Fairy stitching the wimple (added a "halo" hoop to hang it from too)

I pinned the wimple together and then rough stitched it in place; I was so glad I had the dummy head to help me do this, would have been a nightmare otherwise. 


Earlier this week I took the largest wimple piece to a haberdashers who popped a curtain eyelet in for me at the top. This serves as a robust hanging point when combined with the button hole I added behind it. 

I chose this particular fixing because it looks like an industrial subverted version of a Halo. 


It looks great stitched together; it really gives it a sense of "being worn" somehow, like it's moulded to a head. And I love how the text is complicated and obscured by the folds and drapes of the fabric this way.












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