tricorn hat off the port rubrail

September 14, 2006 11:34 AM

Ahoy - September 19 looms larrrrrrge! Can ye point me bowsprit towards fabric tricorn hat patterns/instructions, ripe for the takin'?
posted by fish tick to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (5 answers total)

Is there where I get to talk about glorious booty?

Check with your local rennaissence festival organizers and society for creative anachronism. I'd bet they've got people who have made them, and may even have one you can borrow or buy.
posted by Kickstart70 at 11:43 AM on September 14, 2006

The "Jack Sparrow" hat described in the pdf above certainly sounds like it would work (eventually) though the thought of boiling water, dye, and hand-stitching leather gives me the heebie-jeebies.

A shortcut might be to purchase a "J. Lo." hat like this one:



... then bend the brim into the tricorne shape. You can fancy it up with braid trim glued or sewn around the edge of the brim, feathers, or whatever piratey stuff you have lying around the house.

The original of the tricorne was a hat more or less this shape, though probably in a stiffer felt than the J. Lo. model. But since you'll be pinning the brim up anyway, the softer fabric probably won't matter all that much.

Froogle for J. Lo. Hat
posted by La Cieca at 12:07 PM on September 14, 2006

Just type "tricorn hat patterns" in the search bar of your browser and you're there.
posted by Lockjaw at 1:27 PM on September 14, 2006

Response by poster: Now why didn't I think of a browser search?

posted by fish tick at 1:54 PM on September 14, 2006

Response by poster: (kidding, that last bit!)
posted by fish tick at 4:38 PM on September 14, 2006