Monday, January 29, 2018

Girl's Coif

I made a coif for my daughter to go with the red dress.  It's based on the pattern for the Mary Feilding cap in The Tudor Child.  It is sized for a child aged 6.  My daughter just turned 4 and has always had a small head, but the cap is small on her.  I don't have time to make another, and she likely won't wear a hat of any kind for any amount of time anyway.



For the center back seam, I wanted to try an insertion lace stitch. I used a sewing silk which was clearly too light for this application, but it was fun to try something new.


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