DIY your own stylish bucket hat for autumn with this easy-to-follow, beginner-friendly sewing pattern!🤠

Hello everyone!

I apologize for being MIA for so long. As some of you may know, I recently moved from Los Angeles to Upstate New York, and I plan to stay here for the next few years. Moving was tough, and adjusting to a new environment has been quite a challenge—but here we are!

I’m excited to present a new pattern for this fall: a bucket hat🤠🤠! This is a fantastic project, especially if you’re looking to use up fabric scraps. It only requires about 1/2 yard of fabric, making it perfect for small remnants you may have lying around.

I hope you enjoy this project!

Let’s get started! Here is the free pattern for download!

• Download Free Kiara Bucket Hat Pattern 💕

Patten Piece Inventory:

• A: Top Circle: Self Cut 1 & Lining Cut 1
• B: Side Panel: Self Cut 2 & Lining Cut 2
• C: Hat Brim: Self Cut 2 & Lining Cut 2

Gather Your Materials:

• Your choice of self fabric
• Your choice of lining fabric
• Sewing clips or pins
• Sewing machine, needle, coordinating thread
• (OPTIONAL)Fabric marking pen or pencil

Sewing Instructions:

1. Place the Side Panel (B) with right sides together. Stitch along both short ends using a 3/8” (1cm) seam allowance.

   

2. Press the seams flat and open.

   

3. Place the Hat Brim (C) with right sides together. Stitch along both short ends using a 3/8” (1cm) seam allowance.

   

4. Press the seams flat and open.

   

5. Stay stitch (baste) around the top edge of Side Panel (B) using a 1/4” seam allowance.

   

6. Match the notch on Piece A (Top Circle) with Piece B (Side Panel), right sides together. For Piece B, use the narrower side. Stay stitch (baste) only at the notches, leaving about 3/4” (2cm) between each tack. You’ll make about four small tacks in total.

   

7. Clip the edges of the Side Panel (B) to help ease it around the curve of Piece A (Top). Pin carefully.

   

8. Sew around the circle using a 3/8” (1cm) seam allowance.

   

9. Press the seam flat, directing the seam allowance toward Side Panel (B). Add topstitching on both sides of the seam where A and B meet.

   

10. Place the Hat Brim (C) and the Side Panel (B) right sides together. Match the notches, pin in place, and sew with a 3/8” (1cm) seam allowance.

    

11. Repeat 1-10 with the lining fabric.

    

12. Place the outer hat and lining right sides together, matching up the seams. Pin around the brim, then sew with a 3/8” (1cm) seam allowance, leaving a 3-3 1/2” (7-9cm) opening for turning.

    

13. Pull the hat through the gap opening so it is right side out. Gently shape and press the brim flat. Close the gap by either hand-stitching or topstitch around the outer edge of the brim, stitching 1/4” (0.6 cm) from the edge for a neat, finished look.

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