of the brim after cutting the crown out. Cut a circle of silk 20” diameter (more or less a little, as you like, but I’ve found I like the 20 inches). Iron under ½ “ all the way around the circle. Using a white glue stick “baste” a 1” cotton tape all the way around the circle covering the ironed ½ “ hem. You don’t want the tape peeking out on the good side. Thread 2 big needles with a strong thread (button hole twist) long enough to go around the circumference of the circle and then knot the end. Cartridge pleat the outer edge of the circle (sewing the tape to the silk at the same time). Pull up the threads to gather the circle until it fits the straw brim head opening. Spread pleating evenly around the brim and hand sew the silk circle to the straw brim. Decorate to your heart’s content.  This is what it looks like:  Alternatively, Lynn McMasters makes a positively lovely early Regency bonnet pattern that could be played with to make other shapes if you wished: www.lynnmcmasters.com/early19Cbonnet.htmlIf you want to just buy a nice bonnet, Pam Robles does beautiful work! www.victorianbonnets.com/ |
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Jan 7, 2008 22:23:15 GMT -5
Trust me, I know. I know they're not perfect, but I see these frames as good places to start considerng how hard it is to find something really period.
Do you have any patterns? The Milliner that makes those bonnet frames told me that if I have patterns, she'd be happy to make frames for them for the workshop. This is what she has for bonnets. I wanted a poke bonnet myself but the only one that looks good is the straw one. It's hard to find decent bonnets.
The collapsible hat is the one they use to make the muffin thing. If you go onto her site, you can see that Simplicity's free Regency Bonnet pattern uses her collapsible hat.
Anyway... if you have patterns of something more accurate, do let me know.
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Post by cosmoblue on Jan 8, 2008 0:04:37 GMT -5
I am pretty sure that you can get had unadorned bodies from Austentation.
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Post by Val on Jan 11, 2008 11:55:54 GMT -5
Steph, thank you for posting this. I've shared it on my costume guild's yahoo group. I've been wanting to make one of the capotes for awhile but only had a general idea how. I even have the fabric *waiting*.  |
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Post by Sarha on Jan 11, 2008 12:30:44 GMT -5
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Post by Val on Jan 11, 2008 13:32:12 GMT -5
Sarha, I hope you let us see it when you're done!
I have one I bought, already finished, at Costume College, and I hope I get a chance to wear it soon. It's a summer straw.
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Post by Sarha on Jan 11, 2008 13:35:02 GMT -5
I would like to very much. Do you like yours?
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Post by Val on Jan 11, 2008 14:58:34 GMT -5
I love it. I bought it from Mela Hoyt-Hayden, who sells hats and bonnets she has leftover that weren't used in the movies she made them for. Most average about $100. I bought another warm weather bonnet, soft fram, in a teal color, that I don't know what I was thinking when I bought it, but I have nothing to wear it with, and don't think it will ever get used.
If I knew how to post a picture here, I'd do it. I left a question earlier on the Administrators board, so I'll check and see if there's an answer. Then maybe I can come back and post them.
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Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong? ~ Jane Austen 
