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| Close up of hat made for Kelcie. Bling includes an applique "K." |
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| Full view of Kelcie's hat. |
These hats were super easy to make. I purchased basic kid winter hats. Then I searched the sewing section and found a handful of cute applique "bling" that I hand sewn onto the hat. Since I was making these for my twin daughters, I used an applique "H" and "K" to denote their names. Finally, I purchased a skein of bright yellow yard for the braids.
After hand sewing the appliques to the hat, I started working on the braids. I started with about a 3-4 foot length (if you make it long enough to touch the ground for your child, it can serve as a scarf wrapped around their neck) and wound it back and forth until I had a very thick section to work with, that I thought would give me 3 fat braid sections. I used a small piece of the yellow yard to tie one end altogether. Then I cut the loops at the other end and separated into my 3 braid pieces and got braiding. I simply tacked down the braids to the inside of the hat to attach them. Viola!
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| younger sister loves the extra long hair! |
My girls demonstrating how the long braids can be used as scarves!
Kelcie showing how fun the braids are for twirling!
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