Double the Ruffles, Double the Fun

Readers, you know me, when it comes to caps - double the ruffles, double the fun!  This post is all about a quick, little, and utilitarian project, which was trimmed with a large bow of a vintage, blue moire ribbon for the previous photo shoot, here: To Walk Is by a Thought to Go - 1810s Photoshoot

A Regency Era cap with double the ruffles for double the fun!

Usually, I'm all about the ribbons and frills, but for this Regency Era cap, I decided to take a "less-is-more" approach and let the two, little ruffles be the stars.  Though, I do think the big, blue bow added just the right finishing touch. 

Per usual, I chose a fine cotton lawn for the material.  I followed the period construction method of finishing each of the pieces - caul, band and ruffles - separately, then joining them together with whip stitches.  The cap is entirely hand-stitched using narrow, 1/16" rolled hems and whipped rolled gathers.

The cap on its side.

From the inside - constructed in the period methods,
each of the pieces are finished separately,
then joined together with whip stitches.

Completed Project Shots

Front view.

3/4 side view.

Side view.

Other side view.

Detail shot of the ruffles with 1/16" rolled hems.

Bonus: just for fun, here are a few shots of the cap in action!  This was back in June, I think, during one of my first days solo weaving at the Humphrey House.  I was actually working in the Dressmaker Shop for a special fashion program, but they were in need of a weaver, so I was happy to make the switch.

Weaving at the Humphrey House.

One of the summer projects I worked on -
A wool shawl, 2/2 twill weave.

My friend Rhonda, the dressmaker, has an adorable, little, double-ruffle cap that she copied from an original in the Susan Greene Costume Collection.  She calls it her "whip cream cap," and I've admired it for years.  It just perfectly frames her face, and the ruffles look so pretty peaking out from beneath a bonnet.  (And Rhonda has quite the bonnet collection!)  

If I ever get my Regency act together, we'll have to plan an outing (or at least an excuse for pictures).  I haven't seen her in a long time, and I miss her...anyways, I might start calling this my whip cream cap in honor of hers: