My Creative Space.... bonnets

Today, I'll be batting on a bit about bonnets. You see, I've become a little obsessed with creating a truley wearable bonnet for little Adele for this summer. I figure this will probably be the last summer that I'll have full control over her wardrobe. Next summer, as in the one after this coming one, she'll be well into the terrible twos - aka the 'no' phase.

There's been a lot of trial and error with this creative process. So let me take you for a trip down Bonnet Lane.

Here is where we are at right now.

The bonnet is fully reversible. I made one side with a remmant of Denise Schmidt Hope Valley fabric from this dress and Japanese honeycomb kei fabric in a lovely coral pink on the other side.



The front brim can be rolled up when shade is less of a consideration.  I think the cap could still be tweaked a bit to remove some of the bulk.

It has been a long road to get to this one, with many, many prototypes along the way. Here are a few:

All are reversible. The last one was perfect, just waaay too small. So I gave it to a friend with a newborn baby girl. I'm still waiting for a photo of her wearing it.

There has also been a number of gifted bonnets to analyse.  This one is from an Etsy seller. It's nice, but the cap and the brim are way to generous I think. (This is the only photo I can find of this bonnet. It's clearly a little too big for her here, but the cap and brim never seemed right).

This one was made by my mum and it's so, so sweet. It's based on a commercial pattern, which I thought was Simplicity, but I can't seem to find it online. The problem with this bonnet is that it sits too far back on the babys head which means the brim doesn't shade the face. 

So there you go. A trip down Bonnet Lane. Hopefully my next one will be perfect - otherwise I'll just keep making them until Adele refuses to wear them!

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