DIY SUMMER HAT // SEWING TUTORIAL + DOWNLOAD

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Do you remember the Summer Gift Party ? The coolest swap party in the kingdom organized by the very creative Antonella from Blog a Cavolo and Lisa from Piccolecose Handmade to celebrate the first day of summer! For the last edition we made a picnic blanket with watermelons, while this time we tried our hand at a slightly more complex sewing project and as always we would like to share it with you: let's try to make a summer hat together ? It's comfortable and light, to always keep in your bag when the sun gets too strong or the wind too insistent :) We used our cotton poplin fabric "Forest Llamas" in the blue version , it's perfect for this project!

Do you remember the Summer Gift Party ? The coolest swap party in town, organized to celebrate the first day of summer by the super creative couple Antonella from Blog a Cavolo and Lisa from Piccolecose Handmade ! For the last edition we made a watermelon printed picnic blanket this time we tried or more difficult sewing project, and as always we want to share it with you all: what about trying to sew a summer hat together? I's light and comfortable, a must have to keep in the bag for that times when the sun or the wind are too strong :) We used our poplin cotton fabric "Forest Llamas" in the blue version, it's perfect for this project!

FOR THE TUTORIAL IN ENGLISH CLICK ON THE “ENGLISH” LABEL.

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MATERIALS

    • 70cm (43.5" wide) light or medium weight cotton fabric (like our "Forest Llamas" cotton poplin)
    • 20 cm of iron-on fabric
    • pattern (see below)
    • sewing machine
    • sewing needle
    • colored sewing thread (matching the fabric chosen)
    • pins
    • fabric scissors
    • pencil or tailor's chalk

DOWNLOAD PATTERN

THE PATTERN INCLUDES 1.5 CM SEWING MARGINS.

HOW TO MAKE A SUMMER HAT

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CUT OUT THE PIECES AND ATTACH THE CANVAS

Fold the fabric in half, right sides together and start cutting out the various parts of the hat following the instructions on the pattern. Cut the brim into the adhesive fabric as well.
Make sure you have the following pieces:

  • for the central band: 1 piece of fabric + 1 of lining
  • for the brim: 1 piece of fabric + 1 of lining + 1 of canvas
  • for the upper part 1 piece of fabric + 1 of lining
 
Place the piece of adhesive backing on the back of one of the two brim pieces, and iron it to adhere to the fabric. That piece will be part of the lining [wc_highlight color="red"](1)[/wc_highlight].

SEW THE BRIM

Pin the back edges (the shorter ones) of the hat brim together, right sides together. Machine sew, with a 1.5 cm seam allowance [wc_highlight color="red"](2)[/wc_highlight] . This will be the seam allowance for all the other pieces. Press the seam open and repeat with the lining. Then, right sides together, sew the brim to the lining along the outer band, the one that will not be sewn to the hat band. Turn right sides together and press.

STITCH THE BIM

Topstitch around the brim, 6 mm from the finished edge. Topstitching in this case is a decorative stitching made at a certain distance from an edge, which also serves to hold the two pieces of the brim together. Make many rows, all spaced 6 mm apart, until you reach 12 mm from the top edge of the brim [wc_highlight color="red"](3)[/wc_highlight] .

SEW THE BAND

As you did with the brim before, match the back edges of the band right sides together and machine sew. Once the seam is ironed open, pin the brim to the band, always right sides together, and make cuts no more than 1 cm along the edge to keep the fabric straight. Machine sew [wc_highlight color="red"](4)[/wc_highlight].

ATTACH THE TOP PART

Pin the top of the hat to the band with the right sides together and, as in the previous step, make cuts of less than 1 cm along the edge [wc_highlight color="red"](5)[/wc_highlight] . Sew by machine.

MAKE THE LINING

Repeat the steps for making the band: match the back edges of the lining right sides together, sew and press the seam open. Attach the top of the hat lining to the band lining as you did previously for the outer fabric (photo 5). With the wrong side facing up, fold a 12 mm edge along the bottom edge of the band and iron it [wc_highlight color="red"](6)[/wc_highlight] .

ATTACH THE LINING

Match the rounded tops, wrong sides together, and pin the seam allowances all around [wc_highlight color="red"](7)[/wc_highlight] . Sew the seam allowances of the tops together in the round, either by machine or by hand, making an external seam on the edges a few millimetres from the one that joins the top to the band [wc_highlight color="red"](8)[/wc_highlight] . This way the lining and fabric will be well joined. Cut off the excess allowance, leaving a few millimetres [wc_highlight color="red"](9)[/wc_highlight] , then turn the lining over onto the fabric. Hand sew the folded edge of the lining around the inside edge of the hat using a blind stitch. Turn it right side out.

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MATERIALS

  • 70 cm of light/medium weight cotton fabric (110 cm high) (like our "Forest Llamas" cotton poplin)
  • 20 cm of light/medium fuse interfacing
  • sewing template (see below)
  • sewing machine
  • colored sewing thread (matching the chosen fabric)
  • pins
  • sewing needle
  • fabric scissors
  • taylor chalk

DOWNLOAD TEMPLATE

THE SEWING PATTERN INCLUDES THE SEAM ALLOWANCE OF 1.5 CM.

HOW TO MAKE A SUMMER HAT

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CUT OUT THE PATTERN PIECES FROM FABRIC AND ATTACH THE INTERFACING

Fold the fabric in half, right sides together and begin to cut out the various parts of the hat, following the instructions on the pattern. Cut out the brim pattern piece from the interfacing.
Make sure you have the following pieces:

  • central band: 1 piece of fabric + 1 of lining
  • brim: 1 piece of fabric + 1 of lining + 1 of interfacing
  • top: 1 piece of fabric + 1 of lining

Overlap the piece of interfacing on the back of brim fabric piece, and fuse it to the fabric. That piece will be part of the lining [wc_highlight color="red"](1)[/wc_highlight] .

SEW THE BRIM

Match the back edges (shorter ones) of the brim pieces and secure them with pins, right sides together. Sew them with a seam allowance of 1.5 cm [wc_highlight color="red"](2)[/wc_highlight] . This will be the seam allowance for all other pieces. Press the seam open and repeat the same operation with the lining. Then sew the brim to the lining, right sides together, along the outer border (the one that will not be sewn to the hat band). Turn the fabric upside down and iron on.

STITCH THE BRIM

Stitch around the brim, 6 mm from the finished edge. The stitching is, in this case, a decorative seam made at a certain distance from an edge, which also helps to hold the two pieces of the brim together. Make many lines, all spaced 6 mm, until you reach 12 mm from the upper edge of the brim [wc_highlight color="red"](3)[/wc_highlight] .

SEW THE CENTRAL BAND

As previously done with the brim, match the back edges of the central band right sides together, then sew them. Once the open seam is pressed, pin the brim to the central band, always right sides together, and make some cuts no longer than 1 cm along the edge, to keep the fabric straight. Sew on with the sewing machine [wc_highlight color="red"](4)[/wc_highlight] .

SEW THE TOP PIECE

Pin the top piece of the hat to the central band, right faces together, and, as done in the previous step, make cuts of less than 1 cm along the edge [wc_highlight color="red"](5)[/wc_highlight] . Sew them on with the sewing machine.

CREATE THE LINING

Repeat the steps for the making of the central band: match the back edges of the lining right sides together, sew them and press the seam open. Attach the top lining piece to the central band lining, as you did previously for the outer fabric (photo 5). With the wrong side up, fold a 12mm edge along the bottom edge of the band and iron it [wc_highlight color="red"](6)[/wc_highlight] .

ATTACH THE LINING

Match the upper round sides, wrong sides together, and pin the edges around the seam [wc_highlight color="red"](7)[/wc_highlight] . Sew the seam allowances of the upper parts together in the round, by machine or by hand, making an external seam on the margins a few millimeters from the one that joins the top part to the central band [wc_highlight color="red"](8)[/wc_highlight] . In this way the lining and fabric will be well joined. Cut the exceeding fabric, leaving a few millimeters [wc_highlight color="red"](9)[/wc_highlight] , then turn the lining over the fabric. Sew the folded edge of the lining around the inside edge of the hat by hand, with a hidden stitch. Turn the fabric upside down.

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