The Square hat has a playful shape, is comfortable to wear, and you can easily add wind stoppers over to ears to make it warmer. The Squarehat is an easy sew. Also for beginners. You don't need a lot of tools and with a bit of planning, you can sew the square within an hour. In this guide, I will show you all the easy steps to making your own square hat. In the image above you can see my son David wearing the Square hat. He absolutely loves wearing it! Because it has the Windstopper it can be used to late in the fall season, But for wintertime, I would have made him a Balaclava or the Square hat with wool lining. Keep in mind that we live very far north, almost 70 degrees. so for most of you and the rest of the earth's population, the square would be more than good enough for the wintertime.
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What we need to make the Square hat
You don't need many tools for the Square hat, you can even hand sew it. I would recommend a sewing machine, scissors, glue, and pins, and maybe some tracking paper. In this guide I'm sewing my square hat with all the equipment I have at my disposal. I will along the article recommend useful tools we are using.
Sewing Pattern:
The sewing pattern contains patterns from newborn size to 6 Years old. The sewing pattern comes in PDF format. That means that you can simply click and print the pattern.
The pattern includes; Instructions, Access to 24/7 Support chat, and a helpful step by step picture tutorial
The pattern has 0,7cm (1/3") seam allowance included, and it's made for stretchy fabrics.
If you need more guidance on how to use happy-Sewing patterns, you can read a detailed guide here, on how to use happy Sewing patterns.
Fabrics:
The pattern fits any type of stretch fabric. If you need a warmer winter hat you can use wool. You can also drop the lining if that fits you better. In my tutorial, I'm using Quilted interlock fabric for the lining and jersey for the outer fabric.
You need about 30cm or 11.8" of both fabrics.
Needles: For these fabrics, I recommend a jersey needle Size 80 and a stretch needle size 75.
Sewing Machine Needles:
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The main fabric and the Lining
We tape patterns A1 and A2 together and we use the same pattern to cut two duplicate pieces of the main fabric and the lining. Both pieces have to be cut against the fold. I recommend that you wash the fabric before you start cutting. For cutting, I'm using a rotary cutter.
You can buy a rotary cutter here:
The Strings (Optional)
I made my square hat with strings. It makes it warmer and it fits better. it's up to you if you want strings.
I cut them and fold them inside out, vertically. My strings are around 7 cm. You choose the length that fits you, but keep in mind that a minimum of 1 centimeter of the strings will go in the hat. I use a loop turner to turn the strings the right way out again.
A more detailed string guide is written in the pattern, (Sections 2 and 3).
Clips:
Loop Turner:
Wind stoppers (Optional)
If you want to attach wind stoppers over the ears you have to do it before we close the hat.
You attach the Wind stoppers to the wrong side of the lining so they won't be visible when the hat is finished. The bigger the better is the rule on wind stoppers. But a minimum size is covering the ears.
I'm sewing the wind stoppers with my Husqvarna Viking Opal 650, you can read more about it here.
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Mounting the Square Hat:
We start by attaching the string to the outside of the Outer fabric. We don't stitch it together yet, but we keep it in place with pins or clips. We then put the lining on top of the outer fabric with the string in between the two layers. You have to move the clips that are keeping the strings in place. It has to include all pieces. We are only sewing the bottom layer of the square hat first.
Sewing the top and the sides
We then fasten the threading and start working on the sides. We correct the string and tie them together. We then fold the hat, edge to edge, and applies clips to keep it in place. Remember to keep track of all 4 layers of fabric. We then untie the strings and turn the hat right side out and to the same for the top of the hat.
I use my Babylock Victory (serger/overlocker) for this sew because it keeps the stretch in the jersey stretch. If you don't have an overlocker you can use a false overlock seam or other stretch-friendly seams on a regular sewing machine.
You can read more about the Baby Lock Victory here.
You did it, The hat is complete!
If you have any questions you can use the chat function or the comment section and we look forward to answering them.
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