How To Measure For A Top Hat
Ensure its half an inch above your ears and straight.
How to measure for a top hat. Firmly hold the tape or string mid-forehead with your finger not too tightly or too loose. For a bashed hat I measure height at front of crown and side of crown. How to Make a Top Hat.
About an 18 above the forehead and ears. Generally above your ears and eyebrows. Mark this point and start the tape line on the mark.
To determine your size you will need to wrap either a seamstress measuring tape or a string around your head. For open crown with hat of flat surface I measure along the side of the hat from base of crown to top usually eyeballing it along the ruler. Take a soft tape measure and place it around your head.
A 5 to 6 in 13 to 15 cm tall hat may look good on an adult while a child may look better in a 3 to 4 in 76 to 102 cm top hat. ML - 605 cm. Wrap the tape measure or string around the largest part of your head until the two ends meet at the center of your forehead just above your eyebrows.
To determine your hat size measure the circumference around your head keeping the tape level and firm across the temples and above the eyebrow ridges. If your measurement falls between two sizes choose the larger size. The most important thing here is getting your measurements rightWhat you will need for this project- Strong cardboard- Scissors- Strong glue ideally a glue gun- Duct tape for in case the glue doesn.
For this reason the inside measurements as well as the head circumferencehat size are indicated on all of our hats. Stand up straight with your feet together to measure over the fullest parts of your hips and rear. This is the traditional way that you can use at home to find your hat size but its much easier to use the head measuring device because it already has the inches printed on the tape measure.