I was sitting at my friend's house in New Jersey celebrating New Year's Eve when I received a text from my friend in California. "Hey. I have a sewing question and possibly a request for you. Would you know how to make an In-N-Out hat from fabric?" My first initial reaction is always, "No." And, this is what I said to my Jersey friend too. "I don't know how to do that!!" After a few minutes, the wheels had started to turn, and I was on my phone googling and pinteresting "fountain hats." I came across this blog post: Root Beer Float Party. With the awesome tutorial, I was starting to think that maybe I COULD actually get these hats done out of fabric. I would just substitute the paper with fabric. Easy peasy.
This happened over a year ago. We were welcoming year 2015. It is now 2016.
This happened over a year ago. We were welcoming year 2015. It is now 2016.
To make these hats happen, I needed a "pattern," so I went to In-N-Out and asked a few of their paper hats with my hamburger (animal style), fries and a vanilla shake. I took the hat apart carefully at home and measured all the parts.
I used white thin (and cheapest) cotton for the top of the hat. I copied the sides of the hat onto Avery Printable Fabric Sheets and cut them out.
What I did not realize the first time around was that the fabric would not give in as much as the paper. The first hat was way too small for anyone to wear. However, I was extremely (jumping up and down) excited when I had finished the first hat. It looked like a real In-N-Out hat. OMG!!! I actually made it happen. Yay me!
I used white thin (and cheapest) cotton for the top of the hat. I copied the sides of the hat onto Avery Printable Fabric Sheets and cut them out.
What I did not realize the first time around was that the fabric would not give in as much as the paper. The first hat was way too small for anyone to wear. However, I was extremely (jumping up and down) excited when I had finished the first hat. It looked like a real In-N-Out hat. OMG!!! I actually made it happen. Yay me!
I realized that I had to make the hats somehow a bit bigger around, so I added an extra strip of the fabric sheets to one side. It doesn't make the pattern of the hat flow nicely, but it makes the hat big enough to fit a child's head.
So. It might have taken me almost a year to complete the hats, and over a year to blog about them, but I made them. The new owners seem to be happy with them. I do not think you can wash them, but they will definitely last longer than the paper hats you get at In-N-Out.
This year's resolution - Try not to say "no" as much. Happy 2016 everyone!
