3 Looks Good In Her Maggie!
Margarite Nelson of Mt Vernon Presbyterian Church in Dunwoody, Ga showed us her idea for easy to make ROW Caps and a lady in Frankfort, KY named the cap a “Maggie” after Margarite!! Anyone who wants to make caps that can be delivered to children all over the world can make these caps!
How many Maggies can you send to ROW to distribute world wide??!!
These caps are easy to make and are great way to use up some of that left-over fabric you may have lying around! Maggies can be made out of any fabric, but stretchy fabrics will last longer if you want to make children’s caps since their heads will grow as they get older. Fleece is an excellent choice because it stretches but it is also very warm. It gets cold in the jungle at night! The more coloful the cap the better!
Instructions For Making A Maggie
You will need some cloth, thread, twine and a needle.
- Start with any rectangle of fleece or cloth. The shortest side will determine the size head it will fit, the longest side will determine the depth of the cap. For example, an 18″ x 24″ piece of fleece material will make a hat to fit an 18″ head.
- Hem cloth where needed, but remember that using fleece eliminates the need to hem if edges are clean and fleece also stretches nicely!
- Fold the fabric in half long ways wrong side out.
- Sew a seam along the long edge.
- Gather up in the middle and tie with twine or other material
- Invert to double so the good side is now on the outside and the twine is in-between the two halves.
- Either leave the edge and fold up or for a more finished look, hem around the bottom edge.
Here are some pictures to help explain the process -
(For reference purposes, the fabric used in the photos was 18″ x 24″):
3 Shows A Cap Just Before The Final Fold
After inverting the left half over the right half, it's finished!
