Sewing a Straw Bonnet: Sewing Straw in the 19th Century Millinery Trade

I didn’t know until I wrote it that this is going to be a new series. It won’t be a regularly scheduled series or necessarily a long series. It will be a series though. I hope to share my straw sewing with people while exploring the various aspects of straw millinery. I hope you enjoy.

New Bonnets in Shop

I also have new bonnets in the shop. I anticipate the bonnet from the video being finished later today (Monday)

A fancy weave high brim bonnet suitable for 1858-1861. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1046677431/victorian-era-bonnet-hand-sewn-by-anna

A fancy weave low brim bonnet suitable for the 1840s into the early 1850s. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1046677431/victorian-era-bonnet-hand-sewn-by-anna

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on July 5, 2021 at 8:00 am Comments (2)

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On July 6, 2021 at 6:58 pm Susan Wall said:

I have a hard time envisioning any in my class of four-to-five year olds sitting and concentrating on plaiting straw. You have given me a good chuckle.
On July 6, 2021 at 7:11 pm Anna Worden Bauersmith said:

Here is one of the paintings that I picture each time I talk about how young these children plaiting were:
http://goldenagepaintings.blogspot.com/2011/02/george-washington-brownlow-straw.html?m=1