Make A Little Pixie Hat For A Baby

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  Step 1

  Heres the fabric you will need..
  25 cm lining
  30 cm fabric
  10 cm iron on interfacing
  20 cm length of elastic

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  Step 2

  Measure a triangle 1/6 the circumference of the baby's head 1 1cm ease, by 8 22 .
  add 1 cm Seam allowance on edges, and a curved allowance of 1.5 at the bottom edge

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  Step 3

  make a brim for front and back. these are half the circumference of the head each. I have drawn mine on the fold, so what you can see is half the final brim.
  cut 6 x triangle in fabric
  cut 6 x triangle in lining

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  Step 4

  cut 2 x each brim in fabric, and 1 x each brim in interfacing, which is trimmed back.
  iron on interfacing.
  Sew and notch brim on the curved edge

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  Step 5

  sew triangles together, and trim back at the top

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  Step 6

  sew across top of peak

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  Step 7

  trim back

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  Step 8

  Do the same with ling, but leave a gap to turn hat through later
  press seams open.

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  Step 9

  Attach brim to fabric, centre front point of hat to CF point of brim, and Centre back point of hat to CB of brim

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  Step 10

  ...

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  Step 11

  sew around, seams facing with 5mm seam

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  Step 12

  Ta Da

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  Step 13

  attach lining to hat by matching seams and sewing again around the edge, this time at a 1.5 seam allowance

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  Step 14

  Sew a channel slightly wider than the width of your elastic, and tread the elastic through by using a saftey pin

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  Step 15

  Try on baby. make sure it is firm, but not too tight. sew elastic down by sewing through all layers along the seam line.

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  Step 16

  Inside..sew up the gap, and your good to go..

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  Step 17

  CUTE!

  you can also sew the peak down with a big button if you prefer..

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  Step 18

  and then it looks like this..

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Jet H. · Haarlem, North Holland, NL · 108 projects 19th April 2010

cute, i think when i make him bigger i can weare him too;-D thanks for sharing , and the great tute.;-D

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