Hat Conversions & The End of the Giveaway!

I think I have briefly mentioned that I am going on holiday next week- destination: Portugal (The Algarve to be more precise). So naturally I need to take a hat with me. You would not believe how difficult it is to find a nice hat!! Someone needs to tell the manufacturers that 'one size fits all' is a downright lie and some big brained people (like me) have bigger heads!

Anyway, I finally found a hat that fitted me, but didn't like the decoration it already had on it, so decided to do a Beth style makeover. Here is what it looked like when I bought it....

I decided to add some crochet flowers on it, and fiddled around with some pure cotton yarn until I had a few flowers and leaves that I was happy with (tutorial will be coming up on the right there shortly, I'll let you know when it's up and running).

Then it was simply a matter of removing the offending existing decoration and sewing on my own! A set of three flowers and three leaves on each side of the hat.

So what do you think?

Of course, now I have a hat to put all the names for the giveaway into, so I wrote them all out on little pieces of paper and dragged The Mother outside to lend her choosing services, and the winner is....

Lucy!!!

So many congratulations- I just have to decide what to put in your box and then your prize will be winging it's way to you in the post.
Sorry to those of you who didn't win. Thank you for entering and keep reading the blog, you never know when I might do another one!! =D

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Edit to add: The tutorial for the crochet flowers and leaves I made for my hat is now ready. Find it in my sidebar or click here to view.