Bucket Hat Tutorial -- Beach Bash -- Day 1

Welcome to the Beach Bash here on The Country Chic Cottage!  We are partying from June 27 to July 20!  The former contestants of One Month To Win It are here to rock your world with some great beach crafts!!

  To kick it off we have Heather from Twin Dragonfly Designs with a great Bucket Hat tutorial!  The perfect Bucket Hat for your little ones on the beach!  Let's get to crafting!!

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Hi everyone!

I’m Heather from Twin Dragonfly Designs where I share fab crafts, epic recipes and day-to-day life with my twin, three year old boys!

I am thrilled to be here today!

Kicking off Angie's Beach Bash with this Bucket Hat Tutorial.

Bucket hats tend to grow legs and go missing around our house.  So in an effort to curb our bucket hat spending I have started to create my own.  You can find my uber simplified pattern {really more of a sketched guideline that I took from one of our existing hats} here or another great pattern here.  Ready?

1.  Cut out pattern pieces. 

2.  Pin the two side pieces together, right sides facing.

3.  Sew the pieces together along the ends using a half inch seam allowance.

4.  Cut into the curved top of your sides about 1/4" down

and 1/2" apart.

5.  Pin the top of your hat to the sides, right sides together.

6.  Sew the top to the sides. 

This is where you are at so far.

7.  Now pin your brim pieces, right sides facing. 

Sew them together at the ends.

8.  Cut along the smaller curve of your brim 1/2" apart and 1/4" down.

9.  Pin the right side of your brim to the right side of your side and sew together.

Here's where you are at.  You could finish the edges with bias tape or repeat steps 1-9 to create a reversible hat.

For a reversible hat you would sew the hats together, right sides facing, leaving a 3" gap.  Then pull the hat right side out.

Close the gap with a whip stitch or straight stitch and VOILA you're done! 

I have made three or four hats now and this last one took me an hour to complete {including photo shoot}.  Not too shabby!

Cute eh?  And perfect for a picnic at the beach! 

Can I just gush over how cute my little guy, Isaiah, is?!  He's usually my shy "no photos please" boy.  He really came out of his shell and we had a lot of fun during this photo shoot.

Thanks for following along!

Please stop by Twin Dragonfly Designs to say hi sometime! 

Or check out my:

1. Epic Antique Mirrors

2. Monster Doll Tutorial

3. SKOR Cake To. Die. For

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Thanks Heather!!  Fabulous!
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~Thanks for stopping by!~

~Angie~

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