Upcycled Denim Reversible Bucket Hat

Welcome to the August Sustainable Pinterest Challenge! This month's theme is Upcycle, so I decided to make another fun denim creation from jeans that my fast growing kids have outgrown. I love crafting with denim, and I have a board on Pinterest dedicated to denim crafts and more called Denim Delights. Last month while creating my Reversible Bucket Hats, I searched through Pinterest for inspiration, and I pinned a few denim bucket hats. One bucket hat pin had belt loops around the middle of the hat, and that was super cute. Another hat that I pinned had pockets and other cool parts of the jeans included on the hat. So I was "pinspired" by these hats to create my own denim bucket hat. And I decided to use the same Reversible Bucket Hat Pattern by Sweet Red Poppy that I used to create my other bucket hats.

I gathered a few pairs of jeans and other supplies including:

Reversible Bucket Hat Pattern

Reversible Bucket Hat Tutorial (YouTube)

Denim/Old Jeans

Denim Thread

Midweight Fusible Interfacing

Rotary Cutter

Cutting Mat

Scissors

Pinking Shears

Sewing Pins or Clips

Iron

I cut out the pieces for the hat using the jeans. I started with the brim.

At first, I wasn't happy about having to cut piece with seams for the brim. But after sewing the brims together and adding the lines, I actually think the seams from the jeans look fine on the brim.

I decided to use the top portion of a pair of jeans for the middle section of one side of the hat.

For the middle section of the other side of the bucket hat, I cut the belt loops off two pairs of jeans and sewed them on to the fabric for the middle section.

For the top of the hat, I decided to use a pocket and a little patchwork on one side, so I sewed some denim squares together.

Then I cut them into a circle using the pattern template.

The other side of the hat has a back pocket on top.

Sweet Red Poppy uses sewing pins, but sewing clips worked better for me, especially when preparing to sew the top to the middle.

I must confess that I had a helper. We recently welcomed a new kitty into our home, and he helped with ironing the fabric and pressing the seams. His official name is Miso (like Miso soup). I named him that because our other kitty is named Maki like the sushi🍣, so I had to keep with the food theme.😁 Even though is name is Miso, I started calling him Tyrone... and then Timothy. He looks like a Timothy to me. If we adopt more pets in the future (far, far future), I think I'll give them regular people names. My parents have a cat named Roger.

Anyhoo... Here's one side of the hat with with the belt loops around the middle. I thought the other side of the hat would be my favorite, but I really like this side.

There's a big pocket on top of the hat.

The other side of the hat has a lot going on! There are several pockets, zippers, buttons, and belt loops.

I included the zippers and buttons from a couple pairs of jeans on this side of the hat, and while sewing over the zipper, the needle broke and hit me on my lip! 😱 I'm okay. 😁 

Pockets!

Here's the pocket and patchwork on the top of the hat.

I really like this brim.

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my Upcycled Denim Reversible Bucket Hat. If you'd like to make your own, check out the Reversible Bucket Hat Tutorial Video by Sweet Red Poppy. ↓Please scroll down to check out the upcycled creations by the other Sustainable Pinterest Challenge participants.↓

---

---

AUGUST SUSTAINABLE PINTEREST CHALLENGE COHOSTS:

Julie | Sum of their Stories

Gail | Purple Hues and Me

Julie | Treasures Made From Yarn

Lydia | Life Beyond the Kitchen

Terri | A Good Life

Ann | The Apple Street Cottage

T’onna | Sew Crafty Crochet

Donna | Modern on Monticello

Allyson | Southern Sunflowers

Mel | Decor Craft Design

---

AUGUST SUSTAINABLE PINTEREST CHALLENGE PROJECTS:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter