How to Make a Baseball Cap Out of Fabric

Baseball caps are an easy and stylish way to keep the sun out of your eyes and to keep your head from getting burned in bright sunlight. You can go to a hat store and purchase a baseball cap, or you could sew a baseball cap from fabric and make it all your own for a fraction of the price.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Baseball Cap Pattern
• Fabric
• Sewing accessories listed on the back of your pattern
• Sewing machine
• Scissors
• Heavy duty machine needle
• Pins
• Coordinating thread
• Iron
• Ironing board
• Washer
• Dryer

Making a Baseball Cap Out of Fabric

1. Purchase all of the necessary supplies listed on the back of your pattern, including fabric and any accessories. Heavier weight fabrics are best for baseball caps because they will hold up longer and be more absorbent. Denim is a great material for a baseball cap.

2. Wash fabric in cold water and hang to dry.

3. Change the needle in your sewing machine to a heavy duty needle if one isn't already in the machine. This will help prevent frequent needle breaks as you work with the heavier fabric.

4. Iron fabric once it is completely dry.

5. Pull out and unfold your pattern, locate the pattern pieces for the baseball cap and cut them out.

6. Iron your pattern pieces on a low heat setting.

7. Line up and pin your pattern pieces onto your fabric according to the pattern instructions.

8. Cut out all of your pattern pieces and mark them where the pattern pieces indicate that they need to be marked. These marks help you to line up seams and make necessary cuts so that everything fits together well.

9. Sew together your baseball cap by following the pattern instructions.

Tips & Warnings

• It is a good idea when working with a pattern to read through the whole pattern and familiarize yourself with the directions before getting started on the project. When sewing through many layers of fabric at once it is best to sew a little slower than if only sewing through two layers, especially when dealing with heavier fabrics. A baseball cap pattern can be found at the link located in the resources section.

Resources

• Baseball Cap Pattern

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