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On my worktable:

8/19/2016

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Right now, this new bonnet is on my worktable:
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Well, it doesn't look like much just now. I started with a commercial straw hat and in picked the straw down to the crown, and now I'm going back in to make a new brim. I'm aiming for something like this:
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source: http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1349492
At this stage it looks more like an Amish bonnet.
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source: http://www.quakerjane.com/spirit.friends/plain_dress-caps.html
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    Nancy K McCarthy

    I can't stop myself from sewing constantly, and I have a lot of strong opinions about costume design. On the blog I'll post little tutorial things and updates of stuff that I'm working on.

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