Kufi-style Hat

Step 3 Attach the crown

The final step is to attach the crown. This is the only tricky part, as you're stitching a fairly curved piece to a straight one. The trick is to line it up properly and go slow.

Find, and place pins to mark, the quarter distance around both edges. For the side piece, place a pin opposite to the seam, then fold so these two points meet and place a pin at the two fold points.

For the crown, fold the piece in half along each of the two axes in turn, and pin at the folds.

Now pin the two sections together at each of the marked quarter points. The sides should be inside out (soft fabric on the outside) and the crown should be upside down.

With the hat sides underneath and the crown on top, sew along the edge on approximately the line you sewed the two sides together along. Make sure the pieces remain matched up at the pins, and be careful not to get a fold of the piece underneath caught in the stitching. You may have to make a smaller or larger seam allowance on the crown depending on how well the lengths match up, or you may have to stretch the diagonal bits a little. All of this is fine, it won't show on the outside.