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How ’bout that? A hat!

[1] From time to time, I like to write about a sewing project that you might not think of when you think of home decorator fabrics. So how about a hat? I bet that no matter what kind of sewing you do, you probably haven’t considered a hat.

Poor hats. Nobody really wears them anymore. Maybe a knitted winter cap or a baseball hat, but as regular accessories, they’ve sort of fallen out of favor. I, for one, always feel a little too obvious in a hat. A little uncomfortable. And I’m trying to change that.

One day, I came across etsy.com seller McHats [2] and thought, “What a wonderful sewing project! Who knew I could just whip up a hat?” And so I did.

Supplies

(Click fabrics for direct links for purchase at Warehouse Fabrics Inc.)

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Small houndstooth chocolate - SMHCHN

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Poly silk dupioni - POIDAN

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Buckram

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Shank button
I chose this chocolate brown hounds tooth fabric because it’s a classic. It’s lined with a silky brown and accentuated with a light blue ribbon on the inside. I used a quarter-yard of each fabric. I made a self-covered button with a leftover in my button stash. I have found the stabilizer buckram in chain fabric stores in the home decor department.

The pattern for this hat and many others can be found at McHats [2] on etsy.com. Featured is the adult newsboy hat.

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