Button Doll Hats 4 U to make 4 UR BFF or Birthday gifts

Here is my button doll prior to getting her new hat. I same to find myself using cups, plates or glasses to get a good circle rather than using a compass. I have found a glass measuring 3 1/2 inches but liked a drinking glass that measures 3 3/4 inches. So I circled the glass and cut out the darn thing out of interfacing. I tried using a quarter (the 25 cents thing) for a place for its head to fit though the center. I found that size to small so I cut the hole a bit bigger. See the pic. Check it out to see if you like the way it fits, does it cover the face? Or does it fall down past the face.

If it doesn't fit don't use it, start over. Now if you are doing a hat for a larger doll, start with brown paper or card stock and wrap a piece of string to measure to little cuties head. This will be your judge of the size of the plate you will use to make your circle for a hat. Use the string to measure the center of the hat to gauge the hole needed to fit the dolly head.





I cut three circles for the top, middle, and the underside of the hat. If you have matching fabric that is great but if not go with plain fabric that blends with the dolls dress. I used white felt for the bottom, interfacing and black quilting fabric. I glued the three together with white glue, but it didn't glue very well, so I hot glued the thing together. I cut around the outside so the three pieces match. I also ran around a black marker to cover up the white interfacing in the middle. Now is the fun stuff. I twisted up the front of the hat and started adding all the stuff that makes the hat interesting.