As part of our Canada’s 150th celebration, our church is planning an 1867 Victorian High Tea for those women in our community who are bereaved. Part of the festivities will be the wearing of decorated hats and bonnets for the occasion. We decorated summer straw hats for the event and then I had an idea for some pretty bonnets made from the round woven placemats I saw in the dollar store. This is the result:
Completed bonnet with lace and flower trim.
Unadorned placemat.
Pleated back forming a crown for the bonnet.
The bonnet pleated inside and sewn down.
Side view of bonnet.
I hand sewed on the lace, ribbon and trim, but the lace and ribbon could be sewn by sewing machine and the flowers could be hot-glued in place.
penpaletteheart 
You come up with some amazing ideas!
Vicki
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Thanks, Vicki. I noticed that you had some nice red ribbons at the fair, so obviously you also have good ideas! Mollie
On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 1:55 PM, penpaletteheart wrote:
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