How To Sew A Beret With Ribbing

Learn how to sew a beret with ribbing for your little fashionista’s hat collection! I’ll teach you how to use a knit fabric to sew a reversible beret!

Not so long ago, I wrote a post with a pattern for a reversible beanie and a tube scarf. Since I had some leftover knit fabrics I created a new beret sewing pattern that you can print out from my resource library. You will really like the pattern and step by step tutorial because it also shows how to make the beret reversible.

If you’ve never sewn with knit fabric, make sure you read my post tips on sewing with knits for beginners first. You are going to need some extra sewing tools and know some hacks because sewing with knits is a little different than sewing with regular cotton fabrics.  This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience (which means if you make a purchase after clicking a link I will earn a small commission but it won’t cost you a penny more)!

What you need to sew a beret with ribbing (size 1-10)

The pattern sizes are only approximate, you may need to use the pattern sizes according to how stretchy fabric you are using and your child’s head circumference.

Remember, always wash and dry fabric ahead of time to pre-shrink it.

Step 1. Get the ribbed band ready. Cut out the band piece out of the ribbed fabric. Fold the band piece in half, right side together, aligning the short edges.

beret with ribbing sewind pattern

 

Fold it in half again but this time aligning the long edges together.

ribbing for beret sewing pattern

 

Stitch the short ends together, leaving one-inch space from the upper raw edges.

beret with ribbing sewing pattern

 

Turn the band right side out and your ribbed band is ready.

beret with ribbing sewing tutorial and free pattern

Step 2. Sew the crown section for the beret. Cut out the 6 crown pieces out of two different print knit fabrics.

Beret sewing pattern

 

Stitch three crown pieces together at sides.

beret with ribbing sewing pattern

 

Beret sewing pattern

 

Pin crown sections right side together, making sure the tips align and stitch along the outer edge.

beret sewing pattern

 

Turn right side out. Repeat with the other fabric crown pieces. Now you have two “domes”

Turn one of the “domes” RIGHT side IN and put it inside the other “dome”. Align and pin the edges and seams of both “domes” together.

Beret sewing pattern

 

Beret sewing pattern

Now, gather the pinned bottom edges of the “domes”, both at this same time.

How I gather:  I pull the thread from the bobbin and the spool (just enough to have it around the edges of the “dome”. And then I zig-zag all around along the edge, making sure both threads are in the middle of the zig-zag. Now, gather pulling the threads. It is very important to gather as evenly as possible. Gather to the size of the band.

beret sewing pattern

 

Beret sewing pattern

 

Beret sewing pattern

 

Secure the gather by hand sewing the gathering threads in place.

beret sewing pattern

 

 

Step 3. Stitching the band to the beret crown section. Open up the band layers and pin one layer to the crown section, right side together, and slowly stitch around.

beret sewing pattern

 

beret sewing pattern

 

Flip the beret to the other side and pin the other layer of the band. Hand stitch around, and at some point, before finishing hand stitching snip the gathering threads.

learn how to sew a beret using knit fabric! Includes free hat sewing pattern!

 

beret sewing pattern

 

beret with ribbing sewing pattern

 

 

Step 4. Now, fabric cover buttons. I think every beret needs to have a button on top, and that’s why I thought to use the scraps of fabric to make buttons to match the beret.

Fabric covering buttons is super easy to do and there are instructions on the back of most button cover kits.

First, you need to cut the fabric circle about 0.75 inches bigger than the button shell.

beret sewing pattern

 

Center the fabric circle, wrong side up over mold, and hold it securely while pressing button shell into the mold.

beret sewing pattern

beret sewing pattern

 

beret sewing pattern

 

Tuck excess fabric into a button shell. Next, position back and use the pusher to press down back until it snaps into place.

beret sewing pattern

 

beret sewing pattern

 

beret sewing pattern

 

Gently get the button out of the mold, and there you have a custom made button.

beret sewing pattern

 

I made two of them, one using the flower fabric and sew it to the panda print beret side. For the other button, I used a scrap of fabric with a panda face and sewn it to the flower print side.

learn how to sew a reversible beret hat using knit fabric! Includes free hat sewing pattern!

 

Free Pattern For The Reversible Beret with Ribbing size 1-10

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I hope you enjoyed learning how to sew a beret with ribbing and are welcome to share a picture of your beret on my Facebook page.

Happy sewing!

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