Comments on: The “Jiffy Pop” Hat http://www.sempstress.org/2009/the-jiffy-pop-hat/ (costume & pattern geekery) Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:32:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: missa http://www.sempstress.org/2009/the-jiffy-pop-hat/comment-page-1/#comment-5270 missa Wed, 04 May 2011 02:32:31 +0000 http://www.sempstress.org/?p=2525#comment-5270 Yay for your hat! :) For keeping undersized hats on, I like a good old fashioned hat pin. The trick to them is to have enough hair (or a wig) that you can secure it through. Ideally, your hair should be pulled back and secured so the pin has something to grab that it can't slide loose from. If you don't have long enough hair to pull back, use toupee clips (get them at a beauty supply store that sells hair extensions) - they're small and clip securely. Sometimes they're not easy to get on when they're mounted on the hat, but you can attach them with little elastic loops so they're easier to work with. Use two or three, and you'll have less trouble with stray gusts of wind. You can also cheat and mount your hat on your caul.... Hope that helps! Yay for your hat! :)
For keeping undersized hats on, I like a good old fashioned hat pin. The trick to them is to have enough hair (or a wig) that you can secure it through. Ideally, your hair should be pulled back and secured so the pin has something to grab that it can’t slide loose from.
If you don’t have long enough hair to pull back, use toupee clips (get them at a beauty supply store that sells hair extensions) – they’re small and clip securely. Sometimes they’re not easy to get on when they’re mounted on the hat, but you can attach them with little elastic loops so they’re easier to work with. Use two or three, and you’ll have less trouble with stray gusts of wind.
You can also cheat and mount your hat on your caul….
Hope that helps!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.sempstress.org/2009/the-jiffy-pop-hat/comment-page-1/#comment-5269 Sarah Tue, 03 May 2011 21:01:38 +0000 http://www.sempstress.org/?p=2525#comment-5269 I've made this hat, and it's BEAUTIFUL, but there's a slight problem. I made it small because I need it to sit on top of my head/ hair-do. I've tried sewing combs to it, but the hat still flops around. Any advice on how to secure it on top of the head? Thanks! I’ve made this hat, and it’s BEAUTIFUL, but there’s a slight problem. I made it small because I need it to sit on top of my head/ hair-do. I’ve tried sewing combs to it, but the hat still flops around. Any advice on how to secure it on top of the head? Thanks!

]]> By: missa http://www.sempstress.org/2009/the-jiffy-pop-hat/comment-page-1/#comment-4215 missa Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:15:52 +0000 http://www.sempstress.org/?p=2525#comment-4215 Felt. Plain old, super cheap, not-a-natural-fiber-in-it (unless the cat happens to nap on it) craft felt. I use craft felt when I'm doing mockups for things that will ultimately be given a medium-stiff interlining (midweight fusible pellon or something of that ilk), or will be made of midweight leather. It's got the right drape and working properties, and it's super-cheaps. You can actually use it for an interlining, but I wouldn't recommend it for the crown of a hat you'll wear in the summer. (The brim, on the other hand....) To get the right stiffening power, while maintaining breathability, you can use 2-5 layers of heavy tulle netting (the itchy stuff with the big holes, not the shimmery soft stuff with the itty bitty holes). In a perfect world, you'll take the time to stitch them together - machine stitching in a 1" grid pattern works well. Felt. Plain old, super cheap, not-a-natural-fiber-in-it (unless the cat happens to nap on it) craft felt.
I use craft felt when I’m doing mockups for things that will ultimately be given a medium-stiff interlining (midweight fusible pellon or something of that ilk), or will be made of midweight leather. It’s got the right drape and working properties, and it’s super-cheaps. You can actually use it for an interlining, but I wouldn’t recommend it for the crown of a hat you’ll wear in the summer. (The brim, on the other hand….)
To get the right stiffening power, while maintaining breathability, you can use 2-5 layers of heavy tulle netting (the itchy stuff with the big holes, not the shimmery soft stuff with the itty bitty holes). In a perfect world, you’ll take the time to stitch them together – machine stitching in a 1″ grid pattern works well.

]]> By: Gia http://www.sempstress.org/2009/the-jiffy-pop-hat/comment-page-1/#comment-4214 Gia Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:42:11 +0000 http://www.sempstress.org/?p=2525#comment-4214 What kind of fabric is that? It looks so sproingy! What kind of fabric is that? It looks so sproingy!

]]> By: missa http://www.sempstress.org/2009/the-jiffy-pop-hat/comment-page-1/#comment-3595 missa Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:15:08 +0000 http://www.sempstress.org/?p=2525#comment-3595 Hi, Mary - I did rather leave that bit out, didn't I? The crown on this one is a little more that twice the brim, you're right. If I recall, I was using a 1.5" finished brim measurement, and I added 2" to the brim pattern, measured out from the seam allowance. It was as large an oval as I could get out of the piece of felt I had available. It you're worried about how the finished hat will look, get some cheapy craft felt and make a mockup of the crown. Make up the finished brim for your hat, and tack the mockup crown on with some big stitches, or even some safety pins (important: do not use straight pins on something that's going on your head - they get stuck in your hair). The crown is the fastest part to make, and doing a quick mockup of part of the pattern you're unsure of is a really good investment of both time and money. (Taking a finished hat apart is a PIA.) Hi, Mary – I did rather leave that bit out, didn’t I? The crown on this one is a little more that twice the brim, you’re right. If I recall, I was using a 1.5″ finished brim measurement, and I added 2″ to the brim pattern, measured out from the seam allowance. It was as large an oval as I could get out of the piece of felt I had available.
It you’re worried about how the finished hat will look, get some cheapy craft felt and make a mockup of the crown. Make up the finished brim for your hat, and tack the mockup crown on with some big stitches, or even some safety pins (important: do not use straight pins on something that’s going on your head – they get stuck in your hair). The crown is the fastest part to make, and doing a quick mockup of part of the pattern you’re unsure of is a really good investment of both time and money. (Taking a finished hat apart is a PIA.)

]]> By: Mary http://www.sempstress.org/2009/the-jiffy-pop-hat/comment-page-1/#comment-3594 Mary Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:04:03 +0000 http://www.sempstress.org/?p=2525#comment-3594 Hi, the hat looks awesome, and I am very excited to try it. I just have one question, how do you know how big to cut the oval for the crown of the hat? Is it twice the brim width added to the standard brim pattern (like in some of the others), or some other increment? Because of it's height, this brim looks like it is more than twice the brim, but from the pictures I cannot tell exactly how much more. Can you please clarify? BTW, I love your site! Hi, the hat looks awesome, and I am very excited to try it. I just have one question, how do you know how big to cut the oval for the crown of the hat?

Is it twice the brim width added to the standard brim pattern (like in some of the others), or some other increment? Because of it’s height, this brim looks like it is more than twice the brim, but from the pictures I cannot tell exactly how much more. Can you please clarify?

BTW, I love your site!

]]> By: jen thompson http://www.sempstress.org/2009/the-jiffy-pop-hat/comment-page-1/#comment-150 jen thompson Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:37:03 +0000 http://www.sempstress.org/?p=2525#comment-150 Great tutorial! I SO love my own jiffy pop hat, and now I know how I was really supposed to construct it! ;) Great tutorial! I SO love my own jiffy pop hat, and now I know how I was really supposed to construct it! ;)

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