The past few days have been bothersome for me!!! Not only have I been thinking about what I should squeeze into our bags to take on holiday, catch up on washing, ironing and (erm?!) housework, but I haven't been able to get hats out of my head. They appear to have taken over!! The reason for this was I wanted to make my daughter a new hat to take away, however, my first attempt was absolutely dreadful and left me (and my other half) in stitches!!! "That's it", I said. Hmmm, could I leave it, oh no, I just couldn't concentrate as it kept appearing at the periphery of everything!!! This afternoon I picked up pencil and baking paper. Had a look at a few patterns and set to work. My first was made from green cotton, and seemed to be going okay so I thought I'd use it as the lining of a hat for me. It could do with a little tweaking and a careful press, but I like it!! Lovely fabric by Amy Butler.
My daughter chose this fabric, a fabulous choice, again Amy Butler, but unfortunately I only had a tiny bit ....
... so she went for this ...
... and this.
I'm sure that much time will be spent choosing, and re-choosing, which way to wear the hat whilst we are away. Maybe she'll let me borrow it!
Regarding our holiday... my plan was not to take any sewing. However, I think I will sneak in a bit of felt and some embroidery thread and make a few of these...
... just incase I start getting withdrawal symptoms.
Hope that the weather is kind to you all.
Back in a few weeks x
3 comments:
Have a lovely holiday, I'm off for a week on saturday too! Love your hats x
Hope you have a fab time! I snook a few bits of fabric into my packing to. However, spent most of time in the hot tub and they would have got soggy! Elissa :-)x
wow.......fantastic hats, lets hope you get plenty of sunshine on holiday to show them off.
florrie x
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