ornamentedbeing:

1860 - 1970

Summary description

Bonnet - Blue-black silk velvet and Venetian pink satin. Fully lined with black tafetta. Stiffened black net with wired edge. Trimmings of loop and tail velvet over crown. Brim and forehead band trimmed with pink cotton rose, rosebuds and russet leaves. Cream machine lace forehead band. Fastenings of long wide ties of dawn pink ribbed silk with black velvet ribbon stripe. To tie under chin. (Probably altered). (female)

Provenance

Charles Paget Wade, Snowshill Manor

The bonnet of my dreams.

potatoetomatoe:

hamadryad:

I’m two seconds from crying, I want this so badly

wait this couldn’t even get any better

I need this. With ribbon straps.

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fiberfiend:

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I need to step up my lace knitting. I am totally capable of Laminaria.

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miss-quitecontrary:

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pretty and simple lace-hem petticoat i’m going to make this weekend, now that i have a working sewing machine!

Heck yes! I don’t think I’ll be doing it this weekend, but this is in my must do plans.

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ornamentedbeing:

Oh this is pretty bad. Some of the prices for these are just horrible. 

Personally this is one of my favourite tutorials on making a lace applique necklace! 

ornamentedbeing:

Do not to let your feelings (very natural and usual ones) of momentary irritation and discomfort be seen by others; don’t (as you so often did and do) let every little feeling be read in your face and seen in your manner …

Queen Victoria

c.1900-05

I want this whole outfit. Already got a white slip and the perfect white wedges. I could maybe dig up those gloves I bought after seeing Anna Paquin in the first X-Men movie.

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knittinginthered:

New shawl.

Note to self: use flattened boxes for blocking!

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