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Sew a quick newborn hat from a t-shirt

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How to sew a quick newborn hat from a tshirt. 20 minutes or less! From RookieMoms.com

This has got to be one of the fastest t-shirt refashioning projects I’ve ever done. In less then 10 minutes, I had a newborn-size beanie, made from soft, stretchy tshirt material.

In short, the instructions go like this: cut a front and back of a hat from the bottom portion of a t-shirt and sew them together.

For those who need more details than that, here’s the tutorial.

Newborn Hat Tutorial

1. Select an appropriate shirt. (This one is going to be too tight for me for longer than I care to think about.)

How to make a newborn baby hat out of a Tshirt!

2. Fold shirt in half length-wise to save cutting time. If your scissors are poor, you might not be able to do this. Outline half of a bunny-rabbit head shape along the fold. The bottom hem will become the hem of your hat. You want the hem to be about 7″ wide, so 3.5″ from the fold ought to do it.

How to make a newborn baby hat out of a Tshirt!

3. Cut along the line you’ve drawn and see what you’ve got. This is the front and back of your hat.

How to make a newborn baby hat out of a Tshirt!

4. Pin the right sides together and sew. Perfect symmetry is not critical because you will be tying the rabbit ears into a knot.

How to make a newborn baby hat out of a Tshirt!

5. After sewing, turn right side out and you are done! For a super-cute gift, make a matching pair of pants out of the sleeves of the same shirt. (Tutorial coming another day :-)) And, of course, a little zig-zag stitch along the bottom would be a nice touch.

newborn-tshirt-hat

I used Elmo as a fit model to road-test the hat before the baby came.

If you make this hat, please post to Instagram with a tag for #rookiemoms! We want to see your stuff.

And finally, I had the opportunity to put the hat on a real baby’s head.

newborn baby girl loves the soft hat made from a t-shirt

 

February 2, 2018 6:48 am Whitney Filed Under: Crafty, Prenatal

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