These chef hats were gifts for a couple of sweet girls. I packaged them with cookie decorating supplies (and hopefully will make them matching aprons in the future).
Chef Hat Instructions
Supplies:
1 - 18" circle
1 - 8" X 24" rectangle
1 - 8" X 24" lightweight to medium weight iron on interfacing
dental floss
1/2 inch Velcro (about 12")
3" piece of double fold bias tape
Instructions:
Iron interfacing to 8" X 24" piece following manufacture's instructions. Press fabric in half lengthwise and press each edge under 1/2".
Fold piece right sides together, starting 1/2" down from open side, stitch across each end. Turn right side out.
Stitch a 3" piece of bias tape around an edge of the circle.
Zig zag stitch over a piece of dental floss starting and stopping on each side of bias tape.
Gather.
Pin band piece around the gathered edge. Find center of band and center of top piece and begin pinning there. Adjust gathers until the band fits the gathered edge, starting at stopping about a 1/4" over the bias tape on each side (notice how the 1/2" that wasn't sewn on each end neatly slips around the bias tape). Pin heavily to keep in place. This takes some adjusting but it is so nice to have all the unfinished edges covered.
Sewing very close to the edge, sew band to top of hat, removing pins as sewing to keep band flat. It might be necessary to slightly pull the band to keep it smooth.
In the back fold left side over as far as the bias tape opening will allow on top of right side. Place Velcro in this overlapping area and sew all four pieces to hat band.
Sew along each edge of each end if desired, to close area placed over bias tape.
Finished!
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So adorable! I can’t wait for the tutorial so I can make this for my little sis who loves to bake!
This is just too cute. Will make some for my little grand-cooks. Love your site. Thanks for sharing your talents with the rest of us.
OMG! This is sooooo cute! I will wait patiently for the holidays to be over and ’til you have time to share your tutorial…. Merry Christmas!
I can’t wait to see it! My son asked for one for Christmas, but it was the last thing on my list and it’s not going to get done. Maybe it will be a belated gift
Merry Christmas!
I will certainly be waiting…soooo cute! Kim
I Love it.
I love everything that is on your site.
You should have a magazine or books with all the stuff you have on your website.
Have a Merry Christmas!!!!
this is super cute!!!
Very cute! I love that it’s not just a plain white chef’s hat. Merry Christmas to you, and thank you for all the work you put into your site.
i love the oreo cookie fabric. so cute.
These’ll be great for my girls upcoming birthdays! Thank you so much. You save me with all your great gift tutorials again and again!
A great idea for little girls and boys. Merry Christmas.
Annegret
That is adorable!!
DARLING! Thanks for sharing and taking the time for a tutorial. You’re great, as usual!
Soo cute! Think I can make 12 for my daughter’s party in February??
I am filing this at thecraftersfilebox.com. Thanks so much for sharing!!
Muito legal!!!
I enjoy your blog so much! Been lurking for a while.
Thanks for all your great idea.
Loved your tutorial so much I linked to it on http://www.cleverkiddos.com
Absolutely adorable! I wish that I had seen this before Christmas! Hey I guess I have a head start for next year. :0)
OMG!!! I love it! I DO own a sewing machine. I might just have to get it out to make one of these! Or let Annie try it! She is wanting to learn to quilt – are you up to teaching her that? Love you!
This is adorable! The instructions great and the pictures even better! Thanks for sharing!
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I made this hat and a matching apron for my daughter. It came together very quickly and the design is easier/less complicated than other chef hat “how-to’s” I’ve seen. My daughter did not want to take it off. Great project!
Thanks so much for sharing. I’m making the hat and the apron for a little girl’s birthday party present. I really appreciate the details and the awesome pictures that describe the process very well.
My daughter would absolutely love this! Actually, I bet all 3 of the big kids would love it. Thanks for the tutorial!