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Showing posts with label moustache. Show all posts

Friday, December 25, 2015

Merry Christmas- 2015!

Christmas at our house...


                   ...came a week early (due to the schedules of my far-flung children).


                                            We spent a wonderful day together...

                           
                                                 ...filled with laughter and food...
   


                        ...and I'm finally at liberty to share the most exciting news of all:


                                        My first grandchild will arrive in the Spring!

                                                            (Woot woot!!!!!) :)


                                   After noticing that our string of Christmas cards...

                                   ...was just the right height for such shenanigans...


             ...my tall son-in-law posed charmingly with my 'Caps For Sale' moustache!


                               He was also so delighted with Lydia's new felt purse...

                                            ...that he **pulled a Dawn Edwards!!

                                         (**definition: turning any purse into a hat)


                          Using leather punches, shoe polish and woodburning tools...


                              ...my daughters completed their new leather purse kits...


                                                    ...in very individual ways...



                                ...and each child received a tin of 'Thinking Putty'...

                               (one 'glow in the dark', one clear, one magnetic, etc.)...

                           ...because everyone deserves a great toy for Christmas!! :)


                                 Wishing you all a festive and love-filled day today!

                                                       Merry Christmas!!!

Friday, September 25, 2015

"Caps For Sale" Hat- Part 10 of 10

Trimming styrofoam blocks...


                                                  ...to fit inside each felt cap...



                                     ...and wrapping them in clear packing tape...

                                    ...to keep them from breaking up during sewing.



                                                  Attaching the first two caps...
                                           

                                                ...by stitching them to the hat...

                                              ...with a long, doll-making needle.



                                   Additional caps are added in the same manner...

                                                ...and the colorful stack grows!



                                                I use a sharp, curved needle...

                                ...to stitch one hat to the next (around the edges)...


                            
                                   ...and string an 'X' of monofilament fishing line...

                  ...to help keep the pile vertical, despite its unwieldy proportions.


                                               The finished "Caps For Sale" Hat!



                              The buttons that hold the moustache strap in place...

                                      ...allow the hat to be taken off with ease...



                                        ...and the magnets in the monkey arms...



                                        ...help to hold the hat in place during wear.
         

                                   Me, at the 'Mad Hatter's Parade' at Felters' Fling!



                                                          A view of the back.



                    I actually think I look quite distinguished with a 'stash'!! Giggle.



Wednesday, September 23, 2015

"Caps For Sale" Hat- Part 9 of 10

Sewing strong 'earth magnets' to each of the monkey's arms.

(To help hold the hat in place during wear.)


                                       Preparing a small square of black pre-felt...



                                              ...and a long rectangle of white...





                                                      ...and letting them dry.



                                         Sketching different moustache shapes...



                                          ...and testing the best one out for size.



                                        Keeping the shape, but enlarging it a bit...

                                         ...and cutting one from the black pre-felt.



                                            Pinning the moustache into place...



                                   ...and adding a layer of thin plastic on each side...

                                   ...to keep it from felting to the white pre-felt strap.



                                                     Mid-way through felting...



                                               ...and the finished moustache!



                                                   Trimming the excess felt...



                                                 ...from the attachment strap.



                                    Cutting a buttonhole at each end of the strap...

                                         ...and hand-stitching around each one.



                          A button is added to the interior of the hat on each side...



                                            ...and voila, I now have facial hair! :)



                                           Next time (finally): the fully assembled hat.