August Makes

Baggu Dupe

I’d been wanting to knock off my Baggu visor for a while because I thought it would be a fun project and because they stopped producing them. I liked its line of hats, so it was inevitable that they’d disappear.

Inspiration finally struck when I found some Kokka canvas that reminded me of my grandparents’ bathroom paneling. The colors go great with most of my wardrobe!

Overall, I’m quite happy with it! It was fun to puzzle out the construction and what inner workings were needed to emulate the Baggu version.

For my memory, here are the construction steps:

1. Right sides together, stitch brim pieces together along the long, curved edge.
2. Fuse foam to one wrong side of one brim piece and turn unit right side out.
3. Mark 10 lines spaced at ¼” intervals along the brim and topstitch.
4. Fuse interfacing to both band pieces.
5. Right sides together, align band pieces along one long edge and stitch. Press seam allowance open.
6. Align one unstitched long edge to wrong side of brim and stitch in place. Press remaining band edges in at ¼”.
7. Stitch velcro pieces to band.
8. Fold band to right side of brim. Hand baste band in place. Topstitch and remove basting stitches.

More Sewing

These Pomonas have never quite been right. For one, the khaki leg became about an inch longer than the other. The canvas weight is also too heavy for a wide leg cut, so the fix was to turn them into shorts.

And I tested Klum House’s soon to be released Alberta bag. It’s smaller than the Fremont I just finished, making it a great everyday bag.

Ceramics

Finally hung this piece and even though I totally bonked the french cleat epoxying it at an angle, it’s level on the wall! I love it and I want to make more.

I’ve been making lots of plates too!

Knitting

And finally, I started the Ozetta Air Tee. It’ll probably be done by the end of summer…