How to Make a Custom Wizard Hat

lets move out of the shop and into the sewing room for this project as I show you how to make a custom wizard hat from scratch. This project does require sewing skills but nothing too hard, and if you don't have a sewing machine you could also do it all by hand.

Music:
Motel Elevator , Chill LoFi Study Beat

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[elcatrinc]

I CAN FINALLY DRESS PROPERLY WHEN HOING TO THE LIBRARY

[baronmunchausen]

For anybody making this, you need 2 yards of fabric instead of the 1 yard as stated. There is no way to fit the 2 circles and the cone with the measurements as given in 1 yard of fabric.

[AzraelThanatos]

Just as a note, with your initial circle, the reason you ended up with a larger diameter is because of how you were using the pen part of it. Your lengths were with the marker vertical, but you used it at an angle

[darthazgorath]

If i could make a suggestion, remember, it's a hat, it's supposed to act like a portable roof. As such, the brim to cone connection could be a little more effective of overlapped instead of how it's shown. As such, a ribbon or separate peace of material wrapped around to hide the seam and it may be more effective in the rain.

[beckdavis]

this is phenomenal. straight up. I keep seeing these on etsy etc. for like $80 CAD. I can't wait to make my own hat! much more worth the cost when its handmade. Keep up the great work!

[andreamunoz]

This video has over 130k views... pretty sure 10k of them was from me rewinding and rewatching as I sew XD
Great video!!! Thanks so much!!! I'm making 2 of these hats and so far they are turning out great. Thanks so much again!!!

[laurenbass]

I made this! I have very little sewing experience- I would say this is a beginner/intermediate level project where a bit of prior experience is necessary, but nothing here is too advanced I couldn't make it! The measurement adjustment was the hardest part for me- my boyfriend typically wears a hat size XXL and despite adjusting it up a couple inches, between seam sewing and hand sewing the brim/cone seam shut for appearances, it got a bit small. My brim also ended up a bit short and not as angled. The sinch seam was surprisingly easy and made such a cool effect! took it from pointy cone to 1000% a wizard hat. Only complaint is that I wasn't sure how to sew in the cap to hold in the filling- attaching it to the brim/cone seam made it way less hollow and unable to sit on a head. Ended up attaching part of the flap to my sinch seam. Good tutorial!

[maxxieuwu]

Thank you so much for this tutorial, its very easy to understand for someone who's got little to no sewing skills

[JohanKristoffer]

Love this. Perfect for my grandpa, Gandalf.

[kirbyourenthusiasm]

My 13yo wants to be a sorceress for Halloween this year and this hat was perfect. I didn’t make it quite so pointy at the end and I only very loosely stuffed it. I also used Peltex 70 ultra firm stabilizer instead of batting because I bought supplies before finding this tutorial so it’s what I had on hand. You did a nice job explaining the steps and my daughter is thrilled with the finished product. Thank you!!

[erina]

couldn't you have sewn the batting in before you flipped it inside out that way you wouldn't have to sew the circumference seam twice?

[abysss]

Wow these turned out so nice! Bought 2 yards and made lining out of felt also. Got 1 adult and 2 child hats. I did add a wired edge to liner for stiffness and shortened cone a big for McGonagall hat.. wish I could add photo, tirned out excellent!

[stevelapierre]

HEY CALEB, ... YOU ARE A WIZARD, LOVE THIS HAT.. YEARS AGO, MADE A MCGONAGALL HAT FOR MY EX'S FRIEND AT WORK, JUST BY THE VIDEO AND MEMORY, BUT YOUR IS NICE, AND I USE A WIRE AROUND BRIM.. BUT YOURS IS NICE AND SIMPLE... WELL DONE.. NOW THANKS HAVE ANOTHER TO GO WITH THE STAFF..!!!

[Moood]

Honestly this tutorial was the best. It really helped me figure out how to get my sorcerer’s apprentice hat done

[peglamphier]

Thanks! I made this with purple felt for my witchcraft lectures (I'm a Hist. Prof) and it was great. Also, your brim technique is superior (i.e. easier, while still making a good brim) to others for making bucket hats, so I'm going to try that. What a great video!

[tommygrainger]

Good day Sir! I wanted to applaud and thank you for this fine video. I have just finished construction of my Gandalf hat, after using your step by step tutorial, and am thrilled with the result. Very good of you to post this, and I am sure that many more people will succeed in making their own wizard's hat. Thank you once more!

[cirihtt]

Really nice tutorial, I wish there was a way to make a weathered effect on the edges despite the stuffing

[seanmcgcostumes]

Oh, this is fantastic! I’m making a more historically accurate-ish medieval Sorcerer Mickey cosplay and I’ve been really struggling over how to design the hat and go about making it. This addressed most of my questions and concerns about it! I’ll definitely be trying this out. 😃

[tytoalba]

So for a more poseable point add a line of wire to the inside with the polyfill and you won't need to sinch pin.

[pixystixnfairycrack]

If you use white or a lighter shade of felt you can use dyes to custom color it =) Great tutorial, thank you.