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Traditional Plain Dress Women's Caps

Examples and Links to Patterns/Seamstresses

Soft Caps

Soft caps have been worn by many groups, including the Quakers, Amish and Old Order River Brethren. It is important to note some differences. The Old Order River Brethren place much emphasis on a bright white cap, often starching it into shape. Among the Quakers, there is no set pattern. I am showing what I wear here, which for all I know is not worn by any other Quaker woman anywhere.
  1. Examples
    Nebraska Amish Pleated Cap Swartentruber Amish Smoked Cap Swartentruber Amish smoked black cap
    Amish, Nebraska, Pleated Amish, Swartentruber, Smoked Smoked, unmarried, in black.
    Heart-Shaped Lancaster Amish Covering Quaker capquaker cap
    Amish, Lancaster, Heart-Shaped Quaker (the caps I wear), summer and winter (summer cap under the winter one.)
    Photos used by permission of Plainly Dressed and Burning Ember Arts
  2. Ready-made
  3. Patterns

Stiff Caps

Stiff caps are associated with the Anabaptist tradition (Amish/Mennonite/Amish Mennonite and Old German Baptist Brethren).
  1. Examples
    Beachy Amish Cap Eastern Mennonite Cap Conservative Mennonite Cap
    Beachy Amish Eastern Mennonite Conservative Mennonite
    Old German Baptist Brethren woman
    Old German Baptist Brethren
    *Photos used by permission of Plainly Dressed
  2. Ready-made
  3. Patterns

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Epistle 260
1668

"The Way of the Way-faring Men"

(MARK) The unclean shall not pass over it. [Is.35.8.] This Way, which is called the Way of Holiness, was spoken of by the Prophesie; and this Way is Christ, who is the Way of Holiness, who is above the Unclean, and destroys it, and the Ground of it, the Devil; and so the Unclean cannot pass over this way of Holiness. This is our Way, who are in scorn called Quakers, to wit, Christ: And this Way of Holiness shall be for the way-faring Men, though Fools, yet they shall not err therein; ...

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