How to Make a Leather Top Hat, Tutorial & PDF Pattern

SHOP THE PATTERN HERE:
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This is a detailed tutorial for making two types of leather top hat: one stitched with leather lace and one with thread. This can be used as a fine addition to a reenactment of a historical moment or to a Halloween costume, Victorian and Steampunk style.

DIFFICULTY: ADVANCED

HAT CIRCUMFERENCE:
✹ 54-56 cm (21-22 inch)
✹ 56-58 cm (22-22.8 inch)
✹ 58-60 cm (22.8-23.6 inch)
✹ 60-62 cm (23.6-24.4 inch)

MATERIALS
✹ BODY: 60/70 cm (23.6/27.6 inch) piece of 2.2-2.6 mm semirigid vegetable tannned leather (5-6 oz)
✹ EDGE COVER: 1.4 mm vegetable tannned leather
✹ 1 mm waxed thread
✹ 4 mm leather lace from 1 mm thick very good quality goat skin
✹ Edge painting

ACCESSORIES
✹ 1.2 mm wire galvanized wire (approximately 1 m)

TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
✹ 18 mm Olfa cutter
✹ 1.5 mm hole puncher Wuta for thread
✹ 3 mm hole puncher for leather lace
✹ John James stitching needles
✹ prong stitching needle
✹ rubber mallet
✹ cutting pad
✹ masking tape
✹ a good glue, preferably cement glue

✪ PRINTING INSTRUCTIONS HERE:
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0:00 Intro
0:20 Cutting the pattern on leather, linning the leather, punching the holes
3:49 Assembling and sewing the lateral part of the hat (once with thread & once with leather lace)
6:07 Assembling and sewing the top of the hat (once with thread & once with leather lace)
10:21 Assembling and sewing the brim of the hat (once with thread & once with leather lace)
10:49 Stitching the edge with galvanized wire reinforcement
14:02 Stitching and attaching the strap
14:37 Moulding the shape of the hat by bending the wire
15:21 Voila, the finished top hat!

Enjoy!

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Music:
1. Cab Calloway - Minnie the Moocher
2. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Summertime
3. Billie Holiday - I'll be seeing you
4. Billie Holiday - Body and Soul

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