Autumn Queen Crown Part Two

I gathered together all my mismatched gold button, beads and rhinestones for the fun part of making my crown for The Historical Sew Fortnightly Challenge #7: Tops and Toes. The glue I used is E6000. It dries clear and has a flexible, permanent hold. It works much better than hot glue.

It's a little messy from the tube though, so I used a tootpick to apply it

I wanted the crown to look rough, not pretty pretty princess. The jewels and buttons I stuck on have an almost random quality, although they were all very specifically placed. I may in the future, dull down the shine on some of the plastic buttons. Right now, I like the way the different colors of gold and silver give it a mosaic quality.

To see how I started this project see Autumn Queen Part One

I really love it. I think I might just have to start wearing it all the time. I may need to add some hair combs to the inside to help it stay on.

The Queen spent all her money on her crown and is neglecting her bangs

Autumn Queen Crown Part One

For the Historical Fortnightly Challenge for Fairy Tale, I  wanted to make up my own Fairy Tale with an older woman as the protagonist. One of the things I was inspired by was the Dolce and Gabbana crown from their 2013 collection.

I like the Byzantine feel of this

Here's a closeup

This is a different one, but I wanted a closeup for reference

I wanted to make something similar. I found several tutorials on Pinterest for lace crowns and it had potential. I found some cotton lace at Beverly's and bought a half yard for about $3.00

Very happy find

First I wrapped a wig stand in plastic wrap so it wouldn't stick to it.

No idea why this is sideways. It wasn't when I uploaded it. Odd.

I whipstitched the crown together after fitting it to my head and then sprayed it with this stuff

It wasn't particularly stiff or quik. I needed about five coats and I dried it overnight.

Most of the photos I've seen online looked like Lace sprayed Gold. I want mine to look like gold shaped into lace. After I let the lace dry overnight, I mixed up some Rub n Buff with some Diamond Glaze and painted it on.

Rub n Buff contains real metal powder

I had no idea if this would work, but I've used it to seal paper beads and it works really well on those

After letting the painted on gold dry overnight, I have this.

It still looks like painted lace, but the rub n buff makes it a little less delicate which I like

Tonight, I'm going to go to town with beads and baubles and shiny things. Stand by!