Hat School - Our bestselling Winter Cloche Fleece Hat. Tutorial and Pattern.

[@madcaphats]

Use Polar Fleece to make this hat. Good quality fleece for best results. You can download the individual pieces for the hat free of charge from our website from this page or purchase the full sewing pattern in three adult head sizes. www.madcaphats.com/pages/winter-cloche-pattern-and-pattern-pieces

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Link to full sewing pattern will be in the description once available. You can see our growing collectiion of full digital sewing patterns that are graded and sized in three sizes on our Etsy shop www.etsy.com/ca/shop/Madcaphats or on our website www.madcaphats.com

[@mariafelixhernandez2874]

Gracias por tu rica información y los subtitulos😊

[@madcaphats]

¡Muchas gracias por tu encantador comentario y por mirar! Saludos desde Canadá, Tori.

[@cindycash1772]

Just found your channel n this darling hat... thank you for a free pattern to give this a try...

[@madcaphats]

This is our most popular hat pattern. Second place goes to the Flat Cap! Thank you Cindy!

[@remmerjayrabbit1245]

I am going to a very cold place for a holiday in a couple of months, this hat looks perfect for keeping me warm outdoors, thankyou :)

[@madcaphats]

People love this hat and I hope you will too! It is our most popular pattern and video. It really is a warm and cute hat. I hope you make it and have a great holiday! Tori

[@susan6942]

Such a beauty

[@madcaphats]

Thank you Susan. This is one of our top hats. I sell quite a few of them every year! Cheers, Tori

[@1Glitterado]

Great tutorial….THANK YOU

[@madcaphats]

Thank you for watching!! This is our bestselling winter hat and bestselling hat pattern so hopefully you will get a chance to make it!! Tori

[@eloriaclopton2495]

Beautiful hat. Love the color.

[@madcaphats]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@krisdoor6905]

So cute!

[@madcaphats]

Thank you Kris!

[@Redcurlzs]

Thank You! I look forward to sewing up some of the patterns I downloaded! (I'm really enjoying your videos too!)

[@madcaphats]

Thank you soooooo much Janie!! xxoo Tori

[@adelheidmalowany1807]

Thank you for the lovely pattern and tutorial. I just love how it turned out.

[@madcaphats]

I am so pleased!!!! Thank you for taking the time to post this. You have made my day! Tori

[@1949chefjojo]

BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@madcaphats]

Thank you Joanne! Tori

[@dodic7145]

Love the video...such clear instructions

[@madcaphats]

Thank you so much Dodi! Tori

[@carolynmeehan711]

Love these hats! I’ve made a bunch of them for me family and friends. I have a small head. My suggestion would be to make the band a bit shorter.

[@madcaphats]

Thanks Carolyn! This style was initially designed to cover hair loss. I will revisit this pattern this year and offer a cutting line for a shallower fit!

[@TweetyBirdFan2010]

Love your tutorials!

[@madcaphats]

Thank you so much Juana! I hope you give this hat a try and grab the pattern pieces. It is a great hat. So popular with my customers year after year.

[@leilasmama01]

I love this !!!!!

[@madcaphats]

Thank you Cheryl!

[@Lisag1222]

Love this so much😊

[@madcaphats]

Thank you Lisa! This is a great hat!

[@marlenereimchen9141]

I bought the pattern yesterday. Looking forward to making these for my daughters as gifts. My only issue is my printer. It took me so long to finally get the right size. It just wouldn't print it right. I had to set it on my printer instead.

[@madcaphats]

Every printer is different it seems but the settings need to be checked so your output prints our files at 100 percent size and not "fit to page" as is a common setting. Glad you figured it out! We have to set up our patterns so they will print on letter size paper (North America) and A4 paper (the rest of the world) and of course those paper sizes are different!!

[@marinesdealmeida3820]

Obrigada 😍 pelas legendas E milhões de Obrigada pelo passo-a-passo

[@madcaphats]

Você é muito bem-vindo!

[@stonecrestquilt]

I wonder how this hat would look in denim?

[@madcaphats]

I tried it in a wool once..it lacked the body that the brushed surface of fleece gives it. It seemed a bit flat. I will try again though in the new year with denim! Let me know if you give it a try. Tori

[@judypeterson9952]

Would be cool to make one for summer too! Wonder what material could be used?

[@madcaphats]

Let me know how it goes! I tried with fabric and was not happy with the result. I would def tinker with the pattern a bit.

[@lrosewalker]

Do you secure the pin through both brim and hat or just pin to the brim area and flip up? I love the videos. I've made this hat, the Winter Toque, and beginning to make a headband. Great results! Thank you! Sewing projects to feel really good about when finished!

[@madcaphats]

Hi Lisa! I pin through the brim and hat. I am so glad you are making good use of the videos!!! Keep sewing! Tori

[@elizabethpiczko158]

Can you do this with directional print on top and solid on lining?

[@madcaphats]

Yes you can Elizabeth. Have fun coming up with the design! It is fun to learn putting colors and designs together by actually doing that. It is a process with lots of rewards when you feel it turned out great!! Tori

[@karenlee2160]

What interfacing could I use instead of the SF 785 as cannot get here in UK?

[@madcaphats]

Hi Karen ... A medium weight non woven sew in interfacing will work well. The brim may turn out a bit crispier the heavier the interfacing. A lightweight non woven is too light. Good luck! Tori

[@wordplussf]

What are dimensions for the different sizes?

[@madcaphats]

Hi Suzanne ... there is an inch difference or 2.5 cm difference between hats drafted for a small head (21.5" or 55cm) to Medium which is the free download (22.5" or 57.5 cm) and from Medium to Large (23.5" or 60 cm.). The pattern was created to fit those sizes with a relaxed fit so the length of the band is not the same as the head size but larger. So, the secret is for you to measure your own head ... our video about that will help show you what I mean by that and you can watch it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXSzdKOCj5yfpNk ... and determine what percentage difference is your head from the 22.5" or 57.5 cm average free pattern. Larger? Say you come up with 24 inches. Your formula is 24 divided by 22.5 which equals 1.066. So you need to increase all the pattern pieces by 1.066 which you can do by taking the downloaded copy to a copying store and asking them to make you a copy that is larger by that much. I hope that helps! This is the cliff notes of how to grade up. If down then you go the opposite ... 21.5 divided by 22.5 which equals .9555 so you need to make a copy that is .9555 of the original.

[@cynthiadailey2600]

I made this hat today, it came out so small, I am a medium on your pattern chart. It won't even go over my head, what did I do wrong?

[@madcaphats]

Can you measure your head circumference and your top of one ear over your head to the top of the other ear? Email me [e-mail] and I will try to help! Also measure across the hat as well or around the band from the back seam all the way around. Tori

[@madcaphats]

Another idea Cynthia...can you check to make sure your printer settings are correct? Another sewer had the same problem and it turned out the setting on her printer was set to fit to page. Your setting needs to be set to actual size. We can check that too after you email me. I can send you a picture of what the settings screen should be. Fit to page reduces the pattern pieces by about 5%. Which is a lot in head size.

[@cynthiadailey2600]

Thankyou for the advise, the number 1 of my patterns has a 1 inch box in it which is the right scale, the two bands in the pattern I was using were 22 " my head measurements are 22.5 dang I really like this hat and I would like to make one right, could the fabric I used be the problem? I just used some fleece I had to tryout the pattern.

[@madcaphats]

That inch box will be almost an inch at 95% so I am pretty sure the printer settings need to be looked at. I emailed you a picture.