Bonnet

Not completely done. The curtain is only pinned and I haven't completed the inside of the brim, but this is a good place to show it off.

Non-living history post

Sorry for the non living history related post but this is so cool. I don't have tons of friends, but the ones I do have are such dolls. Recently, my dearest and longest known friend went to Budapest by way of Salzburg. As some background, I was an exchange student out of high school in Austria and fell in love with Mozartkugeln. I always get some when I visit. I haven't been back in a long time. Well, my dear friend has sent me some!! It arrived today and I'm so happy. Yes, it is tourist chocolate, but I love it. Along with the Mozartkugeln were some postcards, a note book, a coffee mug, more chocolate and other little treats. I did not have a good day today and this small gesture really lifted me up and reminded me that I, too, am special!

Henkel Square site visit

I spent today at Henkel Square with about 7 members of the Civil War Center of Texas in Grandview Texas . They are planning on attending the Henkel Square event in February and wanted to visit the site. They enjoyed the site very much and have already picked out houses and preliminary impressions for the event. They mentioned that there are others from their group who wish to attend the event but just were not able to attend today. It appears we will have a bigger group this year, and more men, which is very necessary for the vote.

Yes, it was hot. But in the dog runs, with the breeze it was tolerable.

Bonnet progress

Without curtain, ties, or inside finished. It's not as orangy as it appears in the photo.

Bonnet form is here

And the bonnet form arrived today from Pam Robles. I'm going to be pretty busy for the next few weeks.

Petersham is in

The petersham ribbon I ordered for a belt for my wool arrived today. I ordered some of the espresso and loden. The espresso is too dark, almost black, so that one will get put aside for use on some other project. The loden green goes well and looks wonderful with the new belt buckle. I do need to remove the bottom button on the dress to accomodate the belt. I thought I would have to but waited on it. I will probably take all the buttons off and redistribute; this is a good thing as the buttons were a bit far apart.

I'm almost done with a pair of drawers; once those are finished I'll do the belt. By that time the bonnet form should be in and I can finish that.

Projects

I have ordered the bonnet form from Pam Robles; she just happened to be working on it when I sent her the email. I'm also working on a pair of drawers; I decided that was more important than the sleepwear as I can use a chemise for that. I was really unsure what to do for the bonnet, but have now found my inspiration. I really like the back treatment of this one.

And then I found this fashion plate.

I have two pieces of fabric I wanted to use in a bonnet; the silk from my ballgown and a beautiful claret silk I got at Needle and Thread. The claret I think is too thin for this back treatment, but the yellow is a perfect weight.

Look at the bonnet on the bottom left corner of the fashion plate; it is obviously two different colors in the bonnet. So that is what I'm going to do. The yellow will be the back of the bonnet and the claret will be the curtain, ties and sheering. I was also thinking of caning the bonnet, but think I will sheer like the fashion plate. The two colors look stunning together and look great with the blue wool and the silk plaid I have.

I also ordered the petersham from Judith M. I ordered some of the brown and some of the loden and will decided which I want as a belt for the wool. The only other thing I'd really like to have before Lost Tribes is a pair of slippers.