Hat patterns, 🐠 and other vital things

So I started creating a paper pattern for one of this ambitious group of hats that might happen.

Here's the old hat and I drew around the brim allowing for a hem

Then I fitted paper around for whatever you call the side of the crown 

In the background you see the brim and the crown drawn in the middle 

Here I'm fitting the paper around the crown 

And the pieces are assembled, looking like the Mad Hatter, and I taped them to try on, after which I can get on with cutting two layers of fabric one for the lining, one the visible part.

As you see, the brim is pretty good and the crown will be about an inch lower when the seams are stitched. So far, not bad. I can enlarge the brim if I decide to. 

This millinery making is serious  stuff!

There was also food, the cod now up for lunch,

Here's the set up showing the production line. I'd dried and cut the pieces, made a batter which I seasoned with sea salt and long red pepper, dipped the pieces then rolled in panko 

Here on the right is lunch and in the blue dish a couple of future lunches in waiting, toaster oven 425°f till brown and crisp, the fish inside moist, lovely.

I had some of the broccoli heads I'd steamed yesterday, and used the leftover batter to make a cheese sauce, with a bit of butter and grated sharp cheddar. 

After it thickened I added in the broccoli so it got sauced and heated up at the same time.

And here's lunch, crunchy fish, cheese broccoli with a dab of Nancy's Ketchup. I like the different textures on this plate.

Energy food. Yogurt with lime and blueberries for dessert.

After that it was about resting then reading the next Cazalet volume on the deck, lovely skies and shadows 

Earlier I'd walked,  and caught this late blooming hibiscus at the neighbor's house 

It flowers later than my Angel Eye, and blooms longer.

Lovely day, all kinds of things, and the evening online with friends to complete the day.

Happy day everyone, hoping your Friday was good. It amuses me when people ask what I'm doing for the weekend. Like it's different from the week!