The Chicken Hat

Inspired in part by Jessyratfinks's where the wild things are wolf costume hat (http://www.instructables.com/id/Sew-a-Where-the-Wild-Things-Are-hat-pattern/), and the comic strip Ozy and Millie, I decided tis the season for hat making.

 

 

 

 

Step 1 Pattern Making

To make the hat look its best, I decided to plan it all out on paper first, down to cutting out the pieces out of paper first for easy assembly.

After carefully planning out the dimensions on paper, I started by making a quarter of the inside of the noggin covering part of the hat.

After that, I realized that paper doesn't like to be bent into a three dimensional shape. To assist that, I made instead a foam dummy of the shape of the hat as a physical pattern.

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Chelicerata]

You Sir are a genius!

[Bigev]

I'm glad you think so!

[knex_mepalm]

If my brain ever gets eaten the chicken will lay me another one...I hope.

[Kryptonite]

"I'm sorry, I was too busy looking at the chicken to listen to what you were saying."

Nice job! I like the look of the end result, well done!

[=SMART=]

Awesome,  like the idea of using foam to get the shape, much easier than stuffing it with cotton !

[Bigev]

Well, I did stuff it with poly fill. The foam was only to get the shape during sewing.

 

[Goodhart]

Just so your "perfectly placed poultry" is not trying to hatch it's perch ;-) 

 

[SWV1787]

I could only hope that it stays on while skiing and snowboarding... the ski resorts are the place for weird hads

[Warlrosity]

I must posess it! BWA HA HA HA, Nah cerealy though nice work

[Sunbanks]

OH. MY. GOODNESS.
This hat is so badass! I so want one!