I've made three Chefs / Bakers hats as gifts so far, and the kiddies seem to love them, so I thought I'd share my technique so that everyone else can join in the fun. It's a quick and easy project that you should be able to whip up in less than 1.5 hours.
Today I'm making a hat for my 10 year old nephew, so I've chosen fabrics that he likes (not necessarily what I like).
There are three different sections of the hat - Puffy Top, Headband, and Binding.
Lets begin with a list of things that you will need:
- Three fabrics (you won't need much so you can probably rummage through your scraps)
- Iron on interfacing for the headband
- For the closure - Snaps or Velcro or Ribbon or Buttons
- Sewing supplies - sewing machine, tape measure, fabric marker, rotary cutter, mat etc.
Step 1 - Cutting the Puffy Top
- Make sure that your folded edges are at the left hand side and at the bottom.
- Open out the fabric and you should have a fairly neat squarish circle (don't worry too much about perfection as it will be all gathered anyway).
Note: the smaller the original cut square of fabric, the smaller the puffy top will be. If you would like a really large and puffy chefs hat, just make the fabric square larger.
Step 2 - Cutting the Headband
- If possible, measure the head circumference of your intended
victimrecipient - my nephew is approximately 54 cm. - If you're making this for a child, then it's best to add a couple of centimetres and the make the hat a little larger so that it will fit for longer (we're going to make the closure adjustable for different sizes later on).
- Cut two strips of fabric 8 cm wide x head size in length - I'm cutting mine 8 cm wide x 56 cm in length.
Step 3 - Cutting the Binding
- I'm using a piece of straight cut binding for this project, so it's just a basic straight cut strip of fabric which I've turned into binding using my trusty Clover 25mm Bias Tape Maker.
- The width of the strip will be determined by the bias tape maker - I've cut my strip approximately 2.5 cm wide.
- The length is determined by the headband measurement plus an additional 30 cm.
- Therefore the strip of fabric will be 86 cm long x 2.5 cm wide.
- Run the strip through the bias tape maker - check this fab tutorial if you're not sure.
- Once I've done this, I then fold my strip in half again and iron it (turn the steam off beforehand or you'll burn your fingies).
Step 4 - The fun part (Construction)
- Place your two headband pieces wrong sides together (the interfacing on the inside).
- Sew around the four sides very close to the edges (the edges will be hidden later).
- Place your sewing machine on the longest stitch selection and sew a simple stitch line right around the circle, taking care to leave long threads at the ends (do not backstitch / backtack at beginning or end).
- Tie off your threads so that the gathering cannot undo, and so that the size cannot be changed.
Step 5 - The binding
Now that the hat has been constructed, the binding will finish everything nice and neatly.
- Turn the hat to the back where the ends of the headband meet up.
- Using sharp scissors, make a slit up into the puffy top approximately 5 cm (this will help to form the adjustable closure).
- When you reach the top of the slit, swivel and turn and keep stitching the binding back down until you are approximately 5 cm from the end.
- At this point, you'll need to trim your binding to the correct length.
Step 6 - The closure
When it comes to the closure, you could use buttons, velcro, or even ribbon, but I like to use snaps (probably just because I get to play with the hammer).
- Follow the directions that come with your snaps - I use a Snapsetter.
- I place the snaps at various intervals to allow for different head sizes.
For an alternative closure idea, check out this fabulous Chefs Hat by Lara from Thornberry.
Step 7 - Go forth and Cook or Bake to your hearts delight!
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