By the bucket load!

I have definitely had a siesta with my sewing blog.  :)

I had promised my two girls ages ago that I would make them a hat each, hubby had an order for one as well, and I thought I would make one as a birthday gift for a close friend.  Anyway, this time, I managed to remember to take a few photos of the Lazy Days hats (pattern from Make It Perfect).  These are basic reversible bucket hats.  Instructions are easy to follow, but I tend to finish off the hat by following the instructions on this tutorial so that I don't have any hand sewing.

Here are the finished results.

Father's Day hat for hubby

Hat for Daughter #1

Happily modeled by Daughter #1 (it's a favourite for daycare)

Hat for Daughter #2

Hat for friend (same fabric pattern, two different colour schemes)

Birthday Hat for William

One of Samantha's little friends, William, is having a birthday soon and I thought I would make a hat for him.  Don't ask me why, I have no idea what got into me. :)  Must have been full moon or something.

Anyway, I decided to use the Lazy Day Hat from Make It Perfect, my first "indie" pattern.  It's a reversible bucket hat and comes in 4 sizes (small, medium, large and extra-large).  Samantha picked out the fabric for the hat, although I had to convince her that William would probably prefer a colour other than pink (her firm favourite).  The fabric came from Spotlight's quilting cotton range (I don't know the details).

I cut out the fabric and interfacing one  night and sewed it the next night.  The sewing probably took me about 2 hours I reckon, in between chatting to hubby and watching bits and pieces of TV.

Anyway, this is what I finished up with ...

The "outside"

The "inside"

I'm pretty happy with it.  Samantha thinks it fits fine and now she wants one, in pink of course!  What do you think?