Simple sun hat

Well my daughters bucket hat - made following this fab tutorial - got lost the other day so I needed to whip up a hat for the next day (yay to the summer sun!) and this is what I came up with.

Firstly the measurements.

• Measure from ear to ear (or however deep you want the hat)
• Divide this by 2
• Decide how big you want the brim
• Add seam allowance (0.5")

This gives the radius for you hat. I used a piece of ribbon tied to my fabric pen and put a pin in at the radius measurement.

Cut out 2 circles of fabric (plus interfacing the size of the brim if you want it a bit stiff)
(After adding interfacing to back side)
Put good sides together and sew round the edge of your circles leaving a 3" gap for turning.
Turn right side out and top stitch over opening and around entire hat.

Taking the measurement for the depth of the hat mark another circle on the underside of the hat.
Sew along this mark, sew another circle about 0.5" further out (depending on the width of your elastic).

Cut a small hole in the channel between the stitches on the wrong side only.
Cut elastic to desired length (remembering excess overlap for joining) and thread through the channel.
Join ends of elastic and hand stitch hole closed.

There you have a quick simple summer hat.