make a child's sleep cap from an old T-shirt

Step 5 Create the lip

this part is a little bit difficult to explain and somewhat tricky to execute.

first, with the hat inside out still, fold the lip back (again, this is about 2 1/4 inch or so).

then push the hat back right side out, folding at the line of the lip. from a cutaway view, it would look something like an 'S', but with a long tail. you are going to attach the loose top line of the 'S', which is the raw edge of the material (the edge which has not been serged) to the 2 layers at the curved bottom right part of the 'S'.  pin the layers together; the pins should be perpendicular to the fold line.

now serge along the inside of the hat. NOTE: remove the pins before they hit the cutting blade. depending on your serger, you may booger your blade, or cause 2 half pins to go flying around the room. also, you probably don't want to be cutting away material with the cutting blade anyway. if possible, fold the cutting blade up for this operation, or keep the hat just to the left of the cutting blade.

after a full revolution around the lip, pull away, serge a few inches, cut the serged tail thread, and tie it off.

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[geronimo_mego]

beautiful