Making an Early Victorian, transitional-style Bonnet || Finishing my late 1830s costume

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Months later I'm finishing up my 1838 ensemble and just like with the dress, I'm facing trouble at every turn. After multiple mock-ups, replacing my materials, and repeating several steps, will this bonnet look like my fashion plate inspiration or will it be a silky mess?
The late 1830s is a fascinating transitional period in Western fashion history and is often ignored in favor of the over-the-top styles from earlier in the decade. Let's learn about shifting styles in both hair and dress.
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My 1840s bonnet: dixiediy.com/2017/01/historic...
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8 авг 2024

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@gillianstapleton7741 2 года назад

A great book is 'From the Neck Up' - teaches everything from start to finish and has patterns at the back too.

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

I've added it to my Christmas wishlist! thanks

@wendynordstrom3487 2 года назад

If your buckram is too light you could also moisten it and double your layers with an iron. I think I your bonnet turned out lovely! You did a great job, despite your drawbacks, you kicked butt!

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Huh, I didn't know it would just stick together like that! Thanks

@BookCat18 2 года назад

🌸🌸🌸 it looks beautiful, thanks as always for the realistic portrait of crafting from home

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Thank you ;)

@Sewingistherapy 2 года назад

Yeah, Joanns just is not a good place to get the best stuff, unfortunately for me that's all I have available locally. Also, it always is doubly happy when you finish up a scrap and have just enough to make something else out of it. Anyway, it's lovely!

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Same here, unless I drive at least 40 minutes and then there's no guarantee the stores will have what I need. Oh well. Thank goodness for the internet! And yeah, it feels great to use up scraps! Thanks!

@jlynn2724 Год назад

I'm planning on a poofy-sleeved 1830s gown in 2023, and I keep going back and forth on the bonnet. On the one hand, I have a pattern already if I want to make my own. On the other hand, I can buy a straw bonnet blank on Etsy, and while that's gonna be pricey, watching you assemble yours is making my fingers hurt in sympathy! 😂

@TheCoutureCourtesan 2 года назад

Yes!!! I've been wanting to make a bonnet in this style so it's great to see someone tackling it! You really hit on the interesting transition of styles during this period.

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Yay! Thank you! If you make one I hope it turns out well

@susankellam8844 2 года назад

So many trials & tribulations, but you persevered like a trooper and now you have a pretty pink hat!

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Thank you my dear!

@nicnaknoc 2 года назад

Such a beautiful bonnet you literally clawed out from hell by not giving up and just keep sowing and picking apart and go back and do it again 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 I salute you

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Thank you :)

@suzismith9681 8 месяцев назад

I see how far the current foot on your machine stitched from the edge of the brim. There are REALLY skinny foot available. Its long and thin makes fine work for applying bias binding. A zipper foot could work too. Ive just recently become a fan of using different foot on my machine and my sewing has improved beyond expectations. Ive been sewing 50+ years. Its always worth trying something new. The hat is lovely, love the color xx

@stevezytveld6585 2 года назад

The hat is so sweet. And it looks lovely with the dress. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Thank you Cathy!

@roxannlegg750 8 месяцев назад

Well done! I have been doing victorian millinery for about 15 years now and I llove it. I will admit the ready patterns have been very inadequate - not big enough and sit badly on your head. SO i fiddled around with patterns and made a host of 1830's tall bonnet patterns, and even made a few drawn bonnets. Ive made hats and bonnets from the 1770's to the 1900's and i just adore it all. from creating the shapes, making the forms,, covering them and decorating them. Ive made them for myself and customers, and once I started doing it - it was addictive. All the fiddly problems you had I still have, its so easy to miscalculate dimensions of covering, and you did well! Just think of decoration as covering a lot of construction sins. And BTW - originall ones were more badly made than our worst made ones. Its a very pretty bonnet 🙂. Let me know if you want patterns.

@lisacutten5573 Год назад

I love your hat and particularly love the fan shape fabric you created for the very top of the hat. I just found your channel and enjoying and learning from your adventures in costuming. I’m a beginner and appreciate all the info you share. Thank you.

@eman3283 Год назад

Damn! You're so underrated, like this is gorgeous😍

@LauraIngallsGunn 2 года назад

Dixie your bonnet is fabulously fetching! That end piece detail is the living END!!! I feel like my next bonnet needs that. I also keep forgetting to tell you that Susan gave me a stack of children's patterns to give to you at the Trailblazing Women event. Just give me a ring/text and we can arrange a time for your to collect them. :)

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Thanks!! I'll text you soon

@andrealewis7508 2 года назад

I'm working on a late 1830s costume, and I'm a bit frustrated that 1830s bonnets are early 1830s, not late, so I'll need to alter the pattern like you did. Thank you for showing the full process. There's a lot of setbacks and mistakes that happen, and it's comforting to see that I'm not the only one who messes up on things!

@coreygilles847 2 года назад

So fantastic! I love how it looks on you!

@pv6450 2 года назад

Nice to see you back. Thanks for sharing. Your hat turned out lovely.

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@elainebye9090 2 года назад

Lovely! I just have a "thing" about pink satin--had if since childhood. The fills the yen! Can't wait to see more millenary from you. 😍

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Thank you! hopefully my next millinery adventure is easier lol

@michellecornum5856 2 года назад

This was very useful. Thank you.

@HistoricalBelle Год назад

Your bonnet turned out so beautifully! I really enjoyed learning about the differences between the early and late 1830's. Also I didn't realize that mulling was a step in making bonnets, I've only really made slat bonnets before, so that is great to know!

@llanacavallini653 2 года назад

you did great ! love the color

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Thanks!

@sundazedkp 2 года назад

Hi Dixie! Awesome channel. Love the thumbnails. Merry Christmas!🎄

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Hey there, thanks!!

@cap4life1 2 года назад

It looks really good! Bonnets are difficult but you did it well.

@papillonpress 2 года назад

Might I suggest Heat Bond to attach your fashion fabric to the buckram. It’s a double-sided iron-on adhesive that comes in sheets and works beautifully for hats. I used it when making my Edwardian satin covered hat to prevent creases, etc. Get the Lite Sewable version so you don’t mess up your sewing machine when sewing through it. Your hat still turned out beautifully! I like to pleated detail at the back.

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

I've used that before for felt, will it be ok on taffeta? (I just worry about damage or it showing through to the right side, ya know?) Thanks!

@101catpawz 2 года назад

I'd think you did a great job. I'd like to see more details of how you made your pattern. Any chance you could just make a quick video of that part of the process? Thanks for sharing!

@Pour_La_Victoire 2 года назад

Your bonnet turned out lovely! What a great use of those silk scraps!

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Thank you so much!

@ladypinkbagsetc.9116 2 года назад

This is one pretty hat! Great work! New subscriber!

@CraftsyPenguin 2 года назад

I love that you did that with the scraps and even managed such a clever and beautiful endpiece in the back! It look very pretty and the line of the ribbon even adds to it. I see why it is a hat from hell for you though :)

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Thank you! I love that I was able to squeak through with just the fabric I had.

@brendabarron1886 2 года назад

Wow so nice

@craftyroo9930 2 года назад

your bonnet is beautiful! and such a pretty color with you and your dress! re- dealing with the inside brim lining, one tactic that is used a lot is to attach a band of fabric smooth to the edge of the brim (sometimes with piping) and then ruche the inside edge of the fabric to where the brim meets the crown-- then you get pretty little pleats radiating out from your face. hope that made sense! anyway, your bonnet is lovely! thanks for sharing it :)

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

I did something similar in that yellow 1840s hat, except with lace. Next time I definitely want to try your idea with silk, thanks!

@craftyroo9930 2 года назад

@@DixieDIY it’s a handy method, in that you don’t need to worry so much about the silk adhering smoothly to the inside of the brim. but it is a different look from what you were going for. i think if i were trying to make a smooth lining for an inner bonnet brim i’d try to make the brim as rock stiff as possible (double buckram, heavy wire, etc) then cut the silk on the bias, pin it it place and stretch it gradually all round w pins like a canvas. a pain in the ass, and you’d have to be careful not to warp the brim, but you’d get there. anyway. you probably aren’t looking for more advice! disregard the above and enjoy your pretty hat! :)

@New_Wave_Nancy 2 года назад

I love the end cap! And I can't tell you how many times I've stuck myself with a needle or pin and left blood on a project (and I only started last year!).

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Thank you! It's so hard to maneuver a needle through stiff buckram like that, especially when you can't easily see the other side.

@savannahbrewer6161 2 года назад

ace hardware has way better wire if you need something more local, and in a large variety of gauges

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Thanks for the tip!

@Ventura0404 Год назад

People do not realize that you need the smallest smallest size needle when you constituent the hat (sew) it will make such a big difference in your stitching disappearing

@angelaross1 2 года назад

That hat from hell is lovely

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

lol thanks ;)

@veronicapersson9124 2 года назад

You can do as they did in Emma, attach a little lace.

@Siansonea 2 года назад

Would it make sense to place the felt and silk on the inside of the brim before attaching it to the crown cap? You could in theory stitch 'quilting' lines in the fabric to keep it from shifting around, perhaps even some kind of decorative stitching or embroidery? Then you can assemble the pieces and add the outer felt and silk the way you did here, and the outer felt and silk would cover the back of the stitching. Or is there some reason that can't be done?

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Yeah, doing the inner brim first with some (hopefully unnoticeable) tacking stitches probably would have been the best idea

@polkadot8788 2 года назад

Yeah. I found that pattern too small too. Adjusted it but it still is a little on the....snug side.

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

Yeah, the crown is pretty small and doesn't quite sit on your head so much as it sits on your hair bun. I think the original pattern works better for early 1830s.

@jobeaumont6621 Месяц назад

Use MILLINERY WIRE!! That's what it is for.

@weepingwillow1993 2 года назад

Quick tip for blood spots like that, that you don't want to use hydrogen peroxide on. Your own saliva will take out your blood.

@DixieDIY 2 года назад

whoa I never knew that!

@BlackwellADB3D 6 месяцев назад

Charming!!

@yevgenymashenberg2369 7 месяцев назад

There’s absolutely no way to keep the inside smooth and wrinkles free even with modern days fusibles ,it simple physics 🤷🏻‍♂️ that’s why the pleated gathered and god knows what in the first place ;)

@pv6450 2 года назад

Nice to see you back. Thanks for sharing. Your hat turned out lovely.