Okalidokali everyone!
I solved my own problem.
Here's what I did, for those of you that are
interested:
1. I selected the top (crown) part of the hat
and clicked on the "Create Curves" rollout. From there, I selected "Curve
Fit".
2. Using the top view of the crown, I
selected each point around the bottom ring of the crown in a clockwise fashion
(counter-clockwise would have worked too) until the ring was closed, thus
forming a completed circle.
3. I then attached the bottom of the hat to
the crown (top) of the hat.
4. I then selected "Create Blend Surface" and
selected the top most ring of the bottom part of the hat, connecting it with the
newly created bottom ring of the top part (crown) of the hat.
Presto! It worked.
Matthew Doyle