Elephant Hat and One Month Old

Hello crafty people!

If you've been following me for a while, you know I have

a couple precious grandchildren.
Asher was just born in June and is a real sweetie.

Before he was born I got a message from Sara with a picture and

a link to a pattern for an elephant hat.
I know that was a big hint, so of course, I decided to make one for Asher.
I took it over and when we took some 1 month old pictures, we

also took a few with his elephant hat.

He and Marie look happy with the whole photo shoot.

Unfortunately, he is growing by leaps and bounds

already and the hat barely fit him,

but we did get a few cute pictures.

The hat isn't perfect, but it's pretty darn cute,

just wish I could have gotten more pictures,

but it just didn't want to stay on his head.

Here is one of his "one month" pictures.

Already a Buffalo Bills fan!

A couple days later he had his 1 month check up and

no wonder the hat didn't fit, his head has gone from

14.5" to 15.25" already.

If anyone is interested, here is where we found the pattern

I didn't add the ear flaps, as you can see from 

the picture with the pattern, as I knew he wouldn't be

wearing it in cold weather.
Now to make the other one that Sara messaged me about.

We'll see how that goes with these old arthritic hands.

Thanks for spending some time with me today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon, until then,

take a hint from someone and make them

something nice.

 

No Sew Hat for Marie

Hello!

Welcome to my blog.

See that beautiful baby?  That is my little Granddaughter.

Isn't she a beauty?!?!

She's growing so fast that she outgrew all her hats and

since we live in Western NY and it's winter, she

needed a new one.
I had gotten this fleece for her Christmas stocking

and had plenty left over, so thought it would be great

for a hat for her.

I had measured her head the last time I

saw her, so I cut the piece about 12" by 24"

leaving room for a seam allowance.
I folded it in half and ran a bead of 

FabriTac glue down the side of the fabric,

then folded it over.

Once it was dried it was nice and secure,

with a good clean seam.

At one end I cut strips into the fabric, about 3" long.

I used a small strip of fabric and tied around the 

cut strips.

I folded up the brim and we have a nice 

warm hat for our little gal.

And here she is in her new hat.

Fits perfectly.

It was so simple to make, only took about 15

minutes total.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Until next time,

Try something different!

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