I've been wanting to make a "Bonnie hat" or "floppy hat" for a bit now. I finally found two patterns to choose from, read a million comments, and decided to take it on. This is the pattern I decided to try first:
http://www.marthastewart.com/907171/reversible-hat I used the adult size for this hat.
Next up, I needed to select my fabric. I have a few too many choices! I ultimately decided to go with the 2 on the left of the first picture. I think I'll do the next hat in the other two from that picture.
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After selecting the fabric, it was time to lay out the pattern. I probably should've ironed first, but I didn't because I was being lazy. Basically layout & cut 1 set of pieces from each fabric.
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| Decided! Layout of hat on fabric. |
I don't have any pictures of the hat being put together. Let me just say that it was kind of a pain. I'm still working on curved sewing, for sure. Also, the brim & edge had about 1" too much fabric for the size of the top of the hat. That could've been me not putting the pattern together correctly, but I'm pretty sure I did.
The end result:
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| Done! It's a bit large for my head though. |
Ultimately, I liked the hat once it was done. But it was too big for me. I, apparently, have a small head. So, I gave this one to my sister and will have to do the other pattern I was looking at:
http://oliverands.com/free-patterns/reversible-bucket-hat/. Yup, a kid's sized pattern!
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