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EGL Mourning Bonnetby ~EveElle

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I wore this outfit in the Fruits contest basically to show off my skills as a milliner.
The bonnet was blocked and hand sewn by me from black straw, lace, satin ribbon and black roses.

Got it's name from people commenting that I looked like I was in mourning....

Original photos taken by *Floatyman

Please visit my Mad Hattery account for other hats
and my website Evelyn Ellenor Mad Hattery [link]

~chocolatehomicide Jan 21, 2009

Thats so beautiful! I love bonnets like this!

~EveElle Feb 7, 2009

Thanks so much! Did you see my website?
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~chocolatehomicide Feb 7, 2009

Oh, wow, some of those are really beautiful! You do amazing work!

*Feybles Jul 12, 2008 Artisan Crafter

looks great. wonderful outfit too

!Mittens13 Dec 19, 2007 Student

You look so BEAUTIFUL! I love the photo of you on the stairs, your hair, your outfit and your pose is all perfect.

!ladydetemps Dec 5, 2007

I'd love to make a bonnet like that...but I have no idea where to start. Can you recommend any good resources/links or suggestions on how to start?

~EveElle Dec 6, 2007

Well, it's actually not something you can just make at home. I'm doing a millinery course at TAFE, and you need to learn how to block straw (which I found was the hardest material to block), sew it, wire it, etc. You also need to purchase blocks and equiptment, which I'm in the process of doing and it's not cheap.

I would recommend purchasing a pattern from a haberdashery and making one from material, I bought a pattern a few months ago but haven't a chance to try it out. I found it in the Costume section of the Pattern books.

!ladydetemps Dec 7, 2007

Thank you for the pointers

This will be my first foray into this kind of stuff....I'll have to go searching for a pattern.

~Thalionrin Nov 2, 2007

Wow. Nice outfit. I wanted to have a go at making hats, but it seems really difficult! You've done a great job.

By the way, your shoes are absolutely to DIE for!

~EveElle Nov 3, 2007

Thank you ^_^ the shoes are T.U.K. if you're wondering.

Nah Hats making isn't that hard, i mean it takes money and time but it's no harder to learn then any other skill. I'm going to post another pic of this bonnet as you can't see all of the detail properly.

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