Dress in a blue and white reproduction printed cotton, lined in cotton, seams piped with cotton, hand-sewn with cotton thread. Bonnet of gray silk with blue silk taffeta ribbons, and probably more decoration that is yet to be decided upon! 10/19/11 Now that my petticoats are nearly done, it's finally time to start planning for dresses to go over them! To begin with, I'm going to make a simple dress with clean lines from some blue and white reproduction printed cotton I found locally at a great price in the spring. For the bonnet, I purchased some pale gray silk taffeta, and some blue silk taffeta ribbons. I suspect I will add more trimmings to the bonnet, but I'll wait until I have it together to decide what else it needs. Patterning the bonnet is already well under way. I have a few little tweaks to make to my pattern, and then I will be ready to cut into the buckram! This page © 2011 by Jennifer E. Lithgow