HI everyone,
It’s another late night for me, but I was determined to get these hats finished… I got 7 of them done, but not the bonnets just yet. I didn’t have any lavender sheer ribbon or any light aqua ribbon so a trip to Hobby Lobby was in order. I also spent some time in my sewing room clipping off the flowers from the stems and putting them in smaller bags. It’s much easier for me to find things I’m needing now.
Just to let you know I have LOTS of pictures because I wanted to keep them all in one place… so you can probably have 2 cups of coffee as you look at them. :o)
I’d still like to do my presentation as I wanted to 3 years ago, but I’ll still show you the hats. Both Bailey and Ten Ping will be showing you how they look on their heads. The hat inside circumference is 5 1/2″…
Bailey’s head measures 5 1/2″ with me just squishing her wig a little bit with the tape… remeasured and her head is 5 1/2″
Ten Ping’s head measured 6 1/4″ but she has a little bit thicker wig on… The hats will go on her head but her wig is squished a little more.
These are the dolls who CANNOT wear these hats… Ellowyne, the Little Darlings, and the Boneka dolls… (Noel has a pretty thick wig and MAY be able to wear one of the hats but not with a wig like she has on.) Holly, my other Boneka doll, has a thinner wig, but the hat just sat on top of her head…
While I was at Hobby Lobby, the wood pieces were 40% off, so I combined a “pedestal” piece with a flat piece (I think maybe it was a wooden wheel) and decided I could glue them together and make some hat stands, which I wanted to do from the beginning. I took them to my hubby’s shed and spray painted them white… it was CRAZY windy today and there was no way I could paint them outside.
I think they turned out pretty cute!
Here’s what they look like on the hat stands…
So now I’ll show you the hats and then show them on Bailey and Ten Ping… I took my pictures on the other side of my sewing room and I think the colors look much better in this lighting.
First up is the Royal Blue hat…
Next is the Peach hat…
Next is the natural colored straw hat…
Here is the Mint green hat…
Next up is the pale blue hat…
Next is the vanilla hat…
And the last hat is the pink hat…
Here is one last shot of the hats…
Well, I’ll keep working…and maybe I’ll be able to present the whole shebang!
Sissy sent a couple pictures of her quilt and I’ll show it tomorrow… I just now remembered it…
See you then…
Blessings, Jeanne
It was pretty windy here today, too, and looks like it will be tomorrow, too. I’m calling it Mar-vember….November-like weather in March! Haha….
Oh, those little pedestals, etc., work very well for hat stands, and they seem to be just perfect for the hats.
And the hats!! Oh, they are just wonderful, and remind me of little girls’ Easter hats from the late 50s and early 60s. I don’t remember having one quite like those, but I know some little girls in our Sunday School who did, back then!
Very cute.
Marvember- good one Charlotte.
I think this is the windiest past months ever.
Talk about wind, Jeanne, I was about blown away yesterday afternoon coming home from church! I was a sight to see trying to get into my car, holding my purse, umbrella, and a big bowl, that I had taken a pasta salad there for a funeral luncheon in, and then trying to stay upright and not have my car door blown off, just trying to get inside and to close the dogone door, which the wind was trying to blow away! We had wind gusts up to 50 MPH here, and I believe it!
Oh, those darling hats!! What a clever way to display them too! You know, just seeing those hats on the stands, makes me think they would even be cute to display even though you don’t have a doll that they fit! Wouldn’t they be cute sitting on a shelf? Are you going to sell the stands with the hats too? I’m sure it would add to the cost, but maybe you made those for yourself to place the hats on to show. I really really love the natural straw colored one, but ANY one would thrill me to death to get!!
Jeanne, I love all of these hats. Wow. The flowers on all of them are top notch looking! very tiny details those little branch of balls or buds, so so exquisite.
So nice you got crafty and did some painting. The hat stands are fancy. just imagine if we all lived on the same street we could open a little shop with every thing cute. haha
I have a silly imagination, but it would be fun…. a few racks with dresses, a shoe shop, and a little quilts and bedding section. 🙂
I hope George survived the ordeal this morning and is back home comfy.
Your video of the wind is wild! We have has similar really brutal winds. Why is it always windy when it is cold outside but in summer the air is…. dead.
Getting around in this wind, I feel like I live in Siberia. Hubbs bought gas last week and said it was brutal standing out there at the pump.
Even inside the house it sounds like it is the outside is getting beaten up. We have gone out a few times and picked up large branches laying in the yard.
It is sunny today. The weather looks fair enough, I might conger up some pep and drive up to Leesburg Virginia and get some costco stuff.
Anyone with allergies this time of year? Hubbs had a cold which I believe came about from allergies and he went through 4 boxes of kleenex in 4 days!
I am going to see if Costco has any packing supplies that look interesting.
It is only March. We have had snow storms in April. Two I recall on Easter!
Packing.?.. let’s just not talk about it. I did clean the oven window. I used Goo Gone on the inside, let it sit and scraped it off with a razor blade.
Do any of you have an electric car? We do not.
Sissy, I am looking forward to seeing your quilt.
I have not made a lot, but perhaps about a dozen.
Happy Thursday girls! I hope all of you are enduring this wild month of March!
Windy is right, some days I feel like the hair on my head will go flying away like a dandelion fluff! The weather has been interesting to say at least. We had 5 1/2 inches of rain on Sunday. At least it washes of some of the pollen!
My 2″quilts” don’t have a lot of sewing together. I just used little puffs in each section to hold them together, but the little girls loved them.
Rosemary, Sam has a Nissan Leaf. It wasn’t new when she got it and she has had it for more than 5 years so it probably needs replacing. Originally her then husband was working on the other side of town so it was great for that. It isn’t so good though if you want to go on a long journey, only does about 100kms before needing recharging, some of the new cars advertised go about 600kms. It isn’t as cheap to run now either, our current government has added road user charges so costs nearly as much to run as a petrol car.
Rosemary, I do wish I could just drive up there and get that Singer 237. One less thing for you to move. Sadly our home is too open concept for a craft/sewing room. If I can talk hubby into a home to age in, it will have a craft room. I do have a tiny guest room where the dolls are permanent residents but there is not one more inch of space in there. I can dream.
When we moved to North Carolina 3 years ago I found U-Haul was the best option for my packing needs. I packed over 100 boxes myself!
My daughter drives the electric car that is under siege. She keeps it in the garage but the garage door is see through. Who thought that was a good idea?
Pollen deluge here any day. Strictly pine trees.
Here many have electric cars both fully electric and hybrid. Our son in law has a fully electric car and loves it. We will probably go with a hybrid which can go hundreds of miles with no charging. We don’t have solar at this point although I wish we did and battery backup as well. Awfully expensive though.
So happy Jeanne was already thinking along the same line as I was for the hat stands. They are perfect. I like the combination of base and wheel. I actually have a collection of hat stands. Haven’t had them out in a long time. My favorites are the ones with egg shaped painted heads on a stand so it looks like someone is actually wearing the hat. But, Jeanne’s stands work perfectly for the tiny hats and showcase them so well. I haven’t found my tape measure yet, and yes Charlotte, I have used alternative measuring methods, but that one tape I like is the best for me anyway as it doesn’t stretch or tear. Anyway, I’ll see what I can come up with for head measurements for some of the dolls around here when I get a chance. Might be some interesting comparisons. Now, if I could do the same for foot sizing, I’d be all set.
Yesterday, we got back to the oleanders in the front yard. We’d taken them down to about half last fall, and finally were able to get one of the two down even more yesterday. I’m guessing, but I think they are still at least twelve feet tall. Lots of sawing and cutting accomplished. So much more manageable now and much less fire danger. One more to go, but our can was full for the week.
Sorry about the heavy winds everyone seems to be experiencing. Here, it’s rain. We are now at 139 percent of normal. Hopefully, you won’t hear me complaining about water restrictions this year. Although, our water rates are going up. Can’t catch a break.
I love the clever hat stands. All the hats look so pretty displayed on the stands. I really hope you plan to sell these by themselves or maybe with a little purse. I have four little girls who really want one.
After my trip to the chiropractor yesterday (feel much better), I stopped at JoAnn’s on my way home. I thought they would be closing 3/20 and it was 3/19 so I figured most of the items would be gone and pickings would be slim. How wrong I was. If I had needed yardage I could have found anything my heart desired. I found the remnant stand full and bought several pieces from there and then went to the quilting area and found several fat quarters for doll clothes. I bought a large Artbin container with dividers for the smaller props I use for my doll photos. When I checked out I asked the girl when they would be closing for sure. She said no one knew but it wouldn’t be until all stock was sold from the warehouse. I said I was amazed at how much stuff was left and she said most people were complaining the things hadn’t been reduced enough. The sign on the door said items reduced up to 50% but the signs on the shelves usually said 20% or 40% off. I didn’t check out the area where the cake decorating and candy making aisles are so I don’t know how well those things are selling. There was still a lot of yarn left but a lot of that was gone. I might check back in a week or so and see if the prices have been reduced some more.
Windy here too. We had a front go through last evening and I think the high for today is 72 but I’m not sure it’s going to make it to that. The humidity is really low so the fire danger is high so everyone is being vigilant. A lot of empty fields around here so they are watching to make sure nothing gets started. It is an amazingly lovely day and the wind has slowed down some from last night.
I found the same at the Joann’s here. But, you had to buy two yards of any cut fabric which I really don’t need. But, buttons were on sale, so I did find some more of those. Hoping that they restock them again from the warehouse.
The hats and stands are wonderful! I think you should set a very good price for these. They are certainly worth whatever you decide upon. Make it well worth your time and creativity! That’s some windy day!
I did hear on our neighborhood website about a person who drove an electric car on a long trip and it required charging about every 100 miles! Wonder if that would be available in less populated areas.
Susette, we wouldn’t take our electric car on a long trip for exactly that reason. NZ is very sparsely populated and you can go long distances before you see a petrol station with no guarantee they will have a charging station. The latest models have a much more normal range and, of course here you can charge them from a normal power outlet, I don’t know if you can do that as I know US uses a different current. That’s what we do though we did have to have a new outlet put into the garage or we would have had to have a window permanently open!
Jeanne your hats are just gorgeous, I love them all. Maybe you should offer to make a dress to match with a combined price if they chose that option.
I hope George’s colonoscopy goes well, Been there, done that as they say! I found the 24 hr starvation and the vile stuff I had to drink to be the worst!
I forgot to mention the other day, when we were talking about EEP. At our exhibition last year one of our ladies won the prize for small piecing. She did Vermeer’s “Girl With a Pearl Earring” with 1/4 inch hexagons, it was so beautiful. I can send a photo to Jeanne if you would like to see it. When I was in Melbourne at the Quilt show a few years ago now, there was a king size quilt all done in the same size, 1/4 inch. (Hexi’s are measured by the length of the sides). I don’t remember the details now but there were thousands of pieces! I can’t imagine spending that much time on one project!
HI Anne,
I’ll answer you right now so I don’t lose this comment. YES, we want to see “The Girl with a Pearl Earring” piece! Don’t we??
My hubby’s colonoscopy is done and he’s getting a bite to eat then he wants to sleep! :o)
Thanks Anne, I appreciate your compliments on the hats.
Blessings, Jeanne
Count me in on wanting to see the 1/4 inch hexagons quilt. 🙂
I’d love to see it, too! Thanks!
Those hats! I will say it again, they are the best! The hat stands are brilliant. You could sell those too. I do not have a doll to fit those hats but they are beautiful enough to make me want to buy a doll to wear one.
I hope George is resting comfortably.
Jeanne, I love the hats. I have one doll that would fit one of them, my meadow twinkle. I hope you will sell some of them. The stands are perfect. I do like the lavender and pale aqua ones you didn’t show today.
Glad to hear George is doing well.