I've had
Vogue 7600 in my pattern wish list for some time but it was only over the weekend that, feeling a bit
lowly towards sewing and needing a quick - yet different project, that I decided to give it a go. I love a visor and used to have a
Helen Kaminski rafia visor that I wore all the time until I lost it somewhere.. so of all the patterns it of course view C has always jumped out at me.
I would have liked to make this up in a chambray but I didn't have any.. so the next best thing, some Liberty leftovers. You may recognise this as Archipelago (from the Spring Summer 2013 Tresco collection), which I used to make my first
Mathilde.
The pattern was straightforward and easy and now that I've worked out how to install my quilting foot on my machine top stitching was a pleasure. I made one tiny mistake.. sewing the visor with a 1.5cm seam allowance instead of a 1cm seam but as I made up the small the slight difference in the visor size is not too noticeable.
I've tied it a bit messy at the back which suits me more than the way it is on the envelope with the large flap 'hanging out'. I do need to practise this a bit though.
I like this hat and hope I get lots of wear out of it. I think there is definitely a chambray version in my future.
