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| Fun with scraps! |
I'm working at stashbusting, and had a couple of different houndstooth fabrics on-hand. On a whim, I picked up M6450 at a $1 pattern sale and decided to play!
Pattern Description: Lined hats in head sizes X-Small (20 1/2"), Small (21 1/2"), Medium (22 1/2") and Large (23 1/2") Hat B: Contrast crown, band, belt and buttons to cover. Designed for medium-weight woven fabrics.
Pattern Sizing: XS - L. Mine was a Medium.
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| This is a fun hat to wear! |
Pattern Description: Lined hats in head sizes X-Small (20 1/2"), Small (21 1/2"), Medium (22 1/2") and Large (23 1/2") Hat B: Contrast crown, band, belt and buttons to cover. Designed for medium-weight woven fabrics.
Pattern Sizing: XS - L. Mine was a Medium.
Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing with it? Yes, it did!
Were the instructions easy to follow? Super easy. I'd never made a hat before, and this was quick and made up in less than a day.
What did you particularly like or dislike about the pattern? I used up some stashin' scraps. It doesn't take much fabric to make a hat, I've found.
Fabric Used: 100% wool houndstooth fabric. The large format is a boucle, which was challenging to work with (it shreds when cut). The small format was from the Pendleton store.
Pattern alterations or any design changes you made: I didn't have any fusible hair canvas in the stash and used PalmerPletsch Tailor-weight fusible. Were I to make the hat again, I'd def. get my hands on the hair canvas. The hat collapses really easily under the weight of the heavier fabric.
Since I used the large-format (shredding!) fabric for the band, I couldn't stitch it up as the directions ask you to. Instead, I did my best to tuck under the unruly ends, sandwiching them between the layers. It wasn't a perfect solution, but with the addition of a little strategic Fray Check, those darn unruly ends won't continue to shred.
I also attached the lining to the crown with a couple of invisible stitches so it wouldn't collapse every time I took the hat off.
I didn't buy a button cover kit for this project, and instead covered a stray stash button using this tutorial. I highly recommend it!
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| Side view |
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| Top view (the center button is a little misplaced, but no one else will notice!) |
Fabric Used: 100% wool houndstooth fabric. The large format is a boucle, which was challenging to work with (it shreds when cut). The small format was from the Pendleton store.
Pattern alterations or any design changes you made: I didn't have any fusible hair canvas in the stash and used PalmerPletsch Tailor-weight fusible. Were I to make the hat again, I'd def. get my hands on the hair canvas. The hat collapses really easily under the weight of the heavier fabric.
Since I used the large-format (shredding!) fabric for the band, I couldn't stitch it up as the directions ask you to. Instead, I did my best to tuck under the unruly ends, sandwiching them between the layers. It wasn't a perfect solution, but with the addition of a little strategic Fray Check, those darn unruly ends won't continue to shred.
I also attached the lining to the crown with a couple of invisible stitches so it wouldn't collapse every time I took the hat off.
I didn't buy a button cover kit for this project, and instead covered a stray stash button using this tutorial. I highly recommend it!
Would you sew it again? Would you recommend it to others? I would definitely make this hat again. It was quick and easy and it's CUTE on top of it. I'm considering using more scraps by making the gloves in the pattern kit.
Conclusion: This is a fun hat that I get tons of compliments on when I wear it out. If you like a stylish topper, I highly recommend it!
I can see why you've got tonnes of compliments, very cute! I love the mix of different scale houndstooth, but in the same colourway.
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