{"id":7728,"date":"2010-06-30T21:33:16","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T01:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=7728"},"modified":"2012-03-18T18:47:38","modified_gmt":"2012-03-18T22:47:38","slug":"biscuit-lace-bonnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/30\/biscuit-lace-bonnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Biscuit Lace Bonnet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This brownish pink “biscuit” colored lace has always appealed to me.\u00c2\u00a0 I know nothing about the history of biscuit lace, but I want to believe that it was popular in the Victorian era, a time of lavish display, a time when “too much is seldom enough.”\u00c2\u00a0 NOTE:\u00c2\u00a0 This was\u00c2\u00a0labelled as the\u00c2\u00a0decorating style of a woman whose home was featured\u00c2\u00a0in one of my favorite \u00c2\u00a0books, \u00c2\u00a0Make Room for Quilts<\/em> by Nancy J. Martin.<\/p>\n

With as little as 20″ of lace 5″ wide, you can make a similar newborn size\u00c2\u00a0bonnet using the technique of ruching.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Given that a newborn measures approximately 12″ from ear lobe to ear lobe,\u00c2\u00a0 any length beyond that can be ruched (gathered) for some fullness and transformed to a bonnet.<\/p>\n

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For the horseshoe crown, another 5″ of lace is needed.\u00c2\u00a0 It is customarily lined, enclosing the gathers of the body of the bonnet between the lining and the back.\u00c2\u00a0 But if there is a shortage of lace, the lining could be made of cotton netting.<\/p>\n

Two pieces if lace have been used to create this luscious bonnet.\u00c2\u00a0 The bonnet body is a very intricate\u00c2\u00a05″ wide lace galoon,\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 27″ long.\u00c2\u00a0 A second lace, a 2″ edging, was machine stitched to the wrong side of the galoon, leaving 1″ of\u00c2\u00a0 the edging exposed. After the two straight pieces of lace were joined together, three rows of gathering threads were stitched, a scant 1\/2″ apart, beginning at the stitching that joined the two laces together.\u00c2\u00a0 The gathering threads were then drawn up to 12″ and tied off.<\/p>\n

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Silk ribbon 1\/8″ wide was hand wound onto\u00c2\u00a0a bobbin and a matching 30 wt. cotton thread\u00c2\u00a0(Mettler) was used in the needle.\u00c2\u00a0 Working from the wrong side of the bonnet\u00c2\u00a0and with tension reduced,\u00c2\u00a0machine \u00c2\u00a0feather stitching was worked along the two outer rows of gathering threads. The silk ribbon, being in the bobbin, then secured the gathers with the feather stitch.\u00c2\u00a0 The center gathering thread was removed.\u00c2\u00a0 The\u00c2\u00a0short ends of each piece of lace were hand rolled and whipped to create a clean finished edge.<\/p>\n

After the horseshoe crown was inserted and lined, the same silk ribbon feather stitching was\u00c2\u00a0applied\u00c2\u00a0to accentuate the shape.<\/p>\n

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inside bonnet, silk ribbon covers gathering stitches<\/p><\/div>\n

In my\u00c2\u00a0closely guarded and carefully\u00c2\u00a0hoarded stash of 3\/8″ antique silk grosgrain ribbon is a hank of the stuff in a dark biscuit color.\u00c2\u00a0 A 12″ length of that ribbon was centered and joined to a 48″ piece.\u00c2\u00a0 They were joined with the same silk ribbon feather stitching that was used to ruch the bonnet.\u00c2\u00a0 This double wide ribbon covers the gathering stitches and adds stability.\u00c2\u00a0 Beyond the edge of the bonnet,\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0an 18″\u00c2\u00a0single width\u00c2\u00a0is left on either side for a rosette and ties.<\/p>\n

I must say Laurel looked absolutely precious in this bonnet, with her mop of dark hair.\u00c2\u00a0 Rebecca’s\u00c2\u00a0carefully scheduled (spring, 2012) daughter should be the next to wear it, but if she looks anything like her brother, she will be bald and finally blond.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, I’m certain\u00c2\u00a0she will be lovely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This brownish pink “biscuit” colored lace has always appealed to me.\u00c2\u00a0 I know nothing about the history of biscuit lace, but I want to believe that it was popular in the Victorian era, a time of lavish display, a time … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,16,4,28,5,38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7728"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7728"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12995,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7728\/revisions\/12995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}