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Top Hat Tutorial 1
Published: 2008-03-29 02:24:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 103603; Favourites: 1623; Downloads: 2231
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Thank you for the Daily Deviation `znow-white !!! What an honor to be featured!
I hope everyone has a lovely top hat very soon! Make some tophats my pretties!
It's finally finished.
I hope you enjoy it, if anything is unclear, please feel free to leave a comment, I will try to elaborate. I'm prettysure everything is clear, but I made the hat, so it might not be clear to everyone.
Here's mine! oh, and this more recent one too...
*The reason I have not put what the seam allowance values, is simply because the fabric has to fit snugly against the cardboard base. I don't want to put a set amount, and have wrinkly hats out there. Thicker fabrics will fit differently than thing ones. So, if you make the hat, sew it to make it as snug as possible to the base, and then cut off the surplus, leaving approximately 1/4" seam allowance.
**If you use this tutorial to make your own hat, please have the courtesy of putting a link back to my tutorial, and leave a comment here with a link to your deviation so that I can see your masterpiece!!
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super awesome and amazing!!!! 
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I am currently making a rather modified version of this with my sister, who is going to Steamcon and needs something to wear. Our's is bigger, and looking awesome so far. Thank you so much for the tutorial! I'll send you a link with pictures when it's finished.
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It's regular corrugated cardboard.
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I just can't get the cardboard form into the fabric... could you please explain how to do it?
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Once you've flipped the brim fabric inside-out through the center hole, you may have to curve the cardstock a bit to get it through the hole. Then pull the rest of the fabric over top.
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Used the tutorial: [link]
Glad I found it haha x3
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Hi
i used your tutorial and finally made my first top hat
Here is the result
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I used the tutorial for my mini top hat - [link]
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Hi thank you for the wonderful tutorial here's mine [link]
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sorry but ca you please explain a bit more step 7? i can't seem to follow it. thanksabunch!
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please help, i don't quite understand step 7, can you please explain it more. thanksabunch!
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Halloween top hat and making 2 more. One for a friend and Christmas themed one.
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Thank you a lot for this helpful tutorial !
Since I found it I just can't stop making mini top hat ! ^^
Here are mines:
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Thank you so much for this! I need to make a little tophat for a friend's cosplay and this is very helpful!
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I don't understand how to put the fabric on the brim. Could you please explain it a bit more? I'm having trouble visualizing it...
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Extremely wonderful and helpful tutorial. :3 I love Top hats and was glad to learn to make them myself!
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Thank you sooooooooooooooooooo much for this tutorial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will be using it to make Ciel's hat and when I do I will post link. Thanks again!!!!
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ummm...lolz...how do u roll up cardboard? ^.^" (really wants to make a top hat for a while now)
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Thanks for the tutorial, I'm about to start making mine ^__^
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Thank you so much for this!! Really really really appreciate it.
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If I want to make a tophat like this with leather, should I keep the cardboard under it or would it be better to make the hat without the cardboard?
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It depends if you want to make it floppy or not, and what kind of leather you're using, really.
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The leather is not really thick but it is thicker than fake leather... I use it for medieval leather pouches and such... Or is it an idea to make a thin cardboard hat instead of thicker cardboard so that it is firmer than without the cardboard but that it doesn't have an overload of cardboard?
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Yeah, you could use a thinner cardboard, or even some buckram (since you're actually putting effort into this). Buckram can be steamed into shape too, which is nice.
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I'm trying to make a top hat...and you are certainly right, I'm confused after step 7.
You said to pin the wrong side together, so the right side should be facing outwards right? Then if the outer circle is sewn together, the seam can be seen on the outside. Is this correct?
After that it's inverted to wrong side facing outwards.
Later on, at step 10, you said to slip the fabric inside and glue it together. I'm assuming that the inverted fabric from step 7 (wrong side facing outwards) is re-inverted back to the right side face outwards while slipping the cardboard through. How do you put the glue in and glue the fabric to the cardboard then? O_o
Any advice is appreciated, thanks.
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Dunno if I already posted it, but here's mine!
Steampunk Mad Hatter Mini Top Hat! [link]
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Ahh this is awesome~
I want to try this when I've got some free time.
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I forgot to comment here! I made this hat using your tutorial:
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I also made this hat later, but using a modified method. I wasn't sure if you'd want me to credit you on that too?
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I made my own top hat
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