Bucket hat

Before we left on holiday, our little man’s bucket hat (one that never made the blog, it seems), went missing. And eventhough everyone assumes it always rains in Scotland, I didn’t want to leave without a hat. And luckily we didn’t, since it turns out it can get rather hot in the Highlands.

Time for a new hat. And since there’s no point in changing a winning team, I used the Olivier+S pattern again. This time I recycled a deserted pair of hubby’s jeans for one side of the hat.

On the other side, I used cotton from Georgette.

Since the cotton fabric was too lovely to throw out the leftover cuts, I used part of it for applique.

First time I tried that, and it turns out to be pretty simple.

In the end, it turned out that the lost hat was hidden in a backpack. But it also turned out that it was getting too small. And a new hat with applique, looks a lot more fancy. Both when it’s sunny

And when it’s rainy.

As long as it covers at least one eye.