A new hat, a new bodice and 24 cups of water!!!

Hi everyone,
First, a reminder… Mae’s dress set ends tonight… Yes, “Easter Charm” is going to be traveling to some new little Moppet soon.
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I had some errands to do this morning and got home about 1:00 and was thrilled to find my NEW hat mold had come in the mail. I bought it off Ebay and was hoping it would come today! I needed a diversion…

Here’s the new mold….

It’s hard to tell from the picture, but it’s a tiny little thing…for a head with a circumference of 5 1/2″ – 6″, so guess who it’s for? Bailey and Navi again. The hat I just made for Bailey’s blue outfit was similar, but it had a flat crown… This one has a rounded crown and a short brim. From the pictures in the Ebay listing, I couldn’t tell how the crown looked, but I was hoping it sort of flared out a bit like Mae’s does, but it doesn’t… it just goes almost straight up. Sort of like a Derby hat.

Here’s the blue hat that sold last week.

Of course, you’ve probably guessed by now that I had to try it out… Yes, I did!

Now for the diversion… I needed to keep my mind busy so the hat did the trick. Tuesday is Colonoscopy Day for me! Whoopie! NOT! I had to be on a liquid diet today and then at 6:00 tonight I had to start drinking this jug of “junk”. It was 8 cups of the liquid stuff AND then I had to follow that with 4 more cups of just water! It was terrible, but I made it… Then I have to get up at 6:00 in the morning and do it again with the other 8 cups of jug “junk” and then 4 more cups of water. My appointment is at 10:45 in the morning… Then I’ll be good for I think 3 more years or so… YAY! REALLY, I shouldn’t joke about it… I’m grateful I can have this procedure and know for certain things are okay! If you haven’t had one, you REALLY should! Enough said! :o)

Okay, You can see the difference in the depth of the crown with this one…

It looks pretty cute on Bailey… and does fit on her head nicely. I just wish it wasn’t QUITE so tall, but maybe when it’s decorated, it won’t look that tall to me. Here it is when I first finished it…

I thought I’d show you how it looks when you pull that thread to make it ruched looking and then I glued that to the edge of the hat.

I wondered if it would fit Ten Ping and it does…

About the time I got the hat done, it was time to start my chugging of the jug contents… That took a couple hours!! :o(

Then I got “okay” and decided to go ahead and see what I could do toward Rozen’s dress or whatever I decided to make. I debated about making a skirt out of the tiny blue and green fabric and then another one out of the striped fabric. However I realized if I made skirts, I’d have to make a tee shirt to wear with them and that was the whole problem of why I couldn’t use the jacket the last time because there’s not enough room in the armhole area for a tee… SO I decided to cut out the bodice from the blue and white fabric, because it was the thinner of the fabrics. It’s very soft and I just thought it might do better under that jacket.

I managed to get the bodice lined and sewn together…

It’s a perfect fit around the armholes and I hope I NEVER lose my pattern. It took me quite a few attempts to get it just right.

Here are a few pictures of the dress bodice with the jacket over it… not much to tell but here they are anyway.

I’m not sure my post flowed very well today, trying to interject the Jug Talk in the middle of my story, but I hope you understand it.

Well, I have to get to bed…
See you tomorrow,
Blessings, Jeanne