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Top Hat Tutorial 1
Published: 2008-03-29 02:24:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 103605; 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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Hi I used your tutorial to make my out Tiny Top hat!
Hope you like! [link]
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Oh me oh my! I really want to do this!
I've been dying for a top hat of my own
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What kind of card board do you suggest? Will I be able to use poster board or will it nee to be thicker?
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You could use poster board, you'll just have to be careful with it when it's built up because it will be fragile.
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Maybe I should double it up then. Like, glue two sheets together and work with it.
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o.o I think i know how I'm making my tophat now. Though, its gonna be bigger...gotta accomadate some ears and whatnot. You're a life-saver. Its impossible to find just plain old tophats these days - least of all ones that are cheep enough that you don't feel guilty decorating them. <33333 Thank you. AE plans may now venture forward.
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Very nice. Would you mind if I used your lolita tutorials in a Lolita fashion thread? Of course I'll make sure you're credited. D:
Here's the link to the thread in case you want to take a look first. [link]
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I made a Hello Kitty Top Hat using the basics from your guide. Thank you so much for the tips on how to make one! 
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Amazing tutorial. Now if only I could figure out step 4, I'd continue on with mine.
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Favourited since others seem to have had success with this... perhaps I'll have to post an end result in a while. :3
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Can't wait to see! Good luck - I'm sure it will look lovely.
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hope that i can get around to using this
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YAY! I can't wait to see your version of it.
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hi um.. did you use normal cardboard for the cylindar-ish part of the hat? im a bit confuzed on how you rounded it out so smoothly.
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Yep, regular corrugated cardboard from a box I cut up. If you rub it against a table's edge with the lines of the cardboard perpendicular to the edge, it will round out nicely.
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Sweet...Is this for the lolita costume
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This is for whatever you want it to be. The most common construction is to go with a lolita costume, but my original was to go with a Victorian vampire costume.
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I followed through your tutorial, and it worked! [link]
thank you!
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Thank you so much, you're a godsend <3
I used this to make a hat for my cosplay, right over here.
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love the tutorial and rushed to make one of my own and here it is!
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Hello there ^w^ I used your tutorial no make a hat sorry if it's simple but here. [link]
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Thanks for the tips - took me WAY too long to make the mental leap between step 4 & 5, but maybe that's just me...
Anyways, here are the results of my efforts!
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With step 7 your only supposed to sew the outter circle? Like all the way around? If so, how are you supposed to fit the brim within it?
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Muhahaha! I love you! I've been trying to figure out how to make a top hat for ages! <3
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Thank you so much for this awesome and easy tutorial! ^^ Here's the hat I made with it for my next cosplay: [link]
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this tutorial are amazing i did a beautiful drocell's top hat
thank U so much !
Muchas gracias no se que hubiera hecho si Ti >_<
Im so happy kyaaaa
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thanks for the tutorial
eres increiblemente buena
>_< big kisses
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thanks for the tutorial
eres increiblemente buena
>_< big kisses
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You're most welcome! I hope it was useful.
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This tutorial was awesome! I made a top hat!
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sorry for my horrible pictures ^_^"
This tutorial was great and easy to follow! thank you again! >w<
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS!! I couldn't have made one nearly as easily without this... This tutorial saved me many a headache!
It turned out kinda wonky, but please have a look: [link]
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Glad it was of use! Your had is lovely!
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Yuah~~ XD This is so cute and so helpful! I got to make my own, and I'm actually using the same patter to make a full sized top hat as well.
My hat:
Front: [link]
Back: [link]
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Just a question, I don't know if it's been asked yet.
What thickness cardboard did you use?
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I just used corrugated cardboard. I literally cut up a cardboard box. It works well because you can smoosh it where you want to curve it upwards.
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