Bonnets!

[dawnluck]

This is what I’ve been doing lately. Blocking straw bonnets! My studio is pretty much filled with them. At least the weather has been glorious so I’m able to take the messy part outside.
More pictures behind the cut.

Comments

[corsetrasewing]

Oh divine!

[dawnluck]

Grin! They ARE fun to make!

But my nails are all broken now! And my sewing machine is feeling sorry for itself.

[tayloropolis]

AWESOME! Two questions- why on earth are you making so many and what did you use to carve the blocks? I have a few straw hats in my possession that are itching to become bonnets, but the blocking process has me stumped!

[dawnluck]

Some are sold: Some are to sell: Some are to decorate and sell.

The “to sell” lot are in preparation for the upcoming re-enactment season.

My hat blocks are a mish-mash of materials. Some are traditional wooden blocks: Some are papier-mâché: Some I’ve carved from construction foam. Occasionally I just see the right shape in a “found” object and use it for a block.

Edit to add- I've got one in-process block I'm making from plaster. Plaster is one of the more "traditional" block materials.

There is so much more to hat blocking than what I used to think! :o) I took workshop time at Judith M studio. I learned SO much!

[sadievale]

oh, looks like a fun project!

[dawnluck]

Indeed it is! :)