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Just like Geppetto putting every wooden piece in Pinocchio's body, doing this requires a lot of patience but I'm glad to do it myself.
The body of the hat is given to me by the hat-maker (who actually took quite a while to get it right. The first tests were somewhat odd up until the 3rd one where he hit the spot) and only plain for each hat with adornments costs a lot so I chose to put the adornments myself and save some money.
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These one's are the Peruvian army officers' hats. Soon, I'll be given the Navy officer's. The Chilean
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The time for making all these items and uniforms is taking quite longer than expected. I'm getting really stressed out as time is running out quickly.
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