Brightening the Holidays for the Tiniest babies

Yesterday I was on Facebook enjoying all of the pictures of children in their adorable costumes. I came across this post from Connecticut Children's Medical Center. 

So of course  I asked if they could use some help from our wonderful crafters at PatPat's Hats to create costumes for these tiny ones.

How Will we be helping: Your mission is to create holiday themed hats and costumes for NICU and Newborns at Connecticut Children's Medical Center.

When are they needed: Because these are holiday specific, we will be asking for hats to be sent by specific dates:

Thanksgiving: November 20th

Christmas: December 16th

(Feel free to start working on Superbowl, Valentines Day and St Patrick's day if you need a head start. Also, start thinking ahead to Halloween 2020)

Where will the hats be going:
 Hats will be going to the infants in the NICU and the nursery at Connecticut Children's Medical center. Our nurse contact works at 2 hospitals. If there are extras, she will be sending them onto friends at other facilities.

Where should they be sent: 

PatPat's Hats Central

PO Box 318

Westbrook CT, 06498

 Guidelines for the hats: 
Please stick with out standard PatPat's Hats guidelines:
- hats MUST be washable
- Hats should be holiday or seasonally themed
- These can be hats or costumes.
- If you prefer fabric to yarn, that's fine too
- remember these are for preemies and newborns. I'll continue to post guidelines for best practices with sizing. 

Thanksgiving: Turkeys, Pilgrims, pumpkins, pies (Yes, I have adorable pie patterns to share)
Christmas: Santa, Mrs. Clause, Elves, Snowmen, Christmas trees, Wreaths

Where will we get the patterns: 
- I'll be posting patterns that you can of course use. I will mix in some free and paid patterns. I do support MANY designers and they make their money from creating these patterns for crafters to use. I will be sure to post patterns that have been well tested and from known designers.
- I'll post patterns on Facebook and I'll keep a google docs folder that you can access as well.

Thanksgiving Hat Patterns
Christmas/Winter Hat Patterns


I still have questions:; 
don't hesitate to email me at PatPatsHats@gmail.com

(Why are you using a different blog? 
-  grad school got the better of me and I fell behind on the upkeep of our website, I'll be using this blog for now.