I’m giving my 1790s summer accessories a glow-up. For a promenade with the Hemwick Regency Society, I shaped a new high-crowned Regency straw “Spanish” Hat!
19th Century , Accessories , Halloween , Hat , hatmaking , millinery , Regency
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A Regency Riding Hat
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.
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.
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 , Accessories , American Girl doll , Cloaks and Mantelets , doll costumes , doll hat , total chaos
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Mantelet, Hat and Purse: The Upon Discussion, Ultimately Late Victorian Accessory Set
Meet the Upon Discussion, Ultimately Late Victorian Doll Accessory Set. It was meant to be 18th Century. I made a few mistakes.
doll hat , Halloween , Hat , millinery
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An 1860s American Girl Doll Hat: The Hat of Inadvertently Cracktastic 80s wedding fabulousness
Making an American Girl doll hat: from 1860s macabre and halloween-y to 80s cracktastic in one unfortunate evening’s work.