How To Line A Handmade Hat In Fleece

Take your hats to cozy new heights by lining them in fleece!  You can use any fleece you like, including fleece recycled from old clothes like I did!  

Want a little help? There's a full video tutorial below too! 

How To Line A Handmade Hat In Fleece

By Jennifer Dickerson

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Materials:

• Hat of your choice (hat shown is my Quick Gift Pom Pom Hat, get the pattern here)
• Fleece fabric (from the fabric store or you can use old or outgrown fleece shirts like I did)
• Scissors (large to cut fabric, smaller to trim thread)
• Needle & Thread
• Pins
• Seam Ripper

Instructions:

• Cut a long strip of fleece, tall enough to cover the ears from top to bottom.  This may vary for kids and adults.  I rough cut a 4 inch wide strip, then later trimmed inch or two off to remove the excess from the top.
• Turn hat inside out and pin the strip along the inside of the hat.
• When pinning, be sure liner does not hang out of the bottom of the hat.  I left a thin strip of hat as I pinned so it would not show.
• Where the ends come together, let them overlap a bit and trim away any excess fleece.
• With needle and matching thread, hand sew liner to hat using a simple whip stitch.
• When sewing, take care to only sew liner into the inside loops of yarn inside the hat.  Otherwise your sewing will show in the outside when wearing.
• Sew top edge of the liner, bottom edge of the liner, and the area where the fleece meets itself and overlaps.

© Jennifer Dickerson 2021

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