I'm still waiting on some fabric to arrive, but my buckram arrived this weekend so I decided to work on my French hood. I cut out the pattern pieces in buckram first:
And then I sewed millinery wire around all the edges of the pattern pieces. Here's the crescent pattern piece:
And here's the brim:
Next, I sewed baby flannel to smooth the surface of the pattern pieces. The Tudor Tailor book called for using something called 'domette,' but I couldn't find any. It's apparently a British fine flannel. I had some leftover baby flannel from my Gainsborough hat project, and it was just enough to cover both the hood and the crescent.
Next up will be covering the pieces with black taffeta, sewing the crescent to the brim, and then sewing on the veil and decorations.
And then I sewed millinery wire around all the edges of the pattern pieces. Here's the crescent pattern piece:
And here's the brim:
Next, I sewed baby flannel to smooth the surface of the pattern pieces. The Tudor Tailor book called for using something called 'domette,' but I couldn't find any. It's apparently a British fine flannel. I had some leftover baby flannel from my Gainsborough hat project, and it was just enough to cover both the hood and the crescent.
Next up will be covering the pieces with black taffeta, sewing the crescent to the brim, and then sewing on the veil and decorations.
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Another name for domette is French fleece. Hats by Leko sells it for $25yd, 60 " wide, but it stretches a lot, goes very far. :D
http://hatsupply.com/foundationfabric.htm
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