Comments | k_adrian: Late Victorian Hat

k_adrian

Late Victorian Hat

May 18, 2011 22:05

I had the good fortune to take a Lynn McMasters hat making class which resulted in this Gibson Girl era hat.
It sat untrimmed in my work room until I had the amazing luck to meet up with Lynn again for another class and disclosed that I had just learned hair weaving at Colonial Williamsburg. Well it so happened that she was in need of a body to ( Read more... )

victorian, gibson girl, hat

Comments 2

izodiea May 19 2011, 17:05:38 UTC

That is FABULOUS! The proportion is perfect for such big hat. Did you wire the edges of the bow?

k_adrian May 19 2011, 22:10:32 UTC

Thank you! No wire in the bow - i made 4 channels and ran reed through them... But I think you could use wire instead. I have to say that bow does make it a bit front heavy. I am going to have to pin through some braid to get it to stay and hope its not too windy that day.