Hat With Felt Letter

I love the idea of a little personalization on any garment, and a hat is no different! I decided to make a regular half double crochet hat and add an initial to it to add a little spark to it!
This letter process can be added to so many different things! The options are endless!

Materials:

Iron On Letter
(I found these letters at Walmart in the craft section by all of the iron on items)
2 pieces of felt
WW 4 Yarn
Size I (5.50 mm)
Heat n' Bond Iron on transfer
Needle and Thread
Sharp Scissors

Felt Letter Process:

Remove the back to the iron on letter (L, in my case). Place the letter onto the first layer of felt you will be using (Blue). Set your iron to medium heat NO STEAM. I put a thin pillow case between the letter and the iron to avoid burning the letter. Keep the heat on it for about 30 seconds at a time until the letter is attached to the felt.

Cut a large square around the blue felt once attached. Cut a piece of the Heat n' Bond that will fit on the back and cover the entire space where you will be cutting around.

With the scratchy side of the Heat n' Bond facing the felt, once again take your pillow case and cover over the felt and iron for 30 seconds at a time over it to attach it to the blue felt. It is important that you let it cool completely before removing the backing from the Heat n' Bond  Once cool remove the backing and take your scissors and cut around the edging to give the letter a border with the blue.

Next take your letter with the two layers on it and lay it on the last piece of felt (grey). One more time, take your pillow case, cover over and heat the letter to the grey felt. Be sure to you keep heating it up until it has a very secure bond to the letter.

Once complete take your scissors and cut a larger border around leaving you with three layers of color and your letter is complete!

I only did one letter, but feel free to make an entire name, although it may run around the whole head if it is on a child with a long name! :)

Here is the hat pattern I did to create the hat.
I used the Toddler Size.

Hat Pattern Used For Letter Hat

I did put a stripe on my hat at Round 13 (Grey), Round 14 (White), Round 15 (Grey). Just for a little extra color.

Sewing Letter on the Hat:

Once the letter and the hat are both complete just take a needle and thread (I used a Navy Yarn and it came out looking great). Place your letter where you would like it to sit on the hat and in the middle of the last border on the letter evenly stitch around the letter!