Thursday, May 1, 2025

Apple Hat

I am nearing the end of the apple fabric, but not there yet.  The remaining pieces are not large enough to cut parts for clothing--well, not for human-size clothing, I did make a(n as yet unphotographed) sweatshirt for a larger doll--but there are accessory possibilities.

So I made a beret.

There's nothing challenging to making this kind of beret: trace around the largest plate we have, cut two layers, cut the center from one side using a lid from a cardboard oatmeal canister, repeat for the lining, figure out how long to cut a strip to be the band, sew them all together. 

There was enough of the NYC stretch silk left to make the lining, and I was even able to place the doorman in the most unsettling prominent spot.

It's actually a bit smaller in diameter than I like, but I was limited by the remaining contiguous fabric.  I considered making a newsboy hat, but I'm not always happy with how the pattern I have turns out, and that would have been a lot more work for potential disappointment, so a beret it is.

And, so, I get marginally closer to using up all of the apple print.

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