How To Make A Hat With A Brim

Fold and glue the felt over the edge of the brim to make the hat.

How to make a hat with a brim. Hold the can of spray starch 10 inches from the brim. Get after loom knitting your cap as you would anyway. Press the felt into place over the brim barrel and top of the hat.

Sew the two pieces of the brim together right sides of the cloth facing along the outside edge. Spray starch or fabric stiffener over the entire hat. Allow the hat to remain upright on the table until it dries completely.

Spray the exterior of the brim evenly applying three coats. Set the hat on a table and manipulate it into the desired shape. When you make the brim use only one strand of yarn.

If only stiffening the brim of a hat or ball cap spray the brim only. This Tutorial is on how to make a brim fascinator with net fabricmaterials neededfabricwireneedle and threadscissorstape rulecutterpaper tapeflowersbucket. Hope that helps denise.

Iron the seams open so they will lie flat inside of the finished brim. Work with 1 piece at a time applying the glue in small sections to the bottom of the felt. Due to the width of the brim and you need to bend it using a regular machine your wire could kink but if you use a reed instead it will bounce back.

Turn the hat right side out. Because the head is oval we must balance out the width of brim to ensure it appears circular. I just go this floppy hat at the thrift store and I wanted to see if I could DIY t.