A Crazy Number of Bonnets in Sunflower Sisters
One of the best things about writing Sunflower Sisters was researching the Civil War bonnet. All three main characters wear them and Anne-May the plantation mistress is especially frantic when the war cuts off her supply of new ones.
I was surprised at the many different types: mourning, casual, dressy, sunbonnets, bonnets for field work, bonnets for short social calls, for longer social calls, special bonnets for church, for young girls, bonnets for every season. I love these old photos of women in their bonnets and the pics at the bottom of those that have survived from the period. Can you find my very own bonnet?
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Apr 05, 2021 08:50AM
Would your bonnet be the one in the middle rhat looks like it has a window in the background?
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Lydia wrote: "Would your bonnet be the one in the middle rhat looks like it has a window in the background?"Haha yes, Lydia! Guess the modern background gave it away!!!
Martha wrote: "Lydia wrote: "Would your bonnet be the one in the middle rhat looks like it has a window in the background?"Haha yes, Lydia! Guess the modern background gave it away!!!"
Yes, it did!😁
I love all the research you put into your books! So many beautiful bonnets! Is yours an antique?
