Hello Kitty Hat

Hello and Happy New Year!
It has been a while. Also, there has not been much sewing going on over the past two months. But, I did get my machine serviced. So, it's all ready for me, whenever I find the time.

I have been sitting at Gymnastics classes a lot lately: 1.5 hours at a time;

w-a-i-t-i-n-g.

So, I needed something to do. New hats for the girls it was.

Anika requested a Hello Kitty hat. Here it is. It's super soft and warm, as I lined it with fleece. The white is a cotton blend and the pink a super soft baby yarn. The Kitty's eyes and nose are cut from woolfelt and stitched on to the hat.

Number 2 will get started tonight. Kordula said, she wanted an Angry Bird hat.... Uhm, I don't think so.... ;-)

Crochet Hats

Unfortunately, Fall is coming in strides in our part of the country. No more 90-degree weather and some of the leaves are starting to turn colors already. Soon, we will be engulfed in grey skies for the next 6 months. So, what's better than wearing some bright colors?!

I made these crochet hats for the girls the other day. And they love 'em. I combined 3 or 4 different tutorials I had found online to get them to look the way I wanted. And I really think they came out cute.

I kind of caught the crocheting-bug and am now trying to figure out how to make dresses for the girls. We'll see... Sounds like a lot of work.

Scrappy Hats

Sometimes I think my husband believes I am torturing our kids with my handmade-craze. Especially, Yanic. Like this hat for instance. Which, Yanic LOVES, by the way.

Each of these is made from too-small T-shirts and other jersey remnants I had laying around. The fit is not perfect, since no prior measuring took place. But, I think they look really cute. Yanic's is full of Tarantulas from an old shirt my parents gave him a few years back. And the girls' is just an assembly of bright colored jersey knits.

I did not come up with this great idea on my own. Have you heard of So You Think You Are Crafty??!! It's awesome. You need to check it out. They are currently in season 5 of several ladies competing against each other every week with a new craft. Typically, all the Ladies will post tutorials for their respective crafts.
Last Season, Cheri from "I am Momma - Hear me Roar" participated with these awesomely cute hats. You will find the full tutorial over here.
She has a lot of other great tutorials as well. Make sure to check them out.