I bought a kid’s hat pattern from Nicole Mallalieu Design almost two years ago. When I was at a craft and quilting expo a few months ago (very little was of any interest to me), I saw that there was a Nicole Mallalieu Design stand, so I dropped in to ask my burning question regarding their hat pattern…..what sort of interfacing did they recommend? I left the stand with one metre of a medium-heavy woven and fusible interfacing and promises to myself to try out that pattern.

Well, I finally got around to trying it out…pretty much out of necessity since Nathan’s old sunhat no longer fits him and we are getting that time of year when sun hats are essential. It was a little fiddly, but overall pretty easy to do as long as care was taken along the way. I chose to use the second-smallest brim size, but then I added a 1 cm seam allowance to the outer edge to adjust for the fact that didn’t want to use a bias binding on the edge. You also had to choose whether to cut the fabric on the straight grain or the bias, and I chose the bias. I think this was the wrong decision for the pattern I used. Overall, though, I’m really happy with it, and will hopefully get a modeled photo of it tomorrow.

I’m thinking that this might be a good Christmas gift for the kids in our lives that we normally give gifts to. You can’t have too many sun hats, can you?

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