So I just finished my first bucket hat tonight, and while it is so cute and relatively easy to sew (dern curves) I kept ending up with extra fabric when I would reach the end of my seam that my hat is covered with little tucks or pleats practically wherever two curved seams meet. While I am highly confident that this is all due to my curved seam sewing errors and not the pattern, what am I doing wrong? Am I not being diligent enough about clipping and pinning? Is it the fact that I am up at 1 am sewing? The inside lining is the worst, when I was blind stitching it on at the end there was a gaping hole of fabric left over so I just folded and stitched. It looks a hot mess. (But do I care enough to redo it? Nah. She will love it and everyone I know will still be impressed I made it.)
I do see a lot more hats in my future and I would like them to look presentable enough to actually be reversable, so if anyone has any tips, I would love them!