Oliver & S sunhat



Pattern: Oliver and S free reversible sunhat
Size: I made extra small and small
Amendments: Added ties and used upholstery fabric for the outside (made it non - reversible though!)
Fabric: Outside - a gift from the lovely Gillian (she's started a new blog but I can't find it - her old one is here), the fabric on the inside is left over cotton from a disastrous version of the Muse Melissa (still a cool pattern but that fabric and my poor princess seam FBA didn't do me any favours), the ties were the leftovers from a shift dress I made early in my sewing career - again cotton and some homemade white bias binding.



While these are lovely, and look great - they're too small for my LP due to the thickness of the fabric used and the sizes I choose to make.  I'll be very happily gifting them to other little people in the future and will also need to make the next size up for my little person. 



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