DIY Hat Tutorial

DIY Hat Tutorial

My mom was recently diagnosed with cancer (you can read more about that here). But she is starting to lose her hair. I made her a few hats. It was super easy and fast so I thought I’d share this DIY Hat Tutorial! 

DIY Hat Tutorial

  1. Cut out your fabric. Exact measurements will depend on the size of your head, but here are the measurements I used.
    • The top of the hat: 19″ x 19″. To cut a circle, fold your fabric in half, draw a dot on your fabric to measure the middle of the circle. Measure 19″ vertically. Fold the fabric the other direction, keeping the dot in the middle of the line, then measure 19″ the other direction. Open your fabric, you should have a dot and a t or x (depending on how you look at it). Connect your dots with an arch. I like to cut my circle while it is still folded to make sure the sides are even.
      – If you are using a lining of any sort, make sure to cut out two pieces
    • The band: 8″ x 22″
      Make this super easy and fast hat
      (I made two hats. The all white one was softer fabric so I only needed those two pieces. The black polka-dot one wasn’t as soft so I added a white lining for the top of the head)
       
  2. Close up the band first. 
    • Fold the band right sides together and serge (or sew zig-zag) the short edge (the 8″ edge). Serge the 8" edge first
      Hat tutorial serge or sew the short edge first
      continue serging the short edge of the head band
      DIY Hat Tutorial
  3. Now you will have a serged band, and a circle for the head Make your own hat with this awesome tutorial
  4. With wrong sides together, pin the head band into a circle. I like to start with the seam first, then do a pin exactly opposite. 
    Pin the hat into a circle with wrong sides together  
  5. I end up only using 4 pins. DIY Hat tutorial with Pictures
  6. With right sides together, pin the circle to the head band. Just use the same 4 pins, don’t add more pins. Since the circle is perfectly round, it doesn’t matter which part of the circle matches up to which part of the band. Just fold the circle in half and pin two sides. Then match the other two sides. 
      
  7. Now serge the circle. Check out this tutorial for help on serging circles. Make sure to take out the pins before they reach the blademake sure to take out the pin
  8. When you make it around to the end cut off the tail then turn off the blade to finish a serged stitch.

    Ending a serged stitch cut the thread chain then turn off your blade to finish the stitch
  9. Keep serging with blade offHat tutorial  
  10. Pull fabric towards the left as you sergefinish a serged stitch turn off blade then pull to the left
    pull fabric towards left when finishing a serged stitch
  11. Cut the chainFinish the DIY Hat Tutorial cut the chain
    Cut chain
  12. Cut the chain about 1/4″ away from the stitchDIY Hat tutorial
  13. Pull the remaining thread. Two pieces will pull out, two pieces will pull tight, see below. This will lock the stitch.  You can make these super fast and easy DIY hats
  14. Cut those last two pieces of thread. 
    Finish the hat tutorial
  15. Check out this tutorial for more details on how to finish a serged stitch. 
  16. Flip the out right side out and enjoy!! 
    Finished hat
    DIY Hat tutorial
      If you loved this DIY Hat Tutorial, you might also love some of THESE tutorials. 

 

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