…one final push for Williamsburg!
With The Creature wrapping up (and boy does that feel good!), I have just enough time and plenty of organza left to make a BigAss Cap.
And I want it to be biiiiiiiiig. Fluffy. Ridiculous. I want it to eat my head.
So here’s my inspiration:
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| Two Nerdy History Girls – Abby, Milliner’s Apprentice at Williamsburg, wearing a big fluffy gauze (organza) cap |
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| Lady Wearing a Large White Cap, c. 1780 – National Gallery of Art |
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| Francis Alleyne, 1780 -85 |
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| French School, 1772-85 – Bowes Museum |
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| The back of Samantha’s cap – The Couture Courtesan |
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| 1777 French Fashion Plate, noting the cap design in the upper right – via |
I don’t have a pattern, but there are some resources online here:
- How to Make a Cap – 18th Century New England Life
- How to Make an 18th Century Cap – Art, Beauty, and Well-Ordered Chaos
- Couture Maya
- At the Sign of the Golden Scissors – Tons of Posts on Caps
Luckily caps aren’t so very hard to figure out. I have this diagram from Art, Beauty, and Well-Ordered Chaos to go from, and tweak for proportion:
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| Click through for instruction |
I best get on with it!
7 Comments
Mistress of Disguise
May 22, 2015 at 8:27 PMHooray for big fluffy caps! There aren't nearly enough caps out there, there definitely need to be more. ^^ I can't wait to see what you make!
Lauren Stowell
May 23, 2015 at 1:10 AMWell here's hoping this one works out! I don't really know what I'm doing, but whatever happens it's going to be big…really big!
bauhausfrau
May 22, 2015 at 11:23 PMBig honkin' caps are so ridiculous and fun. I love how in the third pic her cap is really trying to eat her head but her hair is so massive it can't!
Lauren Stowell
May 23, 2015 at 1:10 AMHahaha, lol, that's the idea! BIG. BIGGER!!!
M'lady
May 26, 2015 at 3:49 PMI love big caps…I made myself a mrs miggings supersize one only problem is I need more haor to help it stick up and out better.
MindLess
May 27, 2015 at 2:28 PMI'd love to make one of these! Thank you for including the pattern!
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