Well, THAT was predictable.

I said it, and so I jinxed myself.

I am now behind again. Or still behind, and yesterday I was just overly optimistic/an idiot.

But, I did swear by Odin's Beard that there would be photos, so here are some:

Here are the ones that are completely completed, headbands, combs, labels and all:

(The middle row are Saturns and Saucers)

Here are the ones that I still have to label, etc:

(The pointy bases are drops, the round are domes)

Heading to the last horse races of the season now, followed by Ladies Night (girls drink for freeeeeeeeeeeee). Buut since I'm not ahead of my schedule now, I still have to come into work tomorrow and DO STUFF. AARGH. Toss it.

Tuesday 10th July, people!

Do you know what today is?

Today is not only my beautiful barrister brother's birthday (also the birthday of my lovely little cousin Lian), it HAPPENS to be the day I am back. On. Schedule!

Or, dare I say it, ahead of schedule?

...

No, I don't dare. I would definitely be jinxing myself.

Anyway, I've decorated quite a few hats today, which means I can spend tomorrow concentrating on attaching headbands, combs and labels to the Saturns and Saucers, and headbands and labels to the Domes and Drops. Don't know what I'm talking about? That's okay, I shall have photos up tomorrow.

BY THE BEARD OF ODIN, I SHALL HAVE PHOTOS UP TOMORROW!

100 Hats in 50 Days

I have about 2 1/2 months, here in Hong Kong, to fill an order which has not been finalised. Supposedly, I am to provide 100 affordable hats to potentially supply the racing events at the start of Autumn. However, since I can't churn out 100 hats at the drop of a ... well,... hat, I am going to have to make them and hope that the order is eventually needed.

So. From today, I have 50 working days to complete (ideally) 100 hats. Can this be done? I myself have never completed an entire hat in one day, but these require no blocking. In fact, if I am to stick to the budget, I cannot block them myself. Besides, with only 2 hat blocks to my name, the results would be rather limited...

I have 21 bases already, ordered from Randall Ribbons (nightmare, I won't go into it, this isn't a rant blog). 3 pieces each of 7 different styles. 7 different colours with each style having a different combination of colours. I have brought along several pieces of fabric from my hoarder's den that match, so I already have a bit of a head start. By the time I have run out of these bases, hopefully I will have found a source of others here in Hong Kong. The majority of the remaining 79 hats are likely to be small, fascinator-type things. Thankfully perfectly acceptable here in HK.

ANYWAY.

Starting from today.

2 hats.

Hopefully will be able to upload photos of them by this evening.

Wish me luck!