After making the Market Tote with the fabrics from the July Mrs Quilty box, I still had some scraps left over.
Naturally, instead of putting them away sensibly like a responsible adult, I decided to make myself a hat.
This was the second thing I made from that first Mrs Quilty box, and I used the free Wave & Wild Bucket Hat pattern.
I Do Not Like Curves
I do not like sewing curves.
At all.
They are fiddly, suspicious and rarely seem interested in behaving the way straight seams do. Unfortunately, hats are rather heavily committed to the whole curved-shape situation, so there was no avoiding them.
The good news is that the pattern itself is genuinely easy to follow. It is a free pattern, available as a printable PDF when you join the Wave & Wild mailing list, and it comes in multiple sizes, from baby right through to adult XL.
So the pattern was not the problem.
The problem was me, the curves and our complete lack of mutual respect.
Wonky as Feck
The finished hat is wonky as feck.
The seams are not perfectly matched. The shape is not flawlessly smooth. There are bits where the fabric clearly had its own ideas about where it wanted to go.
And I absolutely love it.
It is scrappy, colourful and adorable. It looks handmade because it very obviously is handmade, and I still wear it because it is cute as fuck.
I think that is one of my favourite things about making useful things from leftovers. The fabric did not disappear into a box, never to be seen again. It became something slightly chaotic that I actually use.
The tote used the main pieces from the July Mrs Quilty fabrics, and the hat gave some of the leftovers a second life.
Is it perfect?
Absolutely not.
Does it keep the sun off my head while making me look like a cheerful little fabric goblin?
Yes.
Job done.
Pattern Information
The Wave & Wild Bucket Hat is a free printable PDF pattern available when you join the Wave & Wild mailing list. It includes sizes from baby through to adult XL.
This is not a sponsored post. I used the free Wave & Wild pattern because I wanted to make myself a hat and apparently chose to confront my feelings about curves in public.