Bonnet news

[frualeydis]

I have been working on the bonnet most of the day. Left to do:
Hem the bavolet, i.e the flounce at the bottom.
Sew on two pieces of ribbon as trim.
Decorate it with fabric flowers
Sew on the ribbons to tie it with. This will have to wait because I don't have any wide enough ribbon. I will get some tomorrow.
Expect pictures tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

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Re: mmmm. picnic....

[(Anonymous)]

A white riding habit with a white hat and veil! I have hardly seen any ugly riding habits, they always look great. Now if she doesn't do sidesaddle it's more of a problem...

Re: mmmm. picnic....

[myralea.livejournal.com]

i tried to introduce the notion of riding habits, but icelandic horses are not into sidesaddling. neither is my friend. unfortunately... no i need to come up with a solution for the skirt that enables some real time riding!? and she's not into wide skirts either... why make things easy for your friends?
(*sigh* the last wedding gown i made two years ago was for a five months pregnant friend. there were drastic body changes every weekely fitting session, it almost drove me insane...)

am seriously planning for some knitted details though, and i think i've firmly planted the idea of a nice light weight wool fabric! wool tabby/crepe, shimmering lace knitting and some glimmering sequins and beads... floating down the hill on a white horse in the sunshine... she's going to be pretty i think ;)

btw, wedding is going to be at nääs slott! so i can do some investigations for the 19thC party plans.

/m