Newsboy Hat from Whitney Sews
I put myself on punishment because my house look like a tornado hit it - I had sewing items in every room in the house. My punishment was I could not sew until I got things cleaned up. I still need to mop one floor, but I wanted something quick and easy to sew.
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| Whitney Sews Newsboy Hat |
How I Did It
I think I saw someone on Instagram with a pageboy hat and figured that would be a simple and quick project to sew. I found a free pattern with video, but also added features from another site's pattern.
The free pattern came from Whitney Sews and it has a video showing you how to put it together. I used this video to help with instructions and I used some of the features of EasyToSew's hat.
- Fabric
Everything came from my stash - yay. I used a 11.5 oz denim and a quilting cotton for the lining.
- Pattern Alterations
I used a double band rather than a single band - I think the finish is much nicer with a double band.
On the next one I will add piece of elastic in the back. This one is about 1/4" to 1/2" too big.
One thing I did do was create a smaller pattern piece from the brim because the pattern did not include one. To do this I measured in 1/4" around the brim and traced and cut the smaller brim pattern piece. I ended up trimming it to 1/8" so it would be be tacked down with the top stitching.
One note - the pattern instructions did not include some of the seam allowances, but by watching the video I was able to figure out it was a 1/4" seam allowance unless otherwise noted.
- Some Construction/Finished Pictures
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| Used the Brim Pattern Piece to Create a Smaller Pattern Piece for the Insert (I Drew the Black Line on the Original Brim Pattern Piece) |
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