My artist friend Iris Steensma (l) and I (r) get serious about the vase on the bonnet.

A close-up of painting the first layer of blue for the background.

Early stages of the vase design - the design was drawn in pencil first, and then the background was painted.

The background painting is done at last!

Preparation for the boot on the boot.

The bonnet's nearly done, and the orange triangles started along the sides.