You will need 2 brim pieces of your fabric and one of the stiffener.īecause the rim is round it makes no difference how you align the fabric. Place your pattern on the fabric and either pin it on or trace around the edges. Putting the hat together is fairly simple if you are careful. When choosing your fabric avoid knits if you can. I had a piece with some printing but usually it is white or black. If your fabric is very floppy or your brim is wide as in this case, you will need some stiffening material. NOTE: you will need to add 3/4 inch seam allowance at the bottom when you cut your fabric. this should be at least 3/4 of an inch wide.Ĭarefully remove the tape and staples from the cone piece and lay flat. If it's very wide you might need to add some wire in the rim to help support it.ĭraw a third circle outside this one for the seam allowance, 1/2 inch will be enough.Īdd a seam allowance towards the inside of the hat. It can be very narrow or wide, it's your choice. This will be the brim of your witches hat. You need to decide how wide you want the brim of the witch or wizard hat to be.ĭraw another circle outside the one you just made. It should be as close to a circle as you can get it. If it's not round then correct the shape. Place your cone on top of the second piece of cardboard and trace around the base. Remember it should be slightly too large because you have added an inch to allow for the thickness of the cloth. The cone should fit on your head, check it and adjust your pattern if it is too large or small. At this point the top point will not be very tidy, that's not a problem. The top is now stapled and taped and it's a cone shaped that will be the pattern for the top of the hat. The seam gets flattened and taped on right. The easiest way to make the cone is to bring the 2 seam allowances together (the half inches that were added.) and staple them one half inch from the edge all along from the bottom to the top.ĭetail of the staples on left. The pattern is now cut out and needs to be assembled to check for size using staples and tape. to the rounded side which will be the base, as a seam allowance. Using your ruler connect the expanded marks to the centre point.
#Wizard hat plus
To the marks showing the circumference of my head, I have added an inch to allow for the thickness of the material plus one half inch at both ends for seam allowances. If your fabric is very thin only add half an inch, if it's very thick adjust accordingly. If you are using thick fabric, or plan to line your hat add about an inch to the head measurement, and mark it. Now adjust for the thickness of the material.
Do this carefully without stretching the cloth. Lay your strip of cloth, starting on the line you just made, along the arc and mark the circumference of your head on the arc. Using a tape measure or your strip of cloth measure your head across the forehead where you want the hat to sit. Make a line from a point on your arc to your centre point 16 inches away. Take your string or strip of cloth and tie it to the marker or pencil, tape your other end on the mark you made, and make an arc of 16in. The hat I am building will have a finished height of about 15in.
Tape the card to a flat surface so it won't move and measure the height you would like your hat to be plus one inch on the edge of the cardboard. The actual construction will go faster if you don't have to worry about fitting the hat as you build it Making a pattern will help you fit the hat to the intended head. Sewing Machine is helpful but this could be made by hand if you are patient.A tape measure or a strip of cloth or string.
#Wizard hat how to
But the Witch / Wizard fashion is not written in stone! Here are directions on how to fit and make a Wizard's or Witch's hat. Wizards usually have more earthy looking hats with narrower brims. No Witch or Wizard costume is complete without a hat! Everyone associates witches with black pointy hats with wide brims. How to Make a Witch or Wizard Hat, Part 1
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