hats patterns and fans by Lynn McMasters
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I collect slightly damaged silk flowers and have several techniques to revive them so they look like new. This article shows how these were revived and added to this hat on a pad so they could be removed for travel. Click here.
If you love embroidery, fabric appliqué and adding cord or Soutache to the surface of garments; then you will also love doing similar decorative techniques with straw over straw.
In the class Lynn will talk about and demo how to use straw in many different ways to make items that you can use to decorate the Bergère you get in class and give you a solid foundation in the techniques you can use to finish off your hat. In the second part of the class with Lynn’s help the students will decide how they want to decorate their hat and how to get started.
Noelle is modeling two straw decorated Bergères. One appliqué and one 3D straw work.
Tickets go on sale Feb. 14th. For tickets and more info, please visit Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/805458898247
Please note that this workshop will take place on the second floor of San Jose Women’s Club. The address is 75 S. 11th Street San Jose, California 95112.
My drilled twisted Hairpins are back in stock. You can order them on the Georgian Pattern page down at the bottom. There is a tare down menu so you can order the # you want with the shipping added. That is for US customers for outside US e-mail me. Laurie Tavan wearing several Ostrich Plumes she added each plume to a single hairpin. Photo by village9991
You can find several “How-to” articles that use the hairpin here. (1), (2), (3)
For those planning on making things for Christmas Victorian related events, I have some possible projects if you like to work with feathers. Check out the two articles.
I just added an article on this early 20th Century feather fan. It was a fun project and I learned a lot about sewing feathers onto fabric, curling them and goose feathers in particular. You can find it here.
I just added a video/article on how to shape the stem of an Ostrich plume to get that perfect shape for and 18th C feather headdress. Also perfect of an 16th C hats with clusters of smaller plumes. Video here
I just added a pattern for the American Girl doll using this extant Child’s corset as a model. You can download and read more here.
I just added an article on how to revive a long sausage curl fall. Find it here.
Among all these millinery feather is one Ostrich plume right in the center, the burgundy one, well I took it apart just to see how it was out together and learned some things. You might be interested if you make plumes for period hats from new feathers. Click here.
If you are lucky enough to have some vintage Ostrich plumes like these and want to have an 18th C feather ornament to add to you hair, then how are you going to do it. Follow my How-to and you will find it’s simple and does the trick of anchoring the plumes really well. I added this article to another article on making a three feather 18th C hairpin with new feathers. click here.and go about 1/2 way down the page.
