I just added an article on how to make some of the popular feather fancies of the last decade of the 19th Century.
Late Victorian Feather Fancy
Late Victorian Feather Fancy
Late 19th C Evening Hats
Link to a page with 19 museum examples of late 18th C evening hats/bonnets and/or hats with Jet beads.
Introductory Sale on New Patterns
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Working with Lace
Working with modern net lace: how to join, edge, appliqué and create the shapes you want.
Includes a pdf pattern for an 18th C French lace cap.
Wired Glass Bead Ornaments
In 2024 we acquired a collection of hat ornaments from the second half of the 1800s to the early 1900s. This 6 page set of instructions has bead counts, Wire lengths and full instructions for two reproduction ornaments and one I developed from the techniques I discovered from studying the antique examples.
Gilded Age Hat Gallery: Late Victorian Small Hats
I just added a gallery of many hats made from my Late Victorian Small Bonnet pattern as well as some vintage and Fashion Plates of similar hats. It includes more photos of this Evening Wireframe Version.
Rewrite on “How to Dye” Straw Hats
I revised and added to my article on “How to Dye Straw Hats”
Other sellers of my hat patterns
FYI There are other businesses that resell my patterns they also sell some hat making supplies.
In the UK. https://www.venacavadesign.co.uk
In the EU. https://www.la-rose-passementarie.com/en/
On the East Coast of the US. https://corsetmaking.com/Departments/Hat-Making
Hats etc. for sale
I will be selling off some of my hats and sometimes other costume items. From time to time I will add them to this page.
