You are?! YAY!! Oh, and I heartily approve of silly hats! If I had time (darn school!!), I'd make a big 'ole hat, too.

I want to make the pannier eventually. I have the pattern for it from Simplicity. At the moment, I do have a set of panniers in black with red lace trim I had commissioned 2 years ago that are quite lovely. Here I am being quite vulgar at a party and showing them off:



One day in the very distant future, I'll have a proper 18th century corset made :)