Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas. He went ashore at Guanahaní, an island in the Bahamas, on October 12, 1492
On his return in 1493, he moved his coastal base of operations 70 miles east to the island of Hispaniola, what is now the Dominican Republic and established the settlement of La Isabela, the first permanent Spanish settlement in the Americas. Source: Wikipedia.
We are celebrating Columbus Day with Hattingdon’s Quinn sweetheart hat.
Quinn Hattingdon. Originally created 2017.
Anchor’s away . . . right? Happy Columbus Day everyone!
Greetings. We are almost in the homestretch. Only five more posts left in the series after this one. Even though it has been a lot of fun . . . . HOORAY!
As we mentioned, Vivian had only one hat design whose name began with the letter Q — out of all the 100s of designs she has created over the past 13, 14 or more years. Can you guess who it is? You “long timers” might know. (Hint: It is a fashion hat with a nautical theme).
Classic Hat
Since the one “Q” hat we had is a fashion hat, Vivian had to get busy creating a brand new classic hat. Wow, did she do a lovely job. She named the hat Quill. How fab is this hat?
Quill Hattingdon.
Vivian found the name Quill on one of those online baby name sites. You know the ones expectant mothers use to help find a cool and meaningful name for their baby? She certainly would never have thought of Quill as a possible name on her own.
Fashion Hat
Ahoy! Here is our solitary hat with a name that starts with the letter Q — a sweetheart hat (as Vivian calls this silhouette). As you can see, it is nautically inspired. Vivian named the hat Quinn.
Quinn Hattingdon.
Description: Quinn Hattingdon wears a nautically inspired sweetheart hat in a bold, dark navy blue. The hat’s wide, large, upturned brim is trimmed in red and white, and held in place by a large white anchor.
Five to Go
We have five days remaining, and ten hats. It will go like this:
Monday 23: Letter R Tuesday 24: Letter S Wednesday 25: Letter T Thursday 26: Letters U, V, W Friday 27: Letters X, Y, Z
Thank you everyone for following along with us. And a BIG thank you to everyone who has been helping Vivian with this project. You are all stars and have done a fabulous job.
Here’s Hattingdon wearing a sweetheart hat, with its magnificent, wide upswept brim in red, white and blue — adorned with an anchor. Vivian named the hat Quinn — after a song that came to mind while she was creating it. More on that in a minute, but first . . . . the hat!
Quinn Hattingdon.
Adorable! Now, the song — the Mighty Quinn.
Remember this anyone? By the inimitable Bob Dylan, performed below by Manfred Mann, considered the quintessential interpreters of the song. Here are a few of the lyrics:
Come on without Come on within You’ll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn Come on without Come on within You’ll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn
Everybody’s building Ships and boats Some are building monuments Others dummy pound notes Everybody’s in despair Every girl and boy But when Quinn the eskimo gets here Everybody’s gonna jump for joy
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career spanning more than 60 years.
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