I thought it might be of some use to others who might want to make a smiliar hat not to fiddle too much with paper and buckram.

Hat for middle-aged lady, 1883 : pattern and making-of

18th of February 1883All the magazines I've put online so far are in French, and frankly, I don't think I4ll translate anything until I've scanned the whole bulk of them, and learned some more fashion and fabrics terms in English. Some of the mentioned fabrics I had never heard of before, even in French, so I'll have trouble translating that ( Read more... )

( Anyone up for a small teaser ? )

(That's what you get to hear if I catch my reflection in the window) I currently have something on my head... like errr.... my sewing notions dealer's shop just exploded ? And there actually are two vivid green flowers with feathers right on top of it... Huh !
In other words : the hat is done.

( Let's feel accomplished : )

You gals are wonderful, you know that ? Thanks a lot for the ego boost ( Read more... )

I prepared the bodice, boning channels and boning for me to sew at work tomorrow. Then I worked on the hat while watching Devil's Advocate with the Home Geek. And I liked it. The hat, mainly. The film was okay. Next time I get to choose and it will either be Man to Man, age of Innocence or The Perfume :D ( Read more... )

I thought I had less than one meter of german boning left, and look what I find when I open the storage bag ?


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We're gonna melt next week in winter bustles... and yet it will still be winter, going by the calendar... *looks at all the green on the balcony*

Back to sewing. Buttonholes done, bodice in need of :
- buttons- some boning ( Read more... )

... not met. I must try the overskirt on over all the proper layers to mark the closure. But I did get the two... thingies cut out, sewn and trimmed with ribbon bows, and I shortened two trousers for the HG. Not too shabby.

Finish the overskirt.

Ready... set... sew !