Sou’wester Hats for bobble head dolls

July 15, 2010 in pattern drafting, sewing | 4 comments

And this is where random meets charming. Or something like that.

handmade sou'wester hat on bobble head doll

Cute huh? So here’s the story. Because you know I didn’t do this project completely for the fun of it. It’s Clam Festival weekend here in Yarmouth and a friend of mine was somehow involved in obtaining the prizes for one of the clam shucking events. So she ordered these cute bobble head trophies. The style reminds me of Precious Moments or Joan Walsh Anglund. I don’t know who’s idea it was to put sou’wester hats on them but I got the call to make it happen.

bobble head trophy with hand sewn yellow fisherman hat

Making the pattern took some doing. I had hoped to find a pattern online that I could shrink down but I could find no such animal so I ended up looking at pictures of sou’wester hats (thanks to google images) and drafting the pattern myself. I also couldn’t find the fabric I wanted to use but this yellow nylon served fairly well. Luckily I’ve discovered the use of freezer paper which served as both a pattern for cutting and a guide for stitching around. I ended up making four of these little fisherman rain hats, so we have an extra one which happened to fit one of the dolls. I suppose now she needs a rain slicker to go with it. Sigh.

I think I’ll size this pattern up and make a sunhat or two for the kids in canvas or twill. It ended up being a fairly easy construction.

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4 comments

  1. Theresa N’s avatar

    Theresa N on July 28, 2010 at 11:04 pm

    Great job.

  2. Snippety Gibbet’s avatar

    Snippety Gibbet on July 19, 2010 at 10:41 pm

    You did a great job recreating that. jan

  3. livnletlrn’s avatar

    livnletlrn on July 16, 2010 at 4:02 am

    those are mighty cute!

  4. DH’s avatar

    DH on July 15, 2010 at 1:26 pm

    They look great! You were a trooper for doing this. :-)

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