Version 1 on the far left was hand sewed. It has a plastic bill from an ice cream tub. I tried to machine sew an elastic on it but it didn't work out too well. It was originally a 4 panel cap but it was huge. Most likely due to the type of fabric, it stretched out. I ended up cutting out a bulk of material from the backside so it would actually fit. The result is a racing stripe in the back of the cap.
Version 2 in the middle was completely machine sewed. It has a fabric bill. Originally it was a 4-panel cap but then I took out some of it to make the cap fit. It probably fits the best out of all 3 even with the shoddy sewing. The height above the ears turned out perfect. I'm thinking I need to experiment with the panel template I have been using.
Version 3 on the right was machine sewed also. It used 2 different types of fabric and the jersey material stretched out a little bit. It has a soft bill. The underside of the bill actually has a flower print on it. It's obvious that my sewing skills were getting better; not seamstress good but at least getting to beginner.
And I thought sewing would be easy. You can find the template I used from Urban Velo, link here. I would like to try this one out also...
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