Tea cups tea cups everywhere, just not a drop of tea to drink

After sitting down with Elizabeth we came to the conclusion that if we kept all the tea cups white, it would not over power the ears which will be made at a later stage. Using the practice tea cups as a pattern, I have built up a second tea cup based around the smallest sample I originally made.  The difference between the bottom and middle cups is that there won't be a lip on the the middle. This is due to the fact the top tea cup shall be balanced on the central area of the balanced cups. This is to keep the cups at a slight slant but not too much that it would tug on the stitches. Adding a lip would be detrimental to the cup and become out of place, becoming more a frill than a stabiliser. I have also added some of the swiss rolls to the hat in direction with Elizabeths design, originally we were going to add a spoon, however it weighs down the hat quite a lot. We have found that adding the swiss rolls has helped add a decorative element to the rim of the hat which before hand looked quite bare and out of place. 

Once the saucer was flattened by the iron it  turned into a decorative doily. This fits much better with the general appearance of the hat, as beforehand it looked quite rough and scruffy, the piece also buckled under the cups as it was being held up by flexible wire. Now flattened, it looks like lace which adds a new texture to the hat. To finish this hat I shall need to make one more smaller tea cup to go onto of the central cup to complete the top of the hat and also add the green ribbon around the hat where the black is now. This is to pull together the outfit as the waistcoat has green fringing around the edge.