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Inspiration portrait. Portrait of a Young Woman (Lucas Cranach the Elder) dating from around 1530, now housed in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence, Italy. Yes, I'm planning to make the dress, but I started with the hat!
I am using Baroness Genoveva von Lubeck's gold-haube pattern found here.
11/13/20: Dressing the slate frame with red linen
11/13/20: Added gold silk taffeta
11/14/20: Transferring grid from paper to fabric.
11/27/20: First try was all 3mm (Swarovski) pearls. Calculated it would use ~2000 pearls and changed plan.
12/7/20: Plan B was to couch silk thread, but the first yarn I bought was too uneven.
12/22/20: 20/2 silk thread couched with 60/2 silk thread
12/31/20: Black silk grid complete.
2/5/21: Large (4mm) and small (3mm) pearls all sewn on hood.
2/25/21: Front band with apples gold couched.
3/8/21: Back band gold couched in progress.
4/2/21: All the bands and all the apples gold couched. Ready to be cut off frame.
4/20/21: Attaching bands to hood.
1 May 2021 Finished!
1 May 2021 Finished!
View of gathered hood finished.
1 May 2021 Wearing with split brim
1 May 2021 Wearing with split brim
View of me wearing hood and previously completed split brim hat.
Materials
Slate frame (TF Woodcraft)
Red Linen (Gray Line Linen)
Gold Silk Taffeta (Silks Unlimited on Etsy)
Black Silk Thread (Etsy)
Synthetic Pearls (Fire Mountain Gems)
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