How to Sew a Reversible Bucket Hat

Gather fabric. Most bucket hats are sewn from cotton fabric.

• Purchase two different patterns of fabric.
• If you want a sturdier hat, purchase fusible interface.

Gather String. Find a string color that complements your chosen fabric. There's no rhyme or reason when it comes to color matching the string and fabric of a bucket hat, just choose whatever combination you like best.

• You might like your string to match the colours of the hat, or to stand out as accents, it's up to you!

Find a sewing machine. If you don't already have a sewing machine, consider purchasing a high-quality brand, such as Brother or Janome, as it will last a long time.

• If these brands are out of your price range, consider a cheaper alternative that you might find online.
• Many second-hand stores sell sewing machines for discount prices.
• You could even borrow from a friend to save money!

Find a template. There are many free bucket hat templates available online.

• Make sure the template consists of a top piece, a side piece, and a brim piece.

Cut out the shape of your template on your fabric. To do so, print out your template on paper and cut it out along the lines. Then pin the template to your fabric and cut along the edges of your template.

• Ensure you use fabric scissors and make neat, tidy cuts.
• If you chose to purchase interface, cut out the template shapes on your interface as well.

Apply your interface (optional). Match the pieces of fabric to the pieces of interface, then place the side of the interface with glue onto the back of the fabric. Using an iron and ironing board, slide the iron back and forth across the matched fabric and interface until the two are fused together.

• To distinguish between the glue side and non-glue side of interface, run you finger along each side. The rough and bumpy side of the interface is the glue side.
• Repeat this process for all matching pieces of fabric and interface.

Start with two of the side pieces of the hat. Place the two pieces together with the side of the fabric that will be shown on the outside of the hat of each piece of fabric touching each other. At the two ends of the pieces of fabric, sew them together one centimeter from the edge creating a ring.

Find the piece of fabric that will be the top of the hat. Flip it such that the outside of the hat is facing down. Begin pinning the short edge of the ring of fabric that will be the side of the hat to the top of the hat piece of fabric one centimeter from the edge of the fabrics. Once the two pieces are connected with pins, sew around the edge of the top of the hat, one centimeter from the edge.

• Don't worry if the edges of your hat look messy, they'll be fixed up later on.

Sew the brim of the hat. To do so take the two flaps of fabric for the brim and repeat step seven to produce a ring of fabric.

Attach the brim to the side of the hat. Place the brim and the connected top and side pieces of the hat with the bottom facing up. Sew the two pieces together.

• Secure the inner side of the brim ring to the outer side of the side ring with pins to keep it together.

Repeat steps five through ten using your other fabric. You will end up with two identical halves of the hat, made from your different fabrics.

Place both halves with the bottom side facing up. Secure the outside edges of the brims together with pins and sew them together one centimeter from the edge leaving about one inch of the edge unsewn.

Turn the hat outside out. Slowly work the fabric out of the one-inch gap left in the previous step.

• This step will take a while so be patient.