Pearl Trimmed Draped Reta

pearl embellished Italian renaissance headwear

This is a follow up post from my Draped Reta (Italian Renaissance headwear) post from a few days ago. In that post I showed the first draped reta, made using the digital embroidery machine. I mentioned there that I had actually made two – this is the second, much more elaborate, and embellished with small faux pearls.

To see more about the inspiration, and basic design and construction process, please go back to the Draped Reta post first.

Draped Reta (Italian Renaissance Head Wear)

Finished embroidered draped reta

I’ve made a few different Retas over the years – all in the same sort of “Juliette cap” style, but for this one I decided to approach a different kind of Reta – one that is draped and hangs down along the sides of the head, rather than being fitted to the back of the head at all points.

Glitter Cathedral Triple Zipper Bag

Glitter Cathedral triple zipper crossbody bag

After finishing my Rain print triple zipper crossbody bag, I wanted to make a second triple zipper bag – just a little larger.

For my rain print bag, I actually enlarged the pattern from Miko Craft, printing it at 105%, however for this version I printed it off at 135% instead, which meant taping pattern pieces together.

I also had some great purple glitter HTV left over from my purple glitter dome bag, so I turned to the Maker Space and used their Cameo Silhouette 3 to cut out the same design from my Cathedral Arch mini mirrored shelf to apply to the front of this bag.

Red Glitter Dome Bag

DIY red glitter vinyl dome bag

After putting together my purple glitter dome bag, I wanted to try something that wasn’t quite as challenging, but still…. glittery!

I found some glitter vinyl online for a decent price (so much of it is soooo expensive!) and so turned to the dome bag pattern that I drafted and used for the quilted skull print bag (rather than the Miko Craft one I used for my purple glitter bag) because I found it went together a  little easier for me.

Blue Glitter Dome Bag

DIY blue glitter dome bag

After putting together my purple glitter dome bag, I wanted to try something that wasn’t quite as challenging, but still…. glittery! In addition to purple glitter HTV (Heat Transfer Vinyl), I also bought blue, so it was time for a similar-but-different dome bag, in blue glitter!