Fleece is a popular fabric that is used for tailoring sports suits, light jackets, and children's clothing. Now the production of soft toys from this material has become fashionable.
Fleece
However, fleece fabric is a fairly new invention. It was created in 1979 in the United States of America. This material is an artificial likeness of sheep’s wool. The fabric is quite light, soft. It passes air well and eliminates the occurrence of the greenhouse effect.
The material is quite practical - it is able to withstand prolonged stretching, does not deform when washing or ironing. They make fleece from the finest nylon. It is first woven in a special way on looms. And then small loops are pulled with needles to make the fabric soft.
What do you need?
A novice seamstress can easily sew a beautiful fashionable hat for spring days out of fleece. To do this, you need to purchase a piece of fabric measuring no more than 30 centimeters, preferably two colors.
Then prepare a sewing machine, scissors, a sheet of paper, a marker on the fabric and thread, in the color of the product. How to sew a fleece hat with your own hands? Now we will tell.
The first stage: the manufacture of patterns
To do this, you need to measure the circumference of the head and, dividing the number by 2, get the size of the cap on the bottom of the product. Then measure from the bridge of the nose to the base of the skull. This value is also divided into two. Get the height of the cap. Next, proceed as follows:
- Set the first value on paper, then divide this segment into two.
- After from the point, we postpone the perpendicular line in size of the second value.
- The resulting triangle is connected by arched lines.
Pattern for the hat is ready. Now transfer it to the fabric.
The pattern should be made in two fabric parts or four, if there is a desire to make a two-sided hat.
Tailoring
First, put two identical parts of the product with the wrong side facing out and stitch them along the side sections. Then twist the bottom of the cap twice. Then flash it. DIY fleece hat made! It can be worn on cool spring days.
Double-layer fleece cap
The main pattern is done similarly to the first hat described above. Only the number of parts should be equal to four. A separate lapel detail is also added.
For this, a rectangle 6 centimeters wide of two types of prepared fabric is cut from the fleece. All parts of the top layer are sewn together. Then do the same with the bottom layer. The lapel is made by connecting along the length of two color pieces of fabric. And then, turning up the top layer by 0.5 cm, we sew the lapel to the main details of the cap. Carefully close the back seam. Everything, the product is ready.
Sewing a fleece cap from a pattern in the shape of a circle
This model is made like this:
- On a fabric, measure a circle with a diameter equal to the diameter of the head plus 2 cm per shrink.
- Then two diametrical lines are drawn perpendicular to each other.
- Along each of them spend two more segments. They form equilateral triangles with a base two centimeters. There should be four of them.
- Sew triangles on the sides from the wrong side. After these actions, a dome should form. This is the basis of the cap.
- We make a twist on the bottom of the product by 2 cm, stitch.
A circle-based fleece hat is ready.
For a double layer, two round parts must be made. And then:
- Flash all triangles.
- The next step is to stitch both parts together.
- Fold with the outside facing each other. After stitching along the edge of the product, leaving an unbroken portion - 2-3 centimeters.
- Unscrew the cap on the front side, carefully sew up the place is unbroken.
Everything, the thing is ready. This fleece hat is also interesting in that it can be worn on either side. It is best to use contrasting fabric colors when sewing such a fleece hat. For example, black and red or blue and yellow.
We decorate products
Fleece hats (some photos are presented in the article) can be both female and male models, and can be unisex.
When sewing for a girl, it is necessary to supplement the product with rhinestones, beads, embroidery or flowers made of fabric. On a man’s fleece hat, labels and inscriptions are permissible. Children's hats can be decorated with funny horns, ears or patterns. You can sew mittens and socks in a set for a cap made of fleece.
Conclusion
A fleece hat made with your hands will definitely become your favorite hat. After all, she sits comfortably on her head, does not press, does not slip. Cleans from wind and cold air. At the same time, the material is quite light and pleasant to the touch.
In addition to hats, from fleece you can independently sew a light suit for the baby or a blanket on a chair or sofa. Such material can be of different densities. Therefore, working with him, you can combine different types of it for tailoring original things. It is easy and pleasant to work with fleece. It lends itself to any method of sewing - whether manual or machine.