How To Make A Robin Hood Hat

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Robin Hood Hats

This calendar week, I had the privilege of making Robin Hood Hats for eleven men. Merry men, of course. My son, his math teacher and 9 of his classmates decided a few weeks ago to perform the song "Men in Tights" from the movie "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" for the middle school talent show. They were a very committed group, giving up recesses to do every 24-hour interval. And they delivered. Their functioning was spot-on, every bit indicated by the screaming girls in the bleachers. With a little over a week to become before the evidence, Tucker came to me and said "Hey Mom, do you recollect you could make us Robin Hood hats?" Having an artsy, crafty reputation to uphold, I immediately said yes. So I spent the side by side couple of nights lying awake, trying to come with a pattern that would do their bravery and boldness justice. After a few failed muslin mock-ups, I awoke ane morning with an ah-ha moment, went to the sewing room and it came together equally smoothly as if I really had a pattern. Of class, now I do.

I know most of y'all have absolutely no reason to make a Robin Hood hat in the middle of April, just file this one abroad for Halloween or on the off take a chance someone in your business firm will want one to article of clothing to the new Robin Hood movie that'south coming out side by side month.

I used felt for the hats, the kind you can buy past the chiliad (chapter link beneath). It was made for adult-sized heads, although their head sizes did vary a footling, merely all seemed to work. It would need to exist scaled downwards for a pocket-sized child.

Sew, right sides together, along this border:

Flatten the back point with the seam centered, equally shown.

Run up a curved line through all layers, about ii 1/2 inches from the point and tapering at each side. I made a cardboard template to run up adjacent to so that all the hats would be the aforementioned.

Cutting the excess corner abroad above the stitching line. Plough the lid right side out.

Fold up the skirt on the back of the hat two inches. Press with steam atomic number 26.

Fold the remaining skirt upward, tapering toward the front and ending about 1/ii inch on each side of the seam at the front end.

Here's the hat ground forces, waiting for feathers.

I hot-glued the feather in identify. Here'southward a view from the dorsum.

This is a paparazzi shot from the show.

I knew him before he was famous.

The boys cut their own tunics and arm bands like pros. And Mr. Massey, their math teacher, actually went out and found green tights. Information technology was an amazing performance and an experience I doubtfulness whatever of them volition before long forget. My center swelled a lilliputian when the boys changed afterwards they were washed and all came back yet wearing their hats!