All Lace Modified French Bonnet

This precious bonnet was made using the Sarah Howard Stone's Le Petit Enfant Bonnet pattern with a few modifications. The pattern piece for the puff was narrowed both in width and length. I created this sweet bonnet entirely from French Valenciennes lace and Spanish lace. Since the puff was made of lace, I felt it needed the structure the cluny lace offered. Both the headband and crown were made using the same lace as the puff.

 

The bonnet has detachable streamers and rosettes and can be changed out to coordinate with the dress being worn. I created set of streamers and matching rosettes in ecru, pink, and red satin ribbon.

Bonnet with red rosettes and streamers:

 

 

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French Bonnet with Drawstring Crown

This beautiful bonnet was created using Sarah Howard Stone's Le Petite Enfant Bonnet pattern. Instead of the lace crown, we created a casing for a drawstring closure. We also replaced the fabric streamers with satin double-faced ribbon.

 

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Coordinating Basic Yoke Dresses for Twin Girls

The following dresses were created for two-year old twins. We used coordinating French Maline laces and we made slight adjustments to the overall dress to create two unique dresses.

The first dress features an all lace yoke with two lace bands, a puffing band, and a gathered lace ruffle. The bottom of the front and back yoke is embellished with a fancy entredeux beading.

Lace yoke with fancy entredeux beading:

Fancy portion of skirt:

 

The second dress features a Swiss embroidery band instead of a puffing band. The lace selection was slightly different but still uses French Maline laces.

Swiss embroidery band with lace bands on either side:

 

We also created matching French bonnets for each dress.

 

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Ragland Sleeve Daygown with Pink Tatted Edge and Pink Tatted Bonnet and Booties

 

This precious Ragland sleeve daygown is created using white Swiss Bearissima II batiste. I personally hand tatted the pink edging (DMC #776, weight 80) which is applied flat to both sides of the placket and neck edge. The same edging is applied to the fabric ruffle at the sleeves. The sleeve ruffle was hand rolled and whipped as well as the neck and sleeve edges. The hem is blind hemmed by hand.

The lower front of the skirt on either side of the placket is embellished with a beautiful hand embroidered design using shadow stitched bows and bullion roses and leaves.

The gown features single rosebuds hand embroidered along the placket.

The pink tatted bonnet and booties feature blue medallions. Both items are VINTAGE and have been cleaned and laundered. Fresh ivory ribbon has been used to complete these items. These items are the first I have seen tatted in the pink and blue. I absolutely fell in love with them when I came across them and envisioned the day gown to match. Please note there is a very subtle color difference between the vintage bonnet/booties and the new edging.

These beautiful items are available for sale at my Etsy store:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/128319482/white-ragland-sleeve-daygown-with-tatted?ref=shop_home_active

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Pale Pink Swiss Batiste French Bonnet

This precious French Bonnet was created to coordinate with a Babette day gown (http://heirloomcreations.blogspot.com/2013/03/pink-babette-with-ecru-lace-and-pastel.html). The headband in the bonnet is made from ecru French Maline laces and the puff and the streamers use the same pink batiste as the day gown.

The crown also is created using French Maline laces.

This bonnet is a custom order and has sold.

 

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Christening Gown with Tucked Bands and a Puffing Band

The skirt of this beautiful christening gown features two tucked bands and a puffing band. This gown has a finished length of forty-two inches.

 

The front yoke has a center puffing strip with pin tucks sewn horizontally on the outer edges. Lace insertion separates these elements.

 

The back yoke consists of lace insertion and pin tucks.

 

The fabric ruffle at the bottom of the skirt has three pin tucks running the length of the ruffle and is finished with wide lace edging.

 

Here is a close-up view of the fancy skirt.

 

The gown is completed with the addition of a T-cap bonnet featuring the same lace insertion and pin tucks as the gown.

 

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Examples of T-Cap Bonnets

Here are two examples of T-cap bonnets. The variations of materials that can be used in these bonnets is endless. In the following example, the bonnet is created using lace and eyelet. The longer rectangle section going from ear to ear is finished 11 3/4 inches long and 3 1/2 inches wide. To create the smaller back strip I omitted some of the lace to create a width of 2 1/2 inches. The length is 5 1/2 inches. Whatever lace is used on the outside or longer edge of the larger rectangle should also be used on the outside edge of the smaller rectangle. Hopefully, you can see the adjustments in the photos.

The next example uses a puffing strip in both rectangle pieces but the back one is a fraction more narrow. Again, the lace is adjusted to omit an inch in the width for the back rectangle. However, the same lace is used on the outside edge of both rectangle pieces.

Bonnets have SOLD.

 

 

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Vintage Tatted Bonnet

Yesterday, a vintage tatted bonnet I purchased arrived and I am so pleased with it.  At first though, I was a little nervous about it.  It had a blue fabric liner in it, which was stained, and the blue ribbons had seen much better days. The liner was hand whipped on which made it easy to remove and the ribbons also were removed and replaced.  The bonnet had been stored flat and a crease had formed down the center of it.  Here are some before pictures: 

The inside out view:

    

The changes I made were really quite simple.  I removed the liner and replaced the blue ribbon with new ecru ribbon. Liners in tatted bonnets are a personal preference.  They are helpful in making the bonnet warmer in cold weather.  I preferred to leave it without one.  The fold crease ironed out easily.  Here are the after pictures:

     

I recently purchased the pattern for this bonnet on eBay and I look forward to one day recreating this bonnet.  It is such a lovely design and is tatted in two separate pieces. The scalloped front ruffle is actually tatted separately and then hand whipped on to the bonnet itself. 

My hope is to design and make a christening dress to match this extraordinary bonnet.  Until then, this bonnet is available separately at $125.