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How To Make A Quick & Easy Jester Hat

This document provides instructions for making a simple two-color jester hat with three tails using fabric, thread, scissors, and optional accessories. The instructions include cutting fabric into strips, sewing strips together alternating colors, marking and sewing curved tail sections, and assembling the hat. Optional steps allow for adjusting fit with an elastic casing and decorating the tails with bells, tassels, or other items. The hat can be customized by changing tail lengths or materials.

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How To Make A Quick & Easy Jester Hat

This document provides instructions for making a simple two-color jester hat with three tails using fabric, thread, scissors, and optional accessories. The instructions include cutting fabric into strips, sewing strips together alternating colors, marking and sewing curved tail sections, and assembling the hat. Optional steps allow for adjusting fit with an elastic casing and decorating the tails with bells, tassels, or other items. The hat can be customized by changing tail lengths or materials.

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You will need the following supplies to create

a single two-color jester hat with three ‘tails’.

1 yard fabric color A


1 yard fabric color B
How to
1 Spool of thread (matching darker of 2 colors
{brim color})
Scissors
Make A
**1 yard thin elastic (optional but required for a hat
that will be used by more than one individual).
**Sewing Machine (recommended but not
Quick & Easy
necessary)
**An Iron (recommended but not necessary)
Fabric pencil or ‘Map color’ pencil (to trace pattern
JESTER Hat
onto fabric) by Vaargard Malorius
**3 bells, tassels, pompons,beads, faux gems, coins, v1.0
or ornaments to decorate the ends of the
‘tails’(optional but recommended)

Substitutions can be made at your discretion, 7) Sketch a short line parallel to the top long edge
but for purposes of this ‘how-to’, we will assume you (see grey dotted line in Fig. 2B) .
have the above materials and are making a single hat 8) Sketch an enlongated S-shaped line, rounded at the
with only two colors,with only three ‘tails’. Satiny ends (approximating red dotted line in Fig. 2B).
fabrics seem to look best for this type of hat but feel 9) Sew along the S-shaped line.
free to experiment. If you intend to make your hat out 10) Repeat steps 6 through 9 on the two remaining
of felt or similar lightweight material, universal pieces.
needles work fine. You can easily make thetails 11) Cut the excess away from the sewn pieces about
longer or shorter by changing length X (see Fig.2). 1/4” from the stitching. (Fig.2C)
You are only limited by your imagination and your 12) Take 2 of the 3 finished sections and lay them
finances! These hats are very easy to make and can
open-faced good side to good side.
compliment most garb nicely,
13) Sew one side together (Fig. 3A).
14) Spread 3rd section open-faced and sew to
1) Cut 3 pieces of fabric color A about 10” by the
exposed edges of hat (Fig. 3B).
width of the fabric. (Fig.1)
15) Try hat on for fit. If it is too loose, choose one of
2) Cut 3 pieces of fabric color B about 10” by the
the seams from 13 or 14 and sew 1/8” in from
width of the fabric.. (Fig.1)
original stitching. Repeat until hat fits snugly.
3) Lay 1 piece of fabric color A from step 1 atop one
If tails are too long, you can easily shorten them by
piece of fabric color B from step 2. (Fig.2)
redoing steps 6 through 9 with a shorter S-curve
4) Sew these together along the top (long) edge.
(length X on Fig.2).
(Fig.2A)
16) turn edge of hat & fold 1/2” of fabric back. Sew
5) Repeat step 3 & 4 with the remaining pieces of
1/4” from edge of fold.
fabric. When you are done, you should have three
** This forms the casing for elastic band. If you
pieces composed of two colors sewn along one
choose to use it, insert elastic before finishing
long edge.
seam.
** Make sure all sewing in steps 6 through 9 are
17) Turn the finished hat ‘right side out’.
done with the same color material ‘up’ so that the
18) Affix bells, tassels, pom-pons, etc. (or all the
colors will alternate in the finished hat.**
above if you wish) to the ends of the ‘tails’).
6) Measure 4 1/2” from the left short edge. Mark a
19) Go out to the park and show off your new garb!
vertical line approximately 5” tall 4 1/2” from the
Wear your new hat proudly and have fun!
left edge(Fig 2B).
Flue color band; cut 3 of color 1

10"

24"
Flue color band; cut 3 of color 2

Figure 1: Top hat parts.

Length of Tail from top of head (length X)

B
5"

4 1/2"
(Or head measurement
divided by 6 + 1/2" for
seam allowance)

Figure 2: Sewing hat parts.


A

Figure 3: Sewing hat sections.


(inset left: long-tailed tri-color satin jester hat with bells)
(inset right: short-tailed bi-color felt jester hat with bells)

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