Now I hot-glued these to each brim of the hat. Cut two of these from your fabric, then zig-zag, surge, or use liquid sealer around the edge to keep it from fraying. I ended up with thisĪ little blurry (must’ve been the wine), but you get the idea.
#Sherlock holmes costume trial
Trial and error, a little wine, and lots of patience. I made a pattern for the bill using craft paper, and employing the same (rather crappy) method that I did when making the pattern for the cap. I only covered the tops of the bills, leaving the underside plain brown. Once you’ve ironed it in place, sew it around, close to the fold making sure you have your ear flaps pointing up as you do.īefore you permanently add this to your hat, you will want to to first cover the bills of the hat. You may want to slip it onto the baseball caps to get an idea of how big of a hem you’ll need, but mine was about a half inch, all the way around. Now, flip the ear flaps up and iron a hem along the bottom band of the cap. It looks a little weird now, but it’ll get better. Stitch these on across the straight side, lining it up with the bottom hem of the cap. So now, I matched up these ear flaps on the outside of my pieced-together cap, lining each up with a wedge on an opposite side of the cap. If I was thinking, I would have sandwiched the tie for these into the tip of the flap, but since I didn’t, I just tacked them on in a later step. Cut out 4 of them then sew them into two sets with the straight side left open. Use the same pattern piece you used for the wedges, but cut the tup off to make it blunt-ended.
Clip seams at curves and turn it right side out. When you finish adding the sixth wedge, sew the first to the last to make a continuous ring of wedges. Start sewing the wedges together, pieces should be right sides together and sew a straight seam from tip down one side. When you sew them together, I recommend using a quarter inch seam allowance as you need for it to fit over the hat and if it is exactly the same size, you will struggle. Once you have the pattern piece in hand, cut out six of them, making sure to add a half inch seam allowance all the way around. To do this I took the piece of paper, laid it over the cap and scored along the seams with my fingernail there was a little trial and error with this method, so if you know of a better way I encourage you to use it. I made a pattern piece to match these out of craft paper. The top of the ball cap is made up of six of these put together. First thing, I made a pattern piece that matched the wedge shape that makes up the hat. Next, I covered the hat with the same fabric I had used to make the coat. I just spot-glued them around the inside band of the top hat. One you are confident of the fit, hot glue the two hats together. It should be noted that you should do this with the caps on the head of the person who will be wearing them so that you get a correct fit. Moving on.įor the hat, I started with two brown baseball caps that I puchased for a couple of dollars each from EBay.Īfter turning them back-to-back, fit one over the other. I sewed the two circles together (one for the inside of the cape, one for the outside of it), and attached it to the coat. I cut a hole in the middle big enough for his neck and collar then cut an opening all the way down the front. My fabric was 45″ so it was just a little smaller than that in diameter. To do that, I cut two big circles from my fabric, as big as I could. Once I completed the coat, I made the cape and attached it around the outside of the collar. Also, I didn’t bother putting pockets or a lining in it since it’s just a costume after all. I made the coat shown here in yellow, but without the hood and the collar instead. We will not be telling Trevor that I made his coat from a “girl’s pattern” since you know how 9 year old boys can be. I did make the coat too, but I just followed a pattern, McCall’s #M6641. I’m calling this post DIY Sherlock Holmes, but mostly it’ll be DIY Sherlock Holmes hat. I think it was the magnifying glass and the pipe that really clinched it.
I suggested Sherlock Holmes and after we looked at a few images on Google, he enthusiastically agreed. So this Halloween, Trevor, my minion from last year, said he wanted to be the world’s greatest detective.
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