That so sweet! On all counts.Our very own Esther Weis has once again displayed what a wonderful person she is and what a wonderful hatter she is.
Out of the pure kindness of her heart this showed up at my door yesterday.
an extremely thoughtful gift for my daughter
Thank you Esther
Just so amazingly kind of you.
Athena loves her new hat
Sent from my iPhone while orbiting the earth in a sea foam green 1957 Cadillac
Alden 403 Moc Toe Boot - Brown Chromexcel - $680 The classic "Indy" style Alden Boot in the classic Horween brown Chromexcel. 
Grant Stone Diesel Boot Dark Olive Chromexcel - #395 Goodyear welted, Horween Chromexcel, classic good looks. 
Himel Bros. - The Ross Mk. 1 Leather Jacket Classic D-pocket motorcycle/aviator style jacket. 
Our very own Esther Weis has once again displayed what a wonderful person she is and what a wonderful hatter she is.
Out of the pure kindness of her heart this showed up at my door yesterday.
an extremely thoughtful gift for my daughter
Thank you Esther
Just so amazingly kind of you.
Athena loves her new hat
Sent from my iPhone while orbiting the earth in a sea foam green 1957 Cadillac
You are not alone, she sent Tina a mannequin head. It's extremely useful to put a wig on and then practice period and vintage hairstyles on said wig. Esther certainly is generous, there's always something extra in your hatbox, mine was Belgium chocolates.
+1. CHOCOLATE! (mine too.)
We are used to it here in the UK. We've had the Monarch's head on postage stamps since Victorian times.
Pretty sure those cala's will hold a dry martini
Yes she makes a fantastic looking hat for sure! The one she made for Daniel is now his favorite hat. He wears it from the time he gets up and has coffee until he is about ready to retire for the evening. We have had some company to visit here and a few people wanted to look at it up close (as in handle it) and first thing Daniel says, "wash your hands first or no, you are not touching this one"!!!!!!! haha!
I know you can purchase those small hooks for the end of a pug, just can't recall where? BUT is is a website that also sells generic looking pugs and hats and supplies for hat making. I'll take a quick look on the internet and see if I can find the website right now....yep I found it!Speaking of pugs and the inspiration that Esther gave me I wanted to provide my own tip. And it is paper prototyping! On paper you can easily and quickly redesign the pleat layout as needed to get what you want. For example I am thinking of a pug that is 3 inches overall that has two pleats. So each section is 1 inch tall with 1/2 inch overlaps. So I drew it out and then folded the paper. See below for my example.
Pug Layout
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My folded paper prototype
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It gets me close to the final outcome and I can work out all the kinks in paper before ruining some fabric. I can determine how much fabric to start with and then work on the pleats. I sure there is a jig I can make for the pleating process if I think about it more.
I hope this helps someone.
Thanks again Esther for your guidance earlier today. Hopefully I can work on a fabric pug this weekend.
Cindy thank you for the link. I have been looking for those hatband hooks (I didn't know what to call them before but now I do).
I am sad I am not as talented in the hat department as most are...but I do know how to keep them clean, steam them a bit, iron and "bash" them up a bit.
