Thursday, October 15, 2009

Recycled Felted Sweater Cloche Hat With Pattern



Before printing pattern pieces, click on the images to open up the piece at full size.


Update (1/24/10): See a lovely version of this hat made by the blogger at L'armoire D'eolune.

For this project you will need an old wool sweater that has already been felted and a few fabric covered buttons or beads.

1. Cut out the pieces using the pattern. Cut 5 to 7 thin strips (6 to 8 inches long) for the trimming.

2. Sew together the 4 pieces of the hat body. Pay careful attention during construction to make sure the seams are all on the same side (machine stitching it difficult to rip out of felt). At this point the hat should look like this. Seam allowance is figured to be the width of a standard presser foot.

Hat body turned inside out.
I cut away all the excess fabric on the the seam allowances after I took the photo.

Hat body right side out.

Hat trim piece.

3. Gather and stitch the trim piece approx. 1.5 inches from each end.

4. Hand stitch the trim piece to the front of the hat. Let the trim stick over the edge of the hat body a little.

5. Hand stitch the trim to the hat according to your own taste.

Finished hat from front.

Finished hat from untrimmed side.



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13 comments:

  1. Holy crap! This is awesome! I love that I can handstitch it too... my machine is on the mend. Thank you for the tutorial!

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  2. Very pretty! I love the detail you added. Plus, it's environmentally friendly - brilliant!

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  3. Wow, this is great! Beautiful pattern and color. Thanks for the tutorial!
    Now I obviously can't wait to felt a sweater...:-))

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  4. Very nice. Thanks for giving us a tute.

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  5. Shanghaicowgirl: I'm seriously considering hand stitching the next hat I make (even though my machine is working fine). I think it would go very quickly and might even look better.

    Alli, Barbara, and Trudy: Thanks for the nice comments.

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  6. Lovely hat!!!
    And of course a great way to use those felted sweaters.
    I look forward to trying it myself..

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  7. beautiful colour and a fab hat thanks for sharing

    kazx

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  8. Love this hat! I will try with smaller size for my girl!
    Vale :-)

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  9. Now this is a great tutorial!! Can't wait to try this pattern!

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  10. Hello ! Thanks for the tutorial ! I use it for me ;) You can see it here : http://deslutineries.canalblog.com/archives/2010/01/24/16637381.html
    And sorry for my bad english ^^

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  11. Merci...
    J'ai craqué aussi...
    Peut-être à bientôt...

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  12. Nice hat, the second picture with the hat body looks like an episcopal hat in Vatican, thank you for the tutorial.

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