For a little touch of the funébre for this Halloween season, I made myself a sombre woman’s regency riding hat. In early October I scored a “Halloween bowler hat” at a local party store. It was on “pre-season pre-clearance sale” (Do they just make these things up now?!) and I […]
millinery , Playing Dress Up , Regency
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Spring Picnic with the Hemwick Regency Society
At the Hemwick Regency Society picnic, i learned two things – the first, that croquet is surprisingly intense for a laid-back lawn game, and the second – that i am really really bad at it.
20th Century , Accessories , millinery
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Alphonse Mucha Inspired Summer Wreath
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.)
20th Century , American Girl doll , doll hat , millinery
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Enormous Edwardian Doll Hat for an American Girl Doll
This enormous Edwardian doll was made from a kit by a sadly no-longer-in-operation doll hat pattern company called Cathy Stuart Designs.
19th Century , American Girl doll , doll costumes , doll hat , millinery
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From the Archives: A Pink 1860s Summer Dress for an American Girl Doll
Fresh from the archives: Inspired by fashion plates that pair breezy summer dresses with big straw hats, here’s my pink American Girl 1860s summer dress.
1780s , Hat , millinery , total chaos , tutorial
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An 18th Century Brain Hat: Tutorial
It’s a bergere, and it’s got pleated trim, and puffs of silk, and loops of ribbon all OVER the place.
Here’s a tutorial for an 18th Century Brain Hat!
18th century , Hat , millinery , ruffleruffleruffle , tutorial
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Tutorial for an 18th Century Trimmed Bergere Hat:
The short version: I bought a straw hat blank and I fell in love. The long version: here’s a tutorial for an 18th Century trimmed hat!
18th century , christmas , Hat , millinery , tutorial
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The 18th Century Placemat Hat: a pair of Christmas Bergeres
‘Tis the season for Christmas decorating! Can I make a Festive seasonal bergere from an 18th Century placemat hat?
19th Century , American Girl doll , doll costumes , doll hat , Halloween , millinery
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An 1860s Doll Hat: The Cracktastic Hat Bounces BACK
My cracktastic little halloween-y 1860s doll hat, last seen looking like something out of a montage of bad 80s bridesmaids dresses, is BACK.
20th Century , American Girl doll , doll hat , millinery
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A Brown 1920s Cloche Hat for an American Girl Doll
She doesn’t smoke cigarettes or rub burned cork on her eyelids, but here’s a brown 1920s hat for an American Girl Doll!