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Alphonse Mucha Inspired Summer Wreath
20th Century , Accessories , millinery

Alphonse Mucha Inspired Summer Wreath

by: tabubilgirlPosted on: 18 November 202417 April 2025

I made an Alphonse Mucha Inspired Summer Wreath for a turn-of-the-century-poster event this summer. For a quick hot-glue job, this is shaping up to be one of my prettiest costume pieces! (There’s probably an important life lesson in there somewhere.)

Enormous Edwardian Doll Hat for an American Girl Doll
20th Century , American Girl doll , doll hat , millinery

Enormous Edwardian Doll Hat for an American Girl Doll

by: tabubilgirlPosted on: 10 May 202431 March 2025

This enormous Edwardian doll was made from a kit by a sadly no-longer-in-operation doll hat pattern company called Cathy Stuart Designs.

The Project that went Really Really Wrong
20th Century , fabrics , garment construction , modern sewing , total chaos

The Project that went Really Really Wrong

by: tabubilgirlPosted on: 26 April 202411 November 2024

How often do you have a sewing project that goes really really wrong?

A Brown 1920s Cloche Hat for an American Girl Doll
20th Century , American Girl doll , doll hat , millinery

A Brown 1920s Cloche Hat for an American Girl Doll

by: tabubilgirlPosted on: 7 June 20116 February 2024

She doesn’t smoke cigarettes or rub burned cork on her eyelids, but here’s a brown 1920s hat for an American Girl Doll!

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