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[Janeru-Chan]

Hi i'm cosplaying Norway from Axis Powers Hetalia and i was in need of some help for the hat. http://www.zerochan.net/379171

Would this pattern/instructions work for it: http://www.marthastewart.com/270781/...utonomy_kw=hat (The purple one?)

[abitmelancholic]

That template is for the blue hat on the picture. A commenter on that site said:
"Judging from the template I saw, it's for the light blue hat, which is very cute! The lavendar hat appears to be a circle that's been evenly gathered and tucked into a band that should be about the size of the wearer's head. Hope that helps! "
But Norway's doesn't look too bunched. I've made a beret using this pattern: http://www.sewmodestclothing.com/makeaberet.shtml it works well, try that maybe?

[Janeru-Chan]

Thanks :P I'll try and use that

[Darkdreamyr]

A very easy way to make Norway's hat, (and it turned out pretty well as I had others asking me for how) is to take a large dinner plate, place it on your material and cut two circles with it. Place them wrong side up and sew together. Measure the diameter of your head and use that to cut a circle out of the top (and ONLY the top!) circle. Turn inside out. Cut a long strip to use as the hat's brim, and sew it onto the right side of the hat, using the hole you made for your head. Add the white stripes first, easier to line them up correctly when flat. Then add the two tails in the back.

I used fleece for the hat so it would stand up more and it's gotten great results. ^^

[PK.love]

This is a tutorial I found for Sealand's hat, but it is the same thing basically. You just obviously need to use different colors. I played around with it once and it worked really well!

http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/t...sealandhat.png