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Spring Picnic with the Hemwick Regency Society
millinery , Playing Dress Up , Regency

Spring Picnic with the Hemwick Regency Society

by: tabubilgirlPosted on: 31 May 2025

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.

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
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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.

From the Archives: A Pink 1860s Summer Dress for an American Girl Doll
19th Century , American Girl doll , doll costumes , doll hat , millinery

From the Archives: A Pink 1860s Summer Dress for an American Girl Doll

by: tabubilgirlPosted on: 14 February 20241 May 2025

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.

An 18th Century Brain Hat: Tutorial
1780s , Hat , millinery , total chaos , tutorial

An 18th Century Brain Hat: Tutorial

by: tabubilgirlPosted on: 22 June 20231 May 2025

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!

Tutorial for an 18th Century Trimmed Bergere Hat:
18th century , Hat , millinery , ruffleruffleruffle , tutorial

Tutorial for an 18th Century Trimmed Bergere Hat:

by: tabubilgirlPosted on: 26 April 202331 January 2025

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!

The 18th Century Placemat Hat: a pair of Christmas Bergeres
18th century , christmas , Hat , millinery , tutorial

The 18th Century Placemat Hat: a pair of Christmas Bergeres

by: tabubilgirlPosted on: 21 December 202217 April 2025

‘Tis the season for Christmas decorating! Can I make a Festive seasonal bergere from an 18th Century placemat hat?

An 1860s Doll Hat: The Cracktastic Hat Bounces BACK
19th Century , American Girl doll , doll costumes , doll hat , Halloween , millinery

An 1860s Doll Hat: The Cracktastic Hat Bounces BACK

by: tabubilgirlPosted on: 2 February 20126 February 2024

My cracktastic little halloween-y 1860s doll hat, last seen looking like something out of a montage of bad 80s bridesmaids dresses, is BACK.

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!

The Butterick Bonnet – that ALMOST was (for an American Girl doll).
19th Century , American Girl doll , doll hat , millinery

The Butterick Bonnet – that ALMOST was (for an American Girl doll).

by: tabubilgirlPosted on: 10 March 201122 January 2024

  Last year I used Butterick Pattern #4210 to make an American Girl scale 1860s bonnet.  Mr Tabubil scanned the pattern pieces at work, and I imported them into autocad and traced and scaled them down to AG doll size. I wish to go on record as saying that I […]

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