I got Betz White's cadet hat pattern on a whim while buying another pattern from her shop. I thought it would be a step up from my usual baseball hat when I want a brim. I took her up on the "make do" idea and used fabric from old jeans for the outside
One issue I had was, no doubt, due to my crappy sewing skills. The directions said to sew around the top seam. As you can see below that was a disaster for me. After removing that stitching, I sewed about a quarter inch down on the crown instead.
Bad top stitching |
Better side stitching on the crown |
I'm going to give this one more try using some old khaki's and the interfacing. At $12.95 for the pattern, I've got to get more than one hat from this!