Hats Off To You!



My usual hat of choice in the heat is a baseball cap but sometimes something a little more girly is called for and this is where the gap is in my wardrobe.  You see, actually, I am not a hat person at all!  I do however suffer from migraines and a lack of a hat and the heat tend to be a migraines worst nightmare.

Vogue 7600, has been in my pattern collection for over a year but other more attention grabbing patterns have always got in the way of my making it.  Not this year however!  Right before Christmas my hat making went from want to actual need and I bit the bullet and dug out some suitable fabric and got to work.  I had a large piece of black light weight non stretch denim in my stash left over from a pair of jeans I made early on in my blogging.


I chose view A with the flat top and large brim.  Given my denim was a little boring I lined the hat crown with some lovely black and white floral cotton duck to add a little interest.  Okay, when worn, it wouldn't be seen but I knew it was there!  

Initially, I was keen to work with fabrics and notions I already have so proceeded to make the hat with some medium weight iron on interfacing.  I opted to add the interfacing to both sides of the brim and the crown.  Part way through though it quickly became apparent that a brim of this weight required a heavier solution, so a quick trip to Lincraft was in order.


With my now much heavier interfacing, I proceeded to undo most of the work I had already done (don't you hate that), and recreated my hat with heavier structure.  I removed a couple of centimetres of width in the brim because it sat a little low around my neck.  I then added a removable band in the same fabric as my lining, just to give the hat a little more interest.


The resulting hat is now a perfect fit.  It is still something that languishes in my wardrobe for the most part unworn, due to my hat aversion, but when I do require a girly hat, I now have just the thing and a hat I actually like!

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  1. Great hat, definitely needed in an Australian summer especially if you're a migraine sufferer. When I make hats if the brim is still floppy after using interfacing I topstitch lines around the brim about 1cm apart - it seems to stiffen the brim and can look quite nice too. View C on that pattern is a bit modern day nun isn't it?

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    1. Ha funny! I am not sure what is going on with View C but I am pretty sure I won't be making that any time soon!

      I did sew rows of top stitching on the brim just to keep everything in place.

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  2. Love it! I was only thinking today that I needed a new hat... just have to make one for someone else's baby first!

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    1. It is actually a good pattern and a really good fit which I find hard to achieve with rtw hats. I have made a few baby hats in my time as well.

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  3. This is a lovely looking hat. I like the contrasting band you have added for interest. I am not a hat wearing person either...don't like ending up with "hat hair".

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    1. Thank you! I actually don't mind the hat hair, I just think I look odd wearing hats.

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  4. I've made a few hats too & found it was fun. I love yous! The contrasting band & lining are a great addition.

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    1. My hat making to this point was actually for my daughter when she was little. For every dress I made her I think she had a matching sun hat.

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  5. Oh I needed your hat today. It was so hot in Sydney. Love it.

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