What a difference!
I finished sewing two bonnets this week...
Way back, women wore bonnets with a wide brim to protect their eyes and faces from sun and dust. There were bonnets hanging from a nail near the door, at my Aunt Vastie's house.
I love the simple cotton dresses women wore back then. Dresses that were ankle length, with a petticoat worn underneath, and a bonnet for protection from the sun.
Two bonnets and an apron sold last week. Churches around the area have "old fashioned day" in the spring, so I get a few orders for that.
Thank you for visiting!
Love,
Henny Penny
Hey Henny, I love your bonnets I want to buy one from you. I want to place an order. Let me know how much and I will mail you the money.
ReplyDeleteLove you, Vicki
Thank you Vicki. Let me see what colors I have and I will let you know. Love you!
DeleteThe spring picture warmed my heart! I'm longing for green and flowers.
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I can imagine just how much!
DeleteYes, spring will be here sooner than we think. However , winter may through a few curves at us before it's over.
ReplyDeleteYou are right! Just when we think spring is here and the flowers and trees show buds, we will have a freeze. That is pretty common for NC.
DeleteThanks for showing your bonnets! They are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteSpring is there under the snow, just waiting to be awakened.
Thank you! I love how you said that! "waiting to be awakened"
DeleteI have fabric like that in the first bonnet. It's so pretty. Do you have a particular pattern or DIY that you use? Last summer I made a bonnet for a pioneer day we had, but the area where the ties attached was really tricky to do. I wondered if maybe there is an easier way. The pattern I made was a McCalls costume pattern, I think. I love the photos of your shed in different seasons.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I also have the McCall's pattern, but the pattern I use now is a copy of a very old bonnet pattern. It fits children and adults. I just stitch the ties onto the brim after the bonnet is finished. I will be glad to copy this pattern for you.
DeleteWould you? That would be really nice of you!
DeleteI have Grandma's "slips" she made from soft feed sacks. She always wore a bonnet to work outside.
ReplyDeleteOh, I remember mama talking about feed sack dresses. The tiny little prints. Would you show a picture of the slips on your blog sometime? I would love to see them. Sure wish all this feed I buy now came in sacks we could use for sewing!
ReplyDeleteThe bonnets are nice:) My head gets hot so fast, in the summer I have to wear an open weave straw hat, or at least the crown has to be like that.
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