When I started Reincarnation Clothing I did it with a lot of help from my friend Heather Irete. I would like to thank her for all the hard work she put in with starting the Facebook page, the Tumblr, the Instagram and the beautiful logo. Heather is a very talented artist, and although she no longer designs for Reincarnation Clothing she is very much appreciated here. If you would like to visit her website or etsy here are the links, www.etsy.com/shop/AngelicThreadsEGL
www.heatherirete.com
A little bit about me. My name is Twila Taylor or TwilaTee, I am a professional seamstress, historical costumer, and I try my hand at cosplay from time to time. I make things. Lots and lots and lots and lots of things. You know I've even made a tent? Just I needed a tent, so I made one!. It's just in my nature to make things. I enjoy figuring out how things go together, its fun, like a puzzle.
When I was young my dad would tell me that you needed to be interested to be interesting. Meaning that the more things that you know how to do, the more worthy you are to know. And its true. The only things that we keep with us when we leave this life are our abilities and our experiences. It's been a life mission to encourage others to sew. What a fun transformative skill, to be able to make your own clothing. This leads us back to the term "reincarnation". How empowering! To be able to decide what changes you want to make, how you want to look, how you want to act, and to be able to enable that change in yourself for yourself. This is what Reincarnation Clothing is about.
I have decided to make a line of sewing patterns geared towards Lolita. Using my knowledge of historical millinery, my first pattern uses historical techniques to make a quality and beautiful bonnet. The "Dinah" is named after my mother, and is an Elegant, Gothic, Lolita half bonnet in 3 views. View A has a bias binding, a simple exterior brim and simple interior brim with lace and ruffled decoration. View B has a simple exterior brim, a shirring panel interior, and a ruffle along the outside edge. View C has a shirring panel exterior, a simple interior with ruffle and lace decoration, and piping along the outside edge.
I will be posting two tutorials on methods to mull your bonnet shortly. In the meantime, here are some definitions of terms we will be using, and some examples of shirred, or drawn bonnets. (we use shirred because it's the more modern term)
Buckram- a stiff-finished heavily sized fabric of cotton or linen used for interlinings in garments, for stiffening in millinery, and in bookbinding. Buckram can be bought in 1 and 2 ply.
Mull- a fabric layer applied to a buckram form to pad and soften any harsh corners or imperfections the the buckram form. Usually cotton flannel, but any soft napped material will be sutable.
Bias- Bias grain is the thread line that is at a forty five degree angle to the lengthwise and crosswise grain of the fabric as it is on the bolt.
Bias Binding Tape- a narrow strip of cloth cut on the bias, folded once or twice, and used chiefly for finishing and decorating clothing
Piping- Cord that is covered in fabric and used to decorate a seam
Millinery wire- sold invarious gages and wrapped in thread, millinery wire is used for providing shape and definition to a hat brim edge or crown, to reinforce wide brims, buckram forms, or to construct skeleton frames.
Buckram form- a basic hat pattern that is edged in millinery wire and has it's edges covered with bias binding. It is intened for covering in either fabric or straw.
and here is some eye candy... pulled from pintrest... a bunch of shirred or drawn bonnets, one of them mine. It's always fun to see my work pop up on other peoples pintrests. I'm so glad people use the tutorials. :)
The last is my tutorial
http://twilatee.blogspot.ca/2011/06/regency-drawn-bonnet-pattern-and.html
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