I have a big head. So I don’t like to wear hats, besides which I get severe hat head. But then I saw this post to make a custom hat and thought “Well, maybe I just haven’t found the right sized hat, what better than one to custom fit my head!”

I was a little nervous about making the pattern. I have never done one before but the instructions seemed really simple. I made all the measurements, cut out my pattern and got my fabric. I was really unsure about the whole thing. Although I’ve been sewing for a few years, I still consider myself a novice. I’ve never sewn clothes before and have a tendency to sew crooked. That’s why I usually stick with little totes and pouches. This was a new adventure for me! I could picture myself zipping through this project and making a hat for every outfit! And then I can boast to my 2 year old daughter, See! I am wearing a hat too! (I always make her wear her hat out in the sun and she used to ask Where’s mommy’s hat?)

I was really chicken to use my precious fabric so opted to test it out on an old sheet. I did not make it reversable as I just wanted to make sure it worked out. Are you ready for the result??

Drum roll please…

That’s me smirking under there! I could just cut some holes for the eyes and it would be a good disguise…if I don’t mind people laughing at me. I know what I did wrong and at the time didn’t realize the consequence of it. When I measured my head, it was an odd number and since I had to divide it by an even number and didn’t want to deal with fractions, I rounded the measurement up to an even number. Well, afterwards I was like DUH! OF COURSE IT’S GOING TO BE TOO BIG!! LOL. I will try again tho!

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