Making a Sherlock Holmes Deerstalker Hat

[@l0414ne94]

I don't need a deerstalker hat. But do I want to make one now? Definitely.

[@ArtsyCupcake]

Ogawdy I feel the need for one now too! 😂

[@halley8105]

I find myself craving one as well.

[@user-rn3mq5tl8y]

I really want one but idk when id wear it

[@bubblebubble7494]

Well guess What i started to do Like 7 h ago

[@roefane2258]

I want one, and I will wear it while walking my large hound dog around the subdivision. Now, all I have to do is make it...

[@cupidispretty]

"One can never be too blatantly Sherlock trash." This is my favorite quote now

[@MouseofMischief]

SAME

[@rebeccacarroll9893]

Oh my god, the "geometrically whatever correct piece" part had me in stitches! People never believe me that sewing, knitting/crochet/weaving as well, have an UNREASONABLE amount of math.

[@jonathanmoeg1202]

sly user pic Rebecca, very sly...

[@Pur9leRain]

Rebecca Carroll - I got a disappointing C in my GCSEs; my parents pretended they weren't disappointed. Now that I'm a knitter in my adult years, my maths has improved immensely!

[@nettness]

The moment you start explaining to people how to grade anything, or ask them how they would cut a flat shape to cleanly wrap around a three dimensional one they freak out at how much maths there is EVERYWHERE.

[@Saf333]

Yeeeeeeesssss! I was shocked just how much math knitting and sowing has. So much math...

[@yarncurator]

Rebecca Carroll knitting is the only reason, I as a historian, am still decent at math 😂

[@ragnkja]

If Bertha Banner felt the need to point out the prudence of using light fabric for lining, that means it wasn’t universal practice.

[@rachelace6102]

If someone comes close enough to count the gores in your deerstalker, they will also be close enough to whack with your umbrella/walking stick.

[@aussie405]

Hey Bernadette, you may find it easier when stitching six hat shapes together, to make two sets of three pieces. By doing that, the final seam goes straight from one side to the other, and you would see the weird bump if it is wrong. Each of the six pieces also needed to be close to a sixty degree angle at the very top, to make the top of the hat sit flat. ( 6 x 60 degrees = 360 for a circle! ) Hope that helps!

[@JamesChurchill]

The top angle has to be 60 as you say. Similarly, the bottom angle has to be close to 90. Also, if you use the tape measure over the top of your head and down to where the horizontal head measurement was taken, then half of that is the length of the curved edge. While its difficult to draw the curve with the right length, you can at least check that its close before spending the time cutting and sewing up a test piece.

[@WaterNai]

Sharyn and James, these two comments are the sort that are so brilliant in their simplicity for calculating things that it seems so obvious and one wonders why it was such a complex process to begin with. Thank you very much! I have saved these for when I wish to make a hat.

[@cosmicpolitan]

My understanding was that she was not making a perfect circle hat, having to fit it to her head with her hair styled in a certain way. I think that a circle hat would not fit in that case?

[@aussie405]

@@cosmicpolitan , the reason removing an entire piece worked to give a better shape at the crown, was that the original shape must have been closer to 70 degrees at the top. 6 x 70 degrees equals 420 degrees, too many for a flat top (essentially made a frill). 5 x 70 degrees equals 350 degrees, just a little less than 360, so a slight cone effect. If the hat has eight pieces, each one needs to be near 45 degrees at the top. It is not so much to make a circle, as to ensure the top of the hat is neither a frill, nor a pointy cone. ;)

[@JEBavido]

Sharyn Baldwinson , I’m a math dunce, and I would have just bought a large man’s baseball cap with an adjustable band for proper fit around my hair and then cut it apart to make a pattern.

[@MorganDonner]

Yay headwear! I am all about this many mockups life, I wish I could express to everyone how important that is! The cap turned out so darn cute!

[@jwharris417]

Forgive me, Bernadette. In a moment of weakness I wondered “Why doesn’t she just buy a deerstalker hat?” As soon as I thought it, I knew how wrong I was. It will not happen again.

[@lisawintler-cox1641]

"Tsk"

[@noisy_killjoy]

Banish him

[@ixamraxi]

I thought too she could have purchased one if only to disassemble it and discern clues that might solve the quandary of the ineffectual pattern.

[@froggdoggs8551]

*knocks on your door with a mob of angry villagers wielding torches and various sharp farm tools*

[@Saskatchetooner]

Olympic-grade lurker I don’t get one size fist all or most. They don’t fit many at all.

[@1strumyczek]

This pattern of tweed is named "Prince de Galles", used from Edwardian Era. My grandma was a milliner, she started her job in the age of 15, in 1920. When I was a young girl, she was teaching me to match parts of my project always along hair direction in wool fabric, and to fit lines - especially in checquered patterns - in every part of my project ;)

[@TheVelvetKitten]

I love your voice and the way you … are. I don't do anything like what you do as far as sewing. But you are so entertaining and calming. A couple months ago, our refrigerator seal started to split. I tried glue, I tried tape, I used a blow dryer. Then I decided to hand sew it back together. Which I did. Half way thru the Hubs came home and said, "Are you sewing our fridge back together?" Yes, I say, and … I wish I had a leather thimble. But I made do. It worked. My fridge is Historically inaccurate. I had you in mind!

[@omikronweapon]

"If it works it ain't stupid". Aside from a funny anecdote, I'll keep this in mind, as mý fridge seal is also splitting. And current me is a lot more about repairing things with newly acquired skills. Where past me was just "I guess I need a new fridge because this small portion is damaged". Thank you for sharing your solution :)

[@TheVelvetKitten]

@@TheAceUpYourSleeves it's a semi flexible plastic piece between the door and the body of the refrigerator. It's on all fridges and freezers if you look. Looks like an accordion folded plastic. It's funny cause the sewing job is still holding and the fridge is working great a year later. :) Weirdest hand sewing job ever!

[@KrigareAvHallarna]

Although you have already coined the delightful name "Lady Sherlock" I have thought something like Charlotte Holmes would also be fun for the character.

[@Woeschhuesli]

Baleyg423 haha that is my cousin‘s real name.... I don‘t know what her parents were thinking 😳

[@billyjoebobtheunicron2179]

Baleyg423 Sherlock is a girl’s name after all

[@DrCandyStriper]

@@billyjoebobtheunicron2179 the polar opposite of Shirley then?

[@jordynhooks1133]

@@billyjoebobtheunicron2179 I get that reference

[@chxrrybelle7643]

Lol I’m watching this when Enola Holmes is out

[@Nzie]

I'm a simple woman-I see a new Bernadette Banner video, I click it. :-) So excited to see the next part of this project!

[@shannacummings74]

I have actually not a single use for one of these and I definitely want to make one!

[@debesmana]

Fun little comment from me here. My mum has been telling me stories of her grandmother. She was a great seamstress who could make anything from almost nothing and as there were shortages on almost everything when she was sewing she would never throw out a basting thread and they'd get reused until they broke or were accidentally cut. I do believe the Victorians would be similarly thrifty and thoroughly approve! And the finished result looks absolutely adorable!

[@johnremmen3623]

bernadette -" the game is a foot" me-" rather the game is a hatlololollol"

[@lisawintler-cox1641]

"The game is ahead?"

[@scarletpimpernelagain9124]

What Ho the Megapode!

[@user-rn3mq5tl8y]

The game has been going on right under, well i guess above her nose this whole time

[@froggdoggs8551]

What does lol even mean in this modern day and age

[@riseeuterpe2838]

@@froggdoggs8551 I think it's the same as saying "the game is on" or "game on" though game could also mean animals that could be hunted, in which case it'd mean that the animal is near and the hunt has begun.

[@bik7083]

My mom used an iron as a template when I was little and she was making hats for me, my sister or herself. It worked really well 😊

[@wildflowerwind6941]

wow. great idea.

[@charliespinoza1966]

Oh wow, brilliant!

[@tesswi9113]

I came here to see if someone had already said this, it's *so* simple, and works like a charm!

[@shelbyhiromi]

The penny button is so cute and turned out so well! What a perfect little trick for button making in a pinch! It’s probably less expensive than getting an actual button maker set as well

[@lauraweiss7875]

I would start with a six-panel baseball cap pattern (widely available) to get the crown shape.

[@blowitoutyourcunt7675]

I was going to suggest this! It's how I was taught how to draft hats, by starting with a very familiar simple pattern. I've destroyed many thrift store baseball caps to basically become a Renaissance Milner for costuming purposes!

[@Poppy-]

I thought about a kippah since the base looks like one. Kippot are usually made of 4 or 6 panels.

[@emma8547]

This does seem like a case where using a modern pattern to get the geometry right would make it easier to use historically correct methods when doing the construction.

[@Poppy-]

@@emma8547 Indeed! Especially a crown shape is not the easiest shape to start with. And a plain cheap kippah is like 5$ to have a form that you can unstitch easily.

[@Zoie3x8]

the baseball cap's sacrifice, would be alittle more noble.

[@DrakiraWolf]

It’s gorgeous As a milliner, I’m surprised it doesn’t have a petersham headfit inside the edge. I can’t find an image of Victorian extant linings to be sure either way but it’s been a common practice in millinery dating back at least to the 1930’s from extant pieces I have handled. If it is accurate to have at the time then you need to do is get a length of milliner’s petersham (without the corded edge) 20-25mm wide Use the steam of the iron to curve it into a loose C shape so that one edge is longer than the other and insert it with hand stitching inside the edge of that hat with the longer side at the edge. This band is designed to prevent the edge from stretching out over time as well as allowing for minor size adjustment, gripping the head better and keeping the section -most likely to touch skin and have firmest contact with the head- clean.

[@solayange]

« I pressed them so now they look a little less like garbage » is a sewist MOOD and I need that on a t shirt

[@TheAgeofFabulous]

I adore this hat! Once again, you attention to detail and historical accuracy is amazing. The only suggestion I would make is that Sherlock would’ve requested a small hidden pocket in the hat to store some special note or keep an item tucked away. This was always in my imagination when I read Doyle’s work as a teen.

[@willmfrank]

The pocket(s) could probably be hidden in one (or both) of the earflaps.

[@iamtheonewhocares]

Paused an ASMR video to watch this, and honestly, your voiceand linguistics are so lovely it was an easy transition!

[@ArtsyCupcake]

Niki V I love her channel too!!

[@theromantiquary1547]

The idea of the lining being lighter is something I have run into time and time again when working with garments from that era. For me, it makes it hard to spot clean due to bleed from the outer layer onto the inner layer. knowing that there is an ideology behind that is super wonderful, thank you.

[@elisabetfinlayson8539]

Oh this is amazing! Now I’ve got to find a good tartan store (I’m currently living in the highlands so picking through the tourist shops and actual tartan fabric/proper kilt/belted plaid shops are going to be a bit tricky.....) and start my own Sherlock dear-stalker hat.

[@leonorerochlitz]

Bought a bit of harris tweed that cost me an arm and a leg, I'm now sticking to charity shops.

[@natalie7036]

Could you do a video talking about your career and your education?

[@julied.8277]

Great video! In future, for millinery projects that are so specialized, it might help to start with a modern pattern for the crown shape and go from there for historical accuracy. I wish you luck in completing your outfit. It's great so far!

[@guineapiggirl400]

Whom would dislike this? What a wonderful and unique take on a deerstalker for lady sherlock! Ms Bernadette i would love to see you take on more vintage headwear! I love your videos!

[@DAYBROK3]

So I looked up deerstalker hat on google, found a hatter in London who still make deerstalkers. They are top stitched on the seams. There is also a button on the top.

[@canucknancy4257]

A wonderful surprise to wake up to on this blustery, winter-storm-warning Saturday morn: a new video from the lovely Bernadette. My husband and I both enjoyed watching how you put your deerstalker hat together. After checking out the one that he has in his own eclectic hat collection, he declared yours to be marvelous and an excellently made topper to adorn your Lady Sherlock. Thanks again for sharing with us. Take care and stay well.

[@hopper1]

I may be able to help with the coin thing. It was (or maybe still is) common to place coins on top of a keel block and then lay the keel of a new ship upon those coins. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the practice was followed for other creative enterprises.

[@sophiamuzyczuk8902]

That's interesting. Old English pennies and half pennies were much larger than modern pennies so maybe a different kind of coin was used for hats

[@blowitoutyourcunt7675]

@@sophiamuzyczuk8902 I saw my grandmother use quarters for us kids and half dollars for adult hats!

[@m.maclellan7147]

I did have a question about that coin as Bernadette lives in N.Y.C. That is not a U.S.A. coin ! It it British ?!

[@kariechaos5382]

@@m.maclellan7147 Probably. She jaunts back and forth betwixt England and New York fairly frequently for things. So it seems likely that she'd have a smattering of British coinage on her person at home.

[@leahdenneny1211]

After watching this, I really really want a ‘funny little hat’ for myself

[@kiuakakirstine8257]

I just love that you share all the flaws (if I can call all the mock ups flaws?)... trying something out isn't the "thing" most places today. Everything wasn't better a hundred years ago, but you make it look so much comfier! We buy, use and throw away so many things without giving them one thought of how they were made and how much time people put into making them. 💕🌸

[@lachimiste1]

There is something just so satisfying about hearing modern turns of phrase stuffed into 19th-century delivery. I particularly enjoyed the applications of “am I right?” and “make this hat a thing.” Also: The game is a (presser) foot!

[@kitdubhran2968]

My roommate upon hearing this video: "I sort of have no idea of what I'm doing here is how I begin all of my projects." 😂 Silk lining on waistcoats makes sense for the same reason vests nowadays have silk lining and silk back. It's a lot easier to slip a silk-lined waistcoat over a long sleeved shirt and get it into place if the material inside it slides across other materials more easily.

[@daniel_is_messy]

To help you sew the 6-piece cap, i’d sugest first sewing 3 and 3 triangles together and then sewing the half spheres together to make the point where the tops intersect smoother and less prone to warpping. Also before connecting the ”half spheres” iron them to open the seams to ensure an nicer finish. (Sorry if my english especially sewing terms are not correct. English isn’t my native tongue)

[@loki594]

all this fussing and fiddling over the geometry of the hat is exactly the kind of stuff that i'm good at... it makes me wish that we were friends so i could've given you nudges and tips along the way!!! when you're making round things, it's kind of about eyeballing circle geometry. looking at how it's been pinched around 9:30, it seems that you made the top points of your orange wedges too wide -- you can see the edge of the seam allowance makes a sort of (| shape (this is also why taking a section out entirely worked so well! your angle at the top was closer to a circle divided by 5 than a circle divided by 6!) if you think of a circle at the top of the head, it needs to be cut like a pizza, then the lines continue out and curve into the dome shape so that it hugs the head. so if you ever need to make another domed hat in the future, try to start with a little coin and pizza-cut it into the number of pieces you need! that will tell you how the tippy-top needs to be shaped. i desperately hope i've said this in a coherent way, i'm better at showing with my hands than with my words. :') but i'm absolute rubbish at math and numbers, and starting with the circles has never failed me.

[@blowitoutyourcunt7675]

Brilliant!

[@shoubidou-bah3175]

Great advice :)

[@MelEgger]

Thanks a lot! I will keep that in mind and try it bc I plan to make myself a deerstalker hat 😁

[@froggdoggs8551]

Lol nerd :)

[@okirue]

I've been following you for too short to say it, but this is the first time me seeing you using a technique I can recognize (plus learning the english term for that is terrific). What is called "basting stitching" in english, we call "imbastitura" in italiano, which is amazingly similar and easy to remember 💕

[@georgiahume8404]

Hello, I'd like you to know you're my go-to girl for 2am still-of-the-night youtube goodness

[@marys.9367]

I watched this video this morning, and this afternoon I started to sew my own version of this hat (albeit in a much less serious-looking blue-purple fabric). It's going rather well! Many thanks, Bernadette, for this wonderful video!

[@mouseluva]

I am currently in the habit of saving my mending/alterations specifically for while watching your videos and doing a lot more by hand so I can do that! You're an inspiration and I love sewing with you.

[@98Clank98]

I'd bought myself a denim jacket about a month ago and sliced the sleeves off-been wanting to do it for a while. Of course, doing that meant the jacket's lining came loose from the actual denim, and I'd been procrastinating sewing it back in ever since. Idk why, but watching these videos reminded me that not only was the process of sitting and sewing it gonna be pretty relaxing, but it was gonna get easier the more I worked which is really reassuring. So, here I am, sitting down and about to start work on that. Thanks Bernadette!

[@AlienBunnyRabbit]

Your videos are just delightful! I crochet, but I'm wanting to learn sewing, knitting and crewel embroidery. It's always so nice to find someone with such a passion for her work!

[@brierobb9879]

Future fitted hat shaping... pull a nylon stocking over your head, use masking tape to construct the form right on your head. Pull it off, powder the inside... place on wig stand to draw seams, fold and cut for desired pattern pieces.

[@blowitoutyourcunt7675]

I learn how to make corsets basically the same way with a duct tape dress form, slice it off and you now have your pattern pieces!

[@jessiesherr4963]

I think the issue with the pattern that caused the buckling on top was that the segments were too wide at the top. Since there are six, they shouldn't be bigger than a 60 degree angle when they come to a point because together that would make it more than a circle.

[@jeflarremore7170]

Holy crap! You made a button! So much detail. This is so impressive.

[@annastraub2318]

Absolutely wonderful, but i would have loved to see a quick 'wearing-it' sneak preview 🤭

[@Nevir202]

Same

[@ArtsyCupcake]

Anna Straub Me too!! 😍

[@PestoPasta666]

It was in her instagram story the day this was uploaded and I can assure you, what a lovely piece it was 😍😍

[@annastraub2318]

Oh, I'm not on instagram. But i am confident she will show it on KZbin to, one day :)

[@PestoPasta666]

@@annastraub2318 I'm sure Bernadette cannot hold back on showing it worn before the whole costume is finished 😄

[@CamthalionSpirit]

I can barely put a button back on a shirt much less make entire clothes. But let me say: I am COMPLETELY enthralled with you and your experiments. Absolutely wonderful!! Plus it doesn’t hurt that you are just a lovely person it seems.

[@roninelenion4805]

I'm currently making a deerstalker hat, and this video has been such a huge help, especially in the drafting process. It's not quite finished, yet, but I wouldn't have gotten this far without this video.

[@mf4376]

Mid-19th century garments and accessories were very often lined with brown fabric (specifically brown glazed cotton.) Not sure about silk lining colors though

[@mint4876]

I love the satisfaction of seeing a piece come together at the end of a video, but I'm always a little sad too because I always want to watch more of your videos, but I've seen them all already

[@mint4876]

Big hooray for that!

[@mellieemerton3080]

I like that you don’t give up. And I’m in awe of your skills

[@jaycosgrove9765]

As an English person and a Sherlock Holmes fan, this is a fantastic hat. Also, you are encouraging me to hand sew a lot more than I do, which is that I don't do it very often if at all. Great video and tutorial. Thank you.

[@Pur9leRain]

"Live your life" ~ that's now my favourite saying.

[@missmatti]

It turned out sooo goood! I almost want to make one too now. I got some very similar fabric in Soho, London for a blazer. But I have so much excess fabric as they didn't have much left so I bought all of it. I am thinking of making a skirt to go with it - but I am sure I will have enough for a hat too.

[@bur1t0]

The copper of the penny will stain things green if it gets wet... speaking from experience.

[@audreyvann5336]

There's probably not much copper these days anyway.

[@brittany45]

Fear not. Since 1982, American pennies have been mostly zinc- 97.5% zinc to 2.5% copper (which means, if one wishes to be pedantic, pennies are copper-plated zinc, *not* copper *and* zinc. A small distinction but a distinction nevertheless.)

[@katherineshideouslaughter]

@@brittany45 sorry to be nitpicky but she's used a British penny (probably the most common design to see nowadays), don't know the metal content of one of them though

[@Sezbet1]

Covers and Choreo if it’s post 1992 then it’s just copper plated steel, the decimalised penny before that was 97% copper....why do you guys call them pennies...aren’t they cents?

[@katherineshideouslaughter]

@@Sezbet1 Nope it's a (fairly recent by the looks of it) 1 pence piece (1p). 100 pennies are 1 pound (£1) and a pound is basically equivalent to a dollar (depending on exchange rates), we have pound shops. The coins are simple (they used to be hideously complicated the current system was introduced some time in the mid 1900s). The smallest value coin is 1p (traditionally copper) then 2p (around double the diameter, also copper) then 5p (slightly smaller than a 1p, some sort of silver coloured material), 10p (slightly smaller than a 2p, same material as 5p), 20p (7 sided, silver coloured, slightly larger than 1p), 50p (roughly same size as 2p but 7 sided), £1 (thicker coin, not quite circular, looks circular as the edges get worn, roughly size of 10p, silver coloured centre, gold coloured ring around outside, design changed a few years ago they no longer accept old £1 coins), £2 (same colours as a £1, I don't have one to reference the size, but bigger than a £1). Our coins are designed so that a blind person could easily count out money correctly without someone telling them what the coins were. We have 4 notes (only 3 widely used) £5 (green, fiver, sometimes known as a Godiva, rhyming slang and I believe lady Godiva was on one once), £10 (orange, currently has Jane Austen on the back, tenner), £20 (purple, just a twenty), £50 (not many places accept them, so they're rare, don't think I've ever seen one in person tbh, red). Recently they've been changing the famous people on the backs of them. Darwin and Charles Dickens were one the £5 and £10 before (can't remember which way around) Alan Turing is going to be on one of them, can't remember who the other people are, I can only recall Jane Austen because I happen to have a £10 note. The European currency has cents (similar system to the UK, just different colours and it confuses me every time), but the UK opted out of it under Blair (arranged under Major in the 1990s).

[@Moodas4]

Great video! Can't wait to see lady Sherlock!

[@conspiracydawg7196]

I'm super amateur at sewing, I've just done a few quick trashy capes and shirts and whatever, but it's incredibly relieving to me to watch these videos and see you fumbling and going AAAAA when something unexpected happens. Like... if it happens to you, too, it must be okay in some form.

[@rosieanox7557]

Usually I don’t pay attention to ads but June’s Journey is genuinely fun!

[@teavann-stribling5888]

I made one! First try i have used a flannel and medium weight interfacing as that is what I had on hand, but it is so cute!

[@JohnBloggart]

For the pattern couldn’t you have used one for a six panel baseball cap?

[@ellieeverlasting6188]

The hat is lovely. It turned out well.

[@TreyNitrotoluene]

@Bernadette Banner, draw a circle and divide it into 6 sections. use that as the pattern for the peak of the pattern piece. The extra will be taken out.

[@sarcasticserpent]

I love your attention to details so much, it calms me but at the same time motivates me to strive for perfection myself. Thank you!

[@sournana6788]

Your sewing machine is absolutely beautiful and satisfying.

[@raym4064]

the trading fabric for little pieces of each other in costume form is adorable and also costume easter egg? 11/10 please do again

[@TheElvire96]

I'm always astonished at how well everything you make turns out ! Great job !

[@lacrosseman02]

Love love love love love love love love love love this.

[@JoanHolloway1931]

‘... so they look a bit less like garbage’ 😂

[@Ari-kv3ci]

Someone: *needs a penny* Bernadette: I got you fam

[@Mystakaphoros]

*chuckle*

[@TheMrsmoore26]

Was super excited to start my busy day off of my normal job with your video! I have bought a whole bolt of green felted cotton that I plan to make a jacket and deer stalker hat from. I will be making my own buckram today for that. Have you considered making your own. My grandmother told me that most tailors made their own buckram linings.

[@ninnyknots6246]

I love the little cardies you wear, this dark red and, I think, a dark green ( my old school colours). Did you make them yourself, and if so, what kind of fabric are they? That aside I reckon I'm going to try and make a "Sherlock" for windy winters to protect against my tinnitus plagued ears. Great stuff! Afterthought! The base of the hat seems to be a larger version of a Jewish Kippur. There may be patterns online to have adapted? Brexit means Br-exit! ✌

[@Poppy-]

My exact thought that it look like a kippah. Sephardi ones are actually larger and fiting most of the heah compared to Ashkenazi ones that only crown the head.

[@HellraizerKaizerin]

Regarding coins in clothing: A woman once told me she inherited a bunad (Norwegian national costume) which, when opened for altering, revealed to have COINS in the lining of the cape for added weight. I love the idea of using them for buttons like you do - it's like a little secret or a good luck charm!

[@danielletdg8423]

As I go back through your videos I am getting more and more inspired to start hamd stitching. It's so calming to watch you hand felling. 🙂❤

[@TotalMayham]

I spend way too much time watching and rewatching this. I love this so much

[@melodywunschel3967]

Even though I don’t do the sewing that you do. I do, do counted cross stitch. Which I had put down for more the fifteen years. Watching you work on your different projects has spurred me start working on a project that has been lying around for far to long. So thank you.

[@celineq7019]

Can I afford to buy more wool? No. Do I want more now? Yes. (Watching this whilst hand-stitching up a toile at midnight - I love the narration!)

[@clarah9217]

So happy for you that you had a sponsored deal!

[@elizlindsey164]

I love how you are placing a modern stamp of history in the button

[@alibabafurball]

You can't have the game a foot if you don't have the right feet... lol. How is it going on trying to find what attachment set you need? You might be able to get the thick wool under the presser foot with adjusting the presser foot bar adjustment screw on the top. I can set you up with a proper manual if you need one as well, either generic vs, vs2/vs3 manual from both england or northamerica.

[@blakesby]

Hatter here, primarily blocked felt and straw, but recently I've been dabbling in cut+sewn/flat pattern caps and headwear. Must say, a few small details in this helped give me a few ideas, some clarity in approach, and just generally great inspiration as usual. Thanks so much!

[@aerolb]

Yay! Love the hat and keep up the good work! It's incredible how you draft the pattern from scratch.

[@louiselill1528]

You have done a magnificent job . Can't wait to see the finished garments

[@FennecTheRabbit]

I need you to know that your line about showing up in a little yellow frock but with the deerstalker hat made me laugh. There is a story as to why this is extra funny to me, my child psychology professor was talking about gender roles, and had us all imagine our most masculine professor (mine looked and dressed like Mr. Clean for context) showing up in a frilly yellow Easter dress to class. That mental image is burned into my mind forever and I can't hear anything about yellow dresses without that popping into my head.

[@doro8856]

Bernadette: Your attention to detail is magnificent. I envy your patience. Mine's all gone. : ( Thanks for posting this.

[@ivanavarjacic9793]

I'm your fan, surely. I'm moving into own sewing and creating world, writing blogs, recording you tube videos ... and your movies are inspiration to me. Thank you! Hello from Croatia :-) .

[@JosieAreSee]

It was really nice to see bits of the process in other videos. Getting to see it in its totality is great. Thanks for sharing your process! ♥️

[@veganbean2552]

Absolutely beautiful. Complete work of art.

[@hannnah8737]

Yay! Once again i am early! your videos are so inspiring and informative and have made me want to start sewing. Thank you for making your videos.

[@ksaunders4362]

I love watching these videos - it's so calming. I was having a really bad day and then this video popped up in my subscriptions and it's like I instantly felt better. I recently made waistcoats for my sons, and silk or satin is recommended for the back piece. The brown would make a great waistcoat back. You can use it for lining the front pieces but, depending on what you fabric use for them, you may need to add a facing in a heavier fabric to give the buttons and buttonholes stability. The basic deerstalker, without the flaps and brim, is pretty much identical to a pattern for a bucket hat that I made for my oldest son when he was about three. You may have had an easier time if you'd found a adult sized bucket hat pattern and just modified it, but I suppose it's a bit late now. Do you plan on doing anything really strenuous in the hat? That ivory looks gorgeous - I'd just be worried about sweat stains.

[@cynthiabasil8356]

Your hat looks great. The struggle is real! I have felt that pain when trying to make hats. Some one needs to make a plaster casting & molding of your head. It's not a one person project. Then your millinery endeavors will be so much easier.

[@blowitoutyourcunt7675]

Pantyhose and duct tape is far less messy ;)

[@MilDarkAngel]

I thought i was the only one who resued the basting stich thread haha So happy to finally see Lady Sherlok come to life!

[@sarahlongshore2605]

I love the way you solve your problems with this hat!! That's the way I would do it too. I am not one to use math to fix it. Beautiful job!!! You are so inspiring! !

[@maureenkelly738]

You are such a pleasure to watch. I admire the almost purity of your creations. I am very pleased that I stumbled upon your channel.

[@alliehartom5978]

I am genetically incapable of making garments, I'm a quilter, but I can't stop watching your gorgeous videos. You embody the gentle domestic arts.

[@maryswift6014]

I saved this video to enjoy when I could do so without interruption or distraction, and enjoy is what I did!

[@krissykriss328]

This is pure GOLD for those of us who are seamstresses! Thank you BB!!!💗🏆👑

[@nathancha834]

As a classically trained hat maker, this is so interesting to watch ! Gorgeous result, of course (: When working with buckram (in the way I was trained we wet it and block it onto the hat moulds), it might be advisable to steer clear of rain. I'm only familiar with the European variety of buckram (imported from England), so I can't speak much on all types I guess. But the ones we used were susceptible to get sticky/bendy when moistened/wet. Just a heads-up for anyone maybe finding this info helpful (:

[@cedarwriter26]

Watching your video several times over helped me look at a cloche hat picture and reverse engineer it. It won't be as precise as your hat, for certain, since I'm eyeballing and sculpting it as I go, but you helped me understand the layers and shapes of pieces and getting it together.

[@astridafklinteberg298]

I love the dynamic duo of you and Noelle!

[@SeanMcGuire92]

When you cut the stiffeners for the flaps and brim, what did you call it when it’s cut with no seam allowance? “Net?” “Gnat?” “Niet?” I’ve never heard of there being a technical term for that, but I think that’s a great little educational tidbit! I could quite catch the word you said, though. I learn at least one new thing in all of your videos, by the way. Educating folks may not be why you make these wonderful videos, but we certainly can pick up things by watching your techniques and absorbing your wonderful research!