Last year’s Oliver + S bucket hat is officially too small. Time for a new one:
The pattern comes from Liesl Gibson’s book, Little Things to Sew, but is also available for free download on the Oliver + S website. And while I do own the book, I printed the pattern from the website so I wouldn’t have to trace the size I needed. Much easier.
After seeing some great versions of the hat with a widened brim (this one by Jessica of A Little Gray being the first), I decided to give it a try, and I widened mine by one inch.
Jessica will tell you how to do it right here. I also used her no hand-stitching technique in putting it all together. She’s a master of the bucket hat, this woman!
The pattern calls for interfacing on one side of the brim, but I interfaced all the pieces of the linen side to give the hat a little more overall structure.
I used Essex Linen in Natural and a Kate Spain Fandango print (left over from a little skirt I made last year), and added mini pompom trim around the brim. After making this dress, I’ve been looking for an excuse to use those little pompoms again. Also, the Playdate dress she’s wearing seems to have morphed from a dress into a shirt, and barely made it over her head (that’s what 14 months does, I guess), but somehow I tricked her into wearing it today. I have a feeling this might be the last time.
And yes, the photo shoot is now over….
Gorgeous colours!
I love Jessica’s tute.
A hat with pompom trim? You are officially a genius!
Wow! I love this – the colors, the wide brim, the pom poms, the linen, the sweet dress/shirt – all gorgeous.
oh my goodness, the pompoms are perfection!
Oh my this is adorable!! I love the colors and those pompoms, love!
Those pompoms are wonderful!
Shut up! That is the cutest little hat that I ever did see!
The combo of the fabrics, the wide brim, and the pompoms is so great! I love it! and sheesh, if I had known you could download the pattern I totally wouldn’t have traced mine out from the book. lol
your bucket hat turned out lovely !
thanks for sharing the tips ~ I will keep them for future reference 🙂
good lord with the pom poms and the beautiful fabrics and the widened brim…this hat is spectacular! i’m guessing she’ll get plenty of compliments out and about in this one. lovely work, as always. 🙂
The pom-pom fringe is too cute!!
That is precious! I super love the pom pom trim.
AcK! I love this! I love pom pom trim too. Ordered a whole bunch of it and can’t really think of many uses for it…
This is so fabulous….you are pretty freakin’ talented! And my, that little girl is lovely!!!!
MUST USE POMPOMS. I love this hat Gail. YOU are a bucket hat master 🙂
so stinkin’ creative! love the changes (widened brim, adding pompoms) you made to the original hat to make it so unique to your awesome style:) love the natural linen color as a foil to the print – perfect. And that last photo? Classic!!!
The timing of this post is quite perfect. I am just about finished with my first O&S hat and the hand stitching is driving me crazy. Thank you for re-posting the tip on how to avoid it. Now I think I can get through my son’s hat too. Your hat turned out beautiful. I’m fairly new to your blog, but I recently went through some older posts and your clothes are just wonderful. You have such an eye for fabric combinations and the clothes look really well constructed. Thanks for the inspiration.
Lovely . Lila is a lucky girl to have such a talented and creative mom.
To echo prior commenters: POMPOMS! This is genius.
Oh my gosh the pom poms are awesome!!!!!!!! Now I need to make another one of these hats. . . . .
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Love the hat! The pompom trim is real cute. I see that you have not added additional top stitches on the brim. Any reason for that?
No, just preference!
Are the pom poms in between layers or on outside
between – basted to one layer before sewing right sides together.
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How adorable! The shoot is over….:)