Sew a Where the Wild Things Are hat + pattern!

Step 15 Insert the ears!

Either use the placement I've given, or choose your own by putting the hat on the moving the ears around until you like where they are.

If you choose my ear placement, simply fold and cut away the space where the line is on the pattern, and lay that over the finished hat and mark on both sides. Try to use an air erasable or water soluble marking pen, or mark on the inside of the hat.

Once you have the lines marked (they should match the width of your ears) fold the hat so that you can snip on the line and get through both layers of fabric.

Once you have a clean hole in the hat, insert the ears bottom first from the right side of the fabric, and hand sew them in between all the layers on the inside of the hat.

Push any extra wire back inside the ears.

Comments

[charhull]

I'm incredibly confused. :/ Do I pinch the layers down and together and sew the ears on that way?  Or do I leave the top layer out?  How do I make sure they aren't floppy?  I think I'm definitely missing something.

[jessyratfink]

 insert the ears through the hole so that they're sticking out on the right side, and so that there's about 1/4-1/2 inch of the bottom of the ear sticking through the slit on the wrong side (inside) of the hat.

You're going to kinda squeeze the inner and outer layer of the hat along with the top layers of the ear together and sew through all of them, making sure you're sewing the wires in place. 

The wire and the two layers of hat will keep the ears from being floppy as long as they're sewed in snugly. :)