Hats - More Hats

Still no real sewing going on here.  I know, you’ve heard that before.  I keep hoping the major mojo will return.  I know, you’ve heard that before, too. 

I have been doing a few creative things.  Knit hats have been produced.  The four of these are Christmas gifts.  It’s OK.  These folks are not blog readers so there is no danger of them being seen by the recipients.  Three of these are going to avid hunters/outdoorsmen, and, hopefully, will provide wool warmth to those as they sit in deer stands or wander the woods. 

This one will go to the one of the recipient's girlfriend; his is the camo above.  Her's is camo with a bit of feminine.

Working on some scarves also.  Maybe I can get photos and show them soon.

And then, I was inspired by the wonderful hats made by Gayle Ortiz.  I thought that I might be able to create something similar as a chemo hat.  I pulled out some polar fleece scraps this afternoon (in between pulling clothes from the washer and tossing in the dryer) and came up with this.  It was fun!  I found a pattern that had the circle for the top.  It measured 7.5” in diameter.  I cut that out and made up the rest from there.  I measured and wanted the hat to be about 21-22” to fit my head.  I cut sections to make up that size.  I started out with wider (in height) sections that I needed and cut down as I put the hat together. then I just began to manipulate the fabric as I saw fit -- flipping up here, taking a tuck there, ziz-zagging around where it felt right, and *sew* on.

The decoration is silk from a blouse picked up at the thrift store months ago.  I plan to make a tank top from the large sections of the blouse but cut off the sleeve cuffs and used those scraps to gather and manipulate.  Buttons are some left over from a long ago E-bay purchase of a vintage button box.

Oh, and I used the covered button from blouse cuff.

I won’t plan to put this type hat into big production as they are time consuming compared to most of the others I sew.  I do, however, think I’ll make some of these along as they are fun for me and, hopefully, well
received by some of the patients. Plus it uses up scraps that otherwise would be tossed.