After last October when I posted my friend Sarah’s How to Make Your Very Own Fabulous Witch Hat, I made my own witch hat with fabric and craft remnants for my Loblolly Pine Witch costume. I had so much fun with it, I had to make more, and decided I’d make one for each season! Here’s how I made my summer witch hat, inspired by one my my favorite Texas vineyards. I’ve also shared a free downloadable pattern of my witch hats at the end of this post.
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Becker Vineyards in Fredericksburg, Texas 
This will be my fourth botanical witch costume in a series of four seasons, all inspired by plants found in the Houston area or in my favorite places in Texas. My plan for the summer witch costume is a Viognier grapevine dress, and I chose lavender to adorn the hat for a lovely pop of color. Becker Vineyards in Fredericksburg, Texas has a huge lavender farm on property, and I would love to attend their lavender festival next year.
[Related: Costuming a Loblolly Pine Witch and Making My Holly Witch Hat]
Materials Shopping List
This project used cork fabric, scrap fabric in a contrasting dark brown, a mid-19th century reproduction buckle, and faux lavender. I kept it very simple this season!
Cork fabric, Taupe (1 yard): Belagio Cork Fabric Plain, Fabric by the Yard
16 gauge wire: Beadsmith 16 Gauge Tarnish Resistant Copper Wire, 7.3m/8 yd, Gold
Buckle: from SignoftheGrayHorse on Etsy
This hat went together super fast! I mean, it is my fourth witch hat, but it is relatively simple.
In the original witch hat post, Sarah followed a YouTube video for the cutting and construction of her hat. I’ve made mine slightly different, from a pattern that I made and is posted below. Here’s how I constructed mine:
- In this case I cut two cones (cork, thick interfacing) and three circles (cork, interfacing, contrast fabric) from the pattern. I ironed the interfacing to the inside of the cork cone and wrong side of the contrast fabric.
- I removed and discarded the inner circle on both cork and contrast circle pieces.
- With right sides together, I stitched the cone at the back seam and turned the cone right side out.
- Then with right sides together I stitched the two circles (top and bottom) together along the outside circumference, and turned the brim right sides out.
- To keep the hat from being too floppy, I inserted craft wire along the edge of the brim between the two circles and zigzag stitched it in place.
- Then I pinned the cone to the brim and stitched the two together. The seam allowance can be folded up into the cone, so it’s okay if it looks messy on the inside.
- Trim! I made a hat band with scraps and slid the buckle in place. Then I cut some lavender sprigs and shoved them into the band, hot glued them in place when I was happy with their placement.
My plans for making a witch costume for each season got derailed by deaths in my family this spring, but instead of abandoning the yearlong project entirely, I managed to at least finish the witch hats for spring and now summer. The full costumes are delayed but will happen by next spring and summer. I was able to show off my new witch hat at Thorn & Moon Magickal Market in Houston last month and wore a coordinating lavendar dress (with pockets!).
[Related: Making My Texas Wildflower Witch Hat]
Yours truly and my friend Miranda from Spooky Little Halloween @spookylittlehalloween
What do you think? When I finish the vineyard dress to go with this hat by next summer, I’ll post that here.
Download my PDF Loblolly Witch Hat pattern here: WitchHatRSRW
Disclaimer: my pattern makes a very tall, very pointy hat, and fits a size small-medium head…so make a mock-up and adjust accordingly!
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