How Do Make A Slouch/bush Hat?

[Northmount]

I was watching the video Nothmount put up again and noticed something about the pattern. The brim size would be 4 inches in the front and back but the sides would only be 2 3/4 on each side? Is that normal for a hat to have a smaller brim on the sides then the front and back? John

I'd use the pattern from bushcraft just above your last post. It looks better and gets rid of the seam down the front.

I just took a look at the corrected pattern near the end of the video. The brim is the same width all around. See the frame grabbed here

Tom

[johnggrg]

Well I am not good at making my own patterns and the one video is in cm. So I think what I am going to do is use the Tandy mavrick pattern;s brim and use the altered crown and top from the bush hat. That one is my size anyway. So the two should go together. I guess no one here has ever made the Mavrick hat before. I figured someone would show a picture of one they made. Oh well. Thanks anyway. John

[Madadh]

I made a very simple bush hat using the following steps.

1. Measure your head and on a large cardbord cut a cirlce the size of your head.

2. Cut a second circle 3.5 to 4 inches arround your first circle.

3. Cut a 4 inch wide strip 2 inches longer than your head size.

4. Sew together -- I didn't skive the sides and it worked well for me.

I sewed the crown part inside out like the video above and then sew to the brim. The last thing I sew is the strip ends in the back of the hat. With it being 2" larger than your head size just cut it to make it fit.

5. Dye hat to desired color

6. Finish using a good water sealant.

Hope that helps.

[johnggrg]

Thank you for the reply Madadh. For the brim I was going to use the brim from the Tandy Maverick style hat. The pattern was free over on the patterns and templates section. It has premarked sizes in it. An then I will go from there. John