Hats are now back in fashion. But it is not necessary to spend a lot of money on buying one, you can make it yourself using various materials. Men's and women's headwear always looks fashionable.
Hat ideas and materials to make them from
Making a hat is a fascinating creative process. Success largely depends on the chosen style and design. It is also important to choose high-quality material so that the product turns out the same.
Important! The main decoration of the hat is an additional decorative element. It can be a feather, lace ribbon, bow. Particularly creative seamstresses decorate their products with figures of birds, animals or flowers.
It is not at all necessary to use fabric for production. After all, hats are often an element of a carnival image, in which an unconventional approach to creation is valued. Such an element of women's clothing can be:
- From paper. To make from this material, you need to prepare paper of different thickness, preferably large format. Most often, paper hats are not worn more than once. They are relevant during hikes, relaxing on the beach, when you need to protect your head, but there are no opportunities for sewing.
- Another suitable material for making a hat is cardboard. It is more practical to use than paper. Cardboard is often used to create a frame, which is then covered with fabric, mesh or decorated with fur.
- A large number of different hat models can be made from fabric. If a girl does not have sewing skills or time to create a pattern, then knitwear can be used. The simplest model is a beret, various types of fabric are suitable for its production.
- In the cold season, you can crochet a fashionable hat. Or sew it from fur, for example, mink.
Please note! Hats can be worn not only for holidays – they can become part of everyday look. Designers offer various design options that will add a “zest” to the look.
Hats come in:
- The fedora hat is one of the most popular options. Its cut features wide brim. Felt is used to create it. The fedora goes well with a coat and dress. A girl with such a headdress looks elegant and stylish.
- It is worth highlighting hats for carnivals or theme parties separately. When making them, you can show creativity. Headdresses are decorated with various decorative elements, several materials are used at once so that the hat looks original.
- Headdresses for special occasions. Lace, beads, flowers, satin ribbons are used for their production. They are often complemented with a beautiful short crown. Such a hat looks elegant and elegant. As an example of stylish evening headdresses, you can look at famous women of Great Britain.
- Panama hats are relevant in the summer. They are more needed for practical purposes than for beauty. Their main purpose is to protect the head from ultraviolet rays. Most often, straw is used to make a panama hat, or it is knitted with a crochet hook or knitting needles.
- Girls and boys make hats for the matinees from scrap materials.
You need to choose a hat design in accordance with your image. But in order for the headdress to look beautiful, you need to choose not only high-quality materials, but also an accurate pattern.
Important! In an effort to demonstrate a creative approach to creating a hat, it is important not to overload the product. The image will not only look out of harmony, but the hat may not withstand a large number of decorative elements. The simplest option is to make a turban.
Therefore, before creating a headdress, you need to come up with a sketch. Then the design will look harmonious, and the hat will become the "highlight" of your image.
What you need to make a hat
To sew a hat yourself, you will need the following tools and materials:
- scissors;
- threads;
- a set of needles of different sizes;
- imitation of head circumference - this frame is easy to make yourself from cardboard. Another option is to buy a ready-made model;
- pins to recreate the desired hat design;
- sewing machine – of course, you can do all the seams by hand, but a sewing machine allows you to create strong and even decorative stitches.
You can make a headdress from any fabric – felt, denim, velour, drape – it all depends on the design and type of product.
Important! You can use soft fabric to sew the hat. But in order for it to "hold" its shape, it is necessary to sew stiffening ribs inside the product.
Summer Hat Patterns for Women
Summer hats are most often made with brims - these are horizontal protrusions at the bottom of the product, having a round shape. They will protect against the harmful effects of ultraviolet rays. To make a beautiful summer hat with brims for women, you will need a pattern.
It consists of the following elements:
- fields – you can make 2 parts with a fold or 4;
- bottom;
- crown.
Each element of the headdress is cut out separately.
There are special hat patterns that can be used to easily create a beautiful model. When transferring the pattern to the fabric, do not forget about a few centimeters of fabric for allowances. If the brim is rounded, the bottom can be flat or convex. To keep the brim in shape, a lining is sewn to it.
We are constructing a pattern
To sew a hat with your own hands using patterns, you need to take measurements. Before you start, you will need data on one value - the circumference of the head. The measurement is taken where the inner seam of the visor should be, where the crown and brim are connected.
The hat pattern consists of 3 circles and it is quite easy to make, just follow the instructions below:
- The bottom of the headdress should be 3-4 cm smaller than the head circumference.
- The crown pattern has a ring shape. To draw the second circle, you need to step back 3-4 cm from the edge of the first. The width of the circles can be any.
- The third circle – the fields – is drawn, also stepping back from the crown a distance that will be equal to their width.
- On the inside of the bottom of the hat, you need to mark the circumference of the head.
- Using the marks you have made, you need to draw vertical lines to the second circle – these will be the cutting lines.
- The length of the top of the crown should be equal to the circumference of the bottom of the hat.
- The distance between the top and bottom lines of the crown is the depth of the product.
Once all the measurements have been taken, the pattern pieces are transferred to paper and then to fabric.
Sew the parts together
You can find many tips on how to sew a hat with a brim with your own hands - a master class with step-by-step instructions. In addition to the front side, you need to cut out the lining, which is sewn on at the end of the work:
- All details are transferred onto fabric folded in half.
- The outer sides need to connect the parts of the crown. Sew the short cuts.
- The bottom of the headdress is connected to the top edge of the crown and sewn together on a sewing machine.
- The lining is sewn in the same way. It is sewn to the hat from the inside, connecting the outer edges of the product.
- Next, you need to connect the parts of the fields and lay the wire along their outer edge so that they hold their shape. If desired, the seams can be additionally processed on an overlock.
Then the finished product is decorated with decorative elements. To make the headdress look beautiful, it is better to draw a sketch with decorations in advance. Do not use too many fittings, so that the product does not turn out "overloaded".
Summer women's hats are most often complemented with satin ribbons, flowers. Natural cotton fabrics, linen or knitwear are suitable for making such headdresses. It is better to use a minimum of decorations, because this is a headdress for everyday wear in the summer. The hat should complement the entire image so that it looks harmonious.
