 Hi, you guys! We are going to be talking about the July Sew Together pattern today. If you're not familiar, Sew Together is a little challenge that I put together through Instagram where every month all of my followers vote on a pattern. I've narrowed it down to four options and the options are always within some kind of like theme, which we'll talk about here in a second. And then they vote on the four options and then whichever one gets the most votes is what everybody sews during that month. So July was dedicated to kind of like accessory patterns and things that you wear but not necessarily are a garment. And so we had options like an apron, we had a like a bum bag type of thing, and then the one that ended up winning was the bucket hat. And I'm really not surprised at the bucket hat one. Bucket hats really hit the ground running last summer and they have stuck around. So I ended up finding a bucket hat on Etsy. Actually all four of the patterns that people voted on for this month were all from Etsy, which was a lot of fun because I feel like there are small businesses and then there are Etsy small businesses, you know what I'm saying? So this one is from Capsule patterns. She has a really beautiful aesthetic, a really unique sort of approach to her patterns. She really does come at them from a high fashion point of view. And even with a bucket hat that is you know, very casual, she mentions in her description about how they've been seen on the runways of Gucci and this that and the other thing. So I really love that she kind of comes at it from a wearable side to high fashion. She says in the description also that this bucket hat was designed thoughtfully because there are some bucket hats where the the brim is very wide and floppy and some that are very short. So I get the impression that she tested this out a few times and found the width of a brim that was good for all the sizes, good for all the people. So it made me feel really good about recommending this bucket hat pattern. All the photos and reviews and everything associated with this pattern all look really great. Her listing, she must have released this in the fall or winter because she's got some very like you know winter type of fabrics. So I think it'll be interesting to see what we can come up with in July. This bucket hat pattern capsule patterns bucket hat pattern comes in sizes what she calls junior all the way up to two XL men. So depending on how big of a noggin you got, I think that she's going to be able to have a size that fits you and I love that you can make them for your kiddos and the you know men in your life and then you as well you can have a whole family set of bucket hat patterns. Okay so this is going to be pretty easy to throw together. There's obviously no notions. It's a few pattern pieces you print at home, you've got a brim, you've got the little stand part and then the like you know top part. So it should be pretty straightforward to put together. Fabrication here is important. So you really need a fabric that can hold its own shape right. So we're looking at your heavy weight woven fabrics. So I've seen a ton of them in like canvas which you can find at any fabric store. I would even look at the cotton canvas that Joanne has if you're looking to to buy fabric. The cotton canvas that Joanne has should be really good. That's going to be breathable still but also still hold its shape and they have a ton of different prints but I've also seen them look really really great and just like solids especially for guys like a navy bucket hat. I see them wearing with just about anything. For me though, it's like a double challenge for me in addition to sewing the pattern every month and getting it done on time. I also challenge myself to sew for my stash. So when diving in my stash and I found a couple of interesting options. One sort of basic and maybe predictable but it's just denim right. This is a denim curtain that I got at Goodwill. You can't go wrong with a denim bucket hat. If you have an embroidery or machine you know you could really do some fun stuff with the little stand part but you know this is gonna go with absolutely everything and just be really cute. This one is a little bit on the drapey side because it is drapes. It is a curtain but I think down in there somewhere I do have some really stiff denim that I could swap this out for but I just wanted to give you guys an idea of like the color and then what I'll probably do because I literally can't think of anything else to do with this fabric is sew it from my golf fabric. So I got this as a gift from a woman who used to be like a home ec teacher a sewing teacher in like the school system and she had all of this like old vintagey fabric. I don't know if her students were using this or she just collected this on her own. I imagine that this is some kind of like home deck fabric but it's got golf clubs and golf balls. Now do I play golf? No I don't but I do think having a golf bucket hat would be really fun and unique and really cute and I can still wear it and not play golf. I mean I sort of sometimes like to watch golf putt putt. I love putt putt. So I don't know just feels very summery to me you know with the golf and the weight is right and it's still navy so from like far away when she's coming at you you can't really tell that it's golf you have to get up really up close. I don't know I mean what else am I going to do with golf fabric? Make a bag? Okay I can do that. There's plenty of this. I have a ton of it so I'm really thinking I'm going to lean in and do like a golf thing and you know how many people go out to target wearing workout clothes you know workout leggings and a workout top and a sports bra they haven't hit a gym in years so what's the difference between that and me wearing golf stuff even golf and tennis stuff for that matter when I don't play the sport? Nothing! I'm just like you know dressing up to an aesthetic representative of something that I admire like golfers and tennis players I admire you I just am not great with hand-eye coordination anyways I just think that would be so so so much fun so if you want to participate in Sew Together 21 or Sew Together 22 what year is it um you can download the capsule bucket hat pattern I have a link in the description box it's like three dollars um you make the pattern ideally within the month but if you know me you know I'm not great with deadlines and I don't like making everyone's life any more stressful than it already is so I encourage you to finish it within the month but you definitely don't have to I don't think I've finished a Sew Together pattern since April or May and I am okay with that I got a little backlog I'm going to be able to knock them all out in a couple of weekends no big deal I'm not stressing about it and you shouldn't either but if you can knock this out and get it done before the end of the month post it Instagram so I can see it um and I typically try and share a few of them that come through um and we can all have like a cute little bucket hat party um so yeah no deadlines three dollar pattern fully size inclusive for all the head sizes out there and um yeah quick easy scrap buster so I hope you will join us this month and participate um and then check back in to see what we end up sewing for August that's gonna do it for me today y'all thanks so much for watching I'll see you all very soon bye