tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211032701919462835.post4017245543226316050..comments2023-09-03T17:47:28.348-04:00Comments on <center>Hot Mess, More or Less</center>: Back in the saddle, baby!The Hot Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06458792434988109773noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211032701919462835.post-17727743386374085882013-03-15T20:07:33.661-04:002013-03-15T20:07:33.661-04:00I really love the material! I have seen extant Reg...I really love the material! I have seen extant Regency caps (for children) that look fairly similar. You have inspired me to make one... specially since I have a passel of children! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211032701919462835.post-46998573945803715872013-03-12T21:11:55.318-04:002013-03-12T21:11:55.318-04:00Thank you so much for your comment! I always love ...Thank you so much for your comment! I always love hearing more about things were made at the time and it can be so hard to know where to look. I'll see if I can dig up those references.The Hot Messhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458792434988109773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211032701919462835.post-83757078770744990652013-03-12T20:48:47.813-04:002013-03-12T20:48:47.813-04:00Beautiful. Your lace is a very nice impression of...Beautiful. Your lace is a very nice impression of bobbin lace from the period.<br />A little of constructive criticism; the brim (as far as any extant pieces and cutting/stitching instructions from period manuals) was single layer, not doubled. Each piece would be narrowly hemmed and then the pieces whipped together. See: 'The Lady's Economical Assistant or, The Art of Cutting Out, and Making, The most useful Articles of Wearing Apparel, Without waste; Explained by the Clearest directions, and Numerous Engravings, of Appropriate and Tasteful Patterns,' by A Lady, 1808, and 'The Lady's Guide to Plain Sewing<br />Books I & II.'Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855308575673511045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211032701919462835.post-40232595899526965332013-03-12T16:35:33.144-04:002013-03-12T16:35:33.144-04:00PASSEL!PASSEL!Bear Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578314558358852146noreply@blogger.com