the blue blog archives: cheeky the elf

Made of wool felt (Amy Karol even recommends making this with an old sweater that you've felted!), this hat was super easy to sew up. The felted wool won't ravel, so turning up the edge all around is totally stress free (Amy says no pins!), and the flower is just traced onto felt, stitched right onto the hat along the traced line and trimmed. Couldn't be simpler! My seams didn't quite meet up at the tippy tippy top, so my version isn't as pointy as the book version, but it still came out cute, cute, cute. Like the other Bend the Rules projects, it's pretty much foolproof.

If you make it, don't worry if it doesn't look like much after you first sew it together. Once the edge is turned up and the flower and ties are added, it's fabulous!

posted by alison at 9:43 am | in sew baby

Comments

That is so cute! :-)

Posted by: Janine at October 15, 2007 10:21 AM

God she is unbearable cute! Especially in the 3rd pic!

Posted by: muguet at October 15, 2007 10:30 AM

Haha, the wee one is cute no matter what she is, whether it be elf or viking! Love the burgundy.

Posted by: C at October 15, 2007 11:13 AM

Adorable!

Posted by: Brynne at October 15, 2007 11:22 AM

Gotta love that face!

Posted by: Janet at October 15, 2007 11:38 AM

Could she get any cuter?

Posted by: Moe at October 15, 2007 11:42 AM

too adorable! wish i had a little girl to sew for again!

and just so ya know, bloglines isn't picking up your pics when it picks up your posts.

Posted by: minnie at October 15, 2007 11:46 AM

That is one cute kid. Wearing a great hat. Nice!

Posted by: Elinor at October 15, 2007 12:04 PM

oh fer cryin' in the soup! What am I s'posed to do now? I have a job, y'now. How am I s'posed to get anything done, when all I want to do is look at these, the cutest baby pics on all the intarwebs all day long?

Seriously. Cutest little girl. Ever.

Posted by: the Procrastinatrix at October 15, 2007 12:56 PM

The hat is great, of course, but I'll be honest -- she could be sporting a brown paper bag for a hat, and she'd still be the cutest thing on wheels!

Posted by: Erica at October 15, 2007 2:31 PM

Look at those blue eyes! Gorgeous! You sure made a cute kid :) Oh right, and a cute hat ;-)

Posted by: Lauren at October 15, 2007 3:37 PM

She is the cutest wee one ever! I love the hat!

Posted by: Sarah at October 15, 2007 4:29 PM

Awwwwww!

Posted by: Andrea at October 15, 2007 5:19 PM

What adorable blue eyes your daughter has. The hat turned out so cute, and the book is great isnt it.

Posted by: Sue at October 15, 2007 5:52 PM

Such an adorable baby, and a great hat!!!

Posted by: Bernadette at October 15, 2007 8:39 PM

Oh, the one that she's looking at the camera is so gnome-like! How cute!

Posted by: Amy at October 15, 2007 10:22 PM

It makes me smile to see you lovin Bend the Rules as much as I do. I don't have a little one in my house, but there is one down the street I plan to make this for. I can't get over how fast your daughter is growing up!
My "baby girl" just started driving this year...

Posted by: Marcia at October 16, 2007 5:18 AM

Aw! I wish I had a niece! Boys are fun, but their fashion... not so much. :)

Posted by: Marlena at October 16, 2007 8:53 AM

Absolutely adorable!

Posted by: Sallie at October 16, 2007 11:43 AM

The baby is adorable but so is the felting.When I felt the colors are no longer vibrant. Was this knit first.
I am just taking up knitting again.

Posted by: Frances Bertles at October 16, 2007 7:40 PM

Wee one looks so cute in her hat! Sorry to hear about B, but I'm glad he is OK!

Posted by: erica at October 17, 2007 12:23 AM

Cute!!

Posted by: Samantha at October 17, 2007 9:28 AM

No, no, Frances, I bought wool felt at the fabric store. But the book does suggest that you could take an old sweater and felt it and then use that as the fabric. Maybe if it's a commercially bought sweater that you felt up, the colors will last more. I really want to give it a try!!

Posted by: ALISON at October 17, 2007 10:07 AM

Oooh, what big blue eyes she has!

Posted by: Carol at October 18, 2007 7:07 PM