...one final push for Williamsburg!
With The Creature wrapping up (and boy does that feel good!), I have just enough time and plenty of organza left to make a BigAss Cap.
And I want it to be biiiiiiiiig. Fluffy. Ridiculous. I want it to eat my head.
So here's my inspiration:
I don't have a pattern, but there are some resources online here:
Luckily caps aren't so very hard to figure out. I have this diagram from Art, Beauty, and Well-Ordered Chaos to go from, and tweak for proportion:
I best get on with it!
With The Creature wrapping up (and boy does that feel good!), I have just enough time and plenty of organza left to make a BigAss Cap.
And I want it to be biiiiiiiiig. Fluffy. Ridiculous. I want it to eat my head.
So here's my inspiration:
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| Two Nerdy History Girls - Abby, Milliner's Apprentice at Williamsburg, wearing a big fluffy gauze (organza) cap |
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| Lady Wearing a Large White Cap, c. 1780 - National Gallery of Art |
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| Francis Alleyne, 1780 -85 |
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| French School, 1772-85 - Bowes Museum |
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| The back of Samantha's cap - The Couture Courtesan |
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| 1777 French Fashion Plate, noting the cap design in the upper right - via |
- How to Make a Cap - 18th Century New England Life
- How to Make an 18th Century Cap - Art, Beauty, and Well-Ordered Chaos
- Couture Maya
- At the Sign of the Golden Scissors - Tons of Posts on Caps
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| Click through for instruction |
