Quick recap - apparently I missed the witches hat phenomena in previous years. Here is Part 1 where I realize my error and collect the resources.
Boom, here we are making the hat. That’s the royal we. It was just me but Charlotte was there too for moral support.
Here it is on YouTube (like follow please thank you)
I am very happy with it! Here is what I realized along the way:
I taped together all those wretched pages when really I just needed the size of cone I wanted (pattern has 15” tall and 18” tall - I went with 15”) and the head hols shape and size. The brim is actually a circle based on the size of your hexagon.
I used pellon flex foam (or possible Soft and Stable - they’re basically the same) instead of batting and also added a layer of lightweight iron on interfacing for the brim.
I minimally quilted the brim to the flex foam, stitching in the ditch of where the triangles were joined. On the cone I free-motion-quilted a few stars.
I very much adopted my “close enough” approach to this project so the closing of the hole in the brim (where I turned the hat inside out) was a mess. But it’s for a costume so meh.
The pattern suggests adding heavy gauge wire to the edge of the brim to mold the shape of it. I skipped that.
Overall I am loving this hat and I fully intend to where it just generally out and about over the next few weeks.