Crafting with Vintage Lace - Canotier Headdress

Recently, whilst browsing some charity shops, I came across some beautiful vintage lace doilies and tablecloths that I just couldn't leave behind. I thought I could use them for sewing projects, particularly for accessories. The embroidery and details on them are exquisite, I especially love the cross lace doily in the middle of the photo, but I would like to save that for making something extra special. 

My first thought when I saw the doily on the bottom left of the above photo was that it would be the perfect shape and size for a canotier style headdress. This is something I've been wanting for my accessory collection for a while. I had a look at some old school canotier headdresses that Japanese brands have made in the past for inspiration, such as this 'Princess Tiered Canotier' released by Angelic Pretty in 2007:

I gathered the doily slightly in the centre and embellished it using a combination of ivory and off-white lace and ribbon as I feel like having the two different tones next to each other helps emphasise the lovely textures and details. I also added a frill made out of a larger piece of vintage lace from my fabric stash which is detachable, so that the headdress can be made a bit simpler depending on the outfit that it's styled with. Below are a couple of photos of the finished piece:

Overall, I'm quite happy with how it turned out as it matches the vision I had when I started making it and I'm looking forward to wearing it with some of my coordinates in the future. Let me know if you enjoyed reading about this, hopefully I'll have more sewing and crafting projects to write about on this blog soon! 

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