Halloween is the super bowl of the crafting world.  EVERY crafters phone is ringing off the hook with crafty requests.  When I girl friend needed a white witches hat to complete her daughter's costume I was happy to help.  This hat is made from about 1/3 yard of scrap felt that I had in my sewing room.  I made the hat.  My friend and her daughter added the embellishments.

This blog will teach you how to make a basic hat.

For this craft you will need:

Glue Gun

Glue Sticks

1/3 yard of felt

Marker

Lay the felt flat and fold over one corner to make a point.

Fold over 1 corner to create a point

Cut hat with a rounded bottom

Glue the long edge of the hat

This hat needed to fit a 20" head.  I measured the hat to make sure that it was at least 20" around.

Pin the hat to mark the 20" point

The Pin marks the desired width of the hat.  Lay the hat flat and cut 1 1/2" below the pin.

Trim 1 1/2" below the pin

To create the brim, stand the hat in the middle of a square of fabric.  Make sure that brim is as wide as you'd like it to be.

Remove the cone shaped hat and hold the felt to create the brim.

Fold the felt in half.

Fold in half again

Fold once more to create a triangle.

Cut the circle into a square.

Once you have a circle, cut a second identical circle.

Having 2 layers of felt for the brim gives this hat a nice shape and makes it less floppy. Pin the 1 circles together.

Using a marker, trace around the hat.

Remove the cone 

Cut a slit in the middle of the brim circle

Cut an X in the middle of the circle.

Remove the center of the circle

There will be 4 sections at the center of the felt.

Cut each section in half.

Cut each section in 1/2 again

Cut clips into the cone of the hat BELOW the pin mark.

Cut slits BELOW pin

Turn the hat brim upside down onto the cone of the hat

Marker dots should be face down.

Fit brim onto cone.

Once everything is lays flat, begin hot gluing the brim to the hat.

Glue each section of the brim to the cone.

Be sure to glue both layers of the brim.

Turn the hat upside down and glue the cone flaps to the brim

Glue the 2 layers of brim together

The more glue you use, the stiffer the brim will be

That's it!

Try it on for size!

Embellish the hat as desired!

Depending on the kind of felt you use to make this hat the top may flop over.  If that happens stuff the cone of the hat with a bit of tissue paper or cotton batting.  This will allow the hat to stand tall without adding too much weight!

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