A New Chemo Cap Pattern

As soon as I read Rhonda's post about this Thrifty Thursday hat, I just had to try one as a chemo cap.  As part of our guild's community service sewing, I make caps throughout the year for donation to the Southwestern Medical Cancer Center.  I really enjoy this project.  Several of the doctors and nurses there have commented that they always enjoy the variety of hats donated by our group.  Some of the hats are "not just the routine chemo hats/turbans." I only hope that if we make the doctors and nurses smile, then, hopefully, we make the patients smile.

I knew I had to try this hat, and make it from polar fleece since I had no soft sweaters to recycle.

I've very happy with how it turned out!  When I finished it, I felt it needed "something else" since there was no sweater ribbing as in the one that Rhonda posted.  So, I cut about 1.5" width of fleece with the maximum stretch going around the head and top stitched it to the bottom of the hat.  I then folded the top portion of the strip back down on itself and top stitched.  I think that finished it off nicely!

Rather than making a fleece flower, I used one of the silk flower pins I collect when I find some in bulk at a good price.  With the decoration being a pin, the recipient may take it off when the hat is washed, or, take it off completely if they prefer not to have it on the hat.  I try to make it simple.

This was a fun project, and I will make more.  It takes a bit more time than some of the other patterns I use, but well worth having something new and different to add to the collection.

If you are wondering about the jeans from the last post, they are sewn to the point so they may be tried on for a quick fit check.  That may happen tomorrow.  They look really nice, if I do say so myself, and went together without a hitch.