Bucket Hat

Every ten or so years, the bucket hat seems to make a come back in fashion and trendy streetwear. With each life cycle, the style is tweaked, and it somehow resumes a completely reinvented aesthetic. If you do not know about this trend, this article does a far better job at explaining the background that I can:

http://www.bustle.com/articles/27831-whatever-happened-to-bucket-hats-oh-wait-theyre-back

The current trend of bucket hats, much like hipster shirts, use bold contrasting colors and bizarre patterns. The fabric patterns are usually either a repeating pattern of a small image, or a print that I would be likely to find on the throw pillows at my grandma’s house (I am only half kidding).  I immediately thought that it would be fun to try and replicate these patterns using candy wrappers. I settled on using Starburst wrappers, Super Bubble gum wrappers, Capri Sun juice pouches (a classic DIY up-cycle material).

In addition to eventually having a not-so-stylish bucket hat, I am also hoping to use this project to learn how to sew.

Obligatory picture of Rihanna looking better than Justin Bieber in a bucket hat 

Here is my progress so far:

The easy part.

In order to flatten the wrappers, I ironed them under a cloth on low heat.

Starting to get a pile of flat wrappers.

Drying Capri Sun pouches after cutting out the bottom panel so I could rinse them.

Cardboard patterns to create the top circle and brim pieces.

In the coming days I will begin to sew the wrappers together along the edges in order to create a larger piece of “fabric”.