Lil Blue Boo Adelaide Pattern in Sew Hip!

Sew Hip is my favorite sewing magazine. I mean....I LOVE LOVE it. I have almost every issue and I read them cover to cover.....over and over again. My Adelaide Beret pattern is featured in their December 2010 issue (Issue 23)! I'm so excited but at the same time I feel faint, a little nauseous and giddy all at once...I just keep looking at it wondering if it is really true! That's a hat I made on the model in the lower right hand corner....on the cover!


It isn't available quite yet in the U.S. so Laura, who is also featured in the magazine, sent me a few photos! So sweet of her to take the time to do that so I could see the layout! Thank you Laura! She has the most amazing site called Bugs and Fishes by Lupin....make sure to visit and read about her feature in Sew Hip as well!


The Adelaide Beret pattern is included as a pullout template in the magazine and there are a few pages of instructions, diagrams and photos. I don't think that was an actual quote of mine below....but who cares haha! The hat pictured was silk screened with a Chinese symbol for "Luck"....and of course the inks were from Dharma Trading.


The whole pattern started with a hat I made for Boo for a collaboration with artist Stephanie Corfee. I silk screened Stephanie's "When I Grow Up" print for a small limited edition for my shop a few months back:


Boo's hat has led to many, many more hats. Some are upcycled and recycled from t-shirts:

By the way....these photo collages are super easy to make in Photobucket if you haven't tried them yet :)


Some are dyed and silk screened:


One of my favorite upcycled hats photographed by Monika McSweeney on her daughter Grace:


I hope the magazine gets to the U.S. soon! It is carried at Joann's and large bookstores such as Borders and Barnes & Noble.....or you can always buy it straight from Sew Hip! There is much more in the issue by some amazing artists!