BERNINA Corporate Blog -Hey, everyone! In Part 1 of the blog post “Sewing a Kids’ Hat – Unicorn or Dino Style, Part 1,” we went into great detail on making the unicorn hat. For the dino hat, I’ll focus only on its specific features. Be sure to read the unicorn hat post or keep it open alongside this one: Kids’ Unicorn Hat.
Sewing Tutorial and Free Pattern for a Warm Kids’ Hat in Dino Style
I’m Stephi from Frollein Tausendschön, and I love all things sewing, embroidery, and crafting. Feel free to visit me on Instagram. I’m using my BERNINA 570 QE (NEW to make these hats. For appliqué, I love using the Appliqué Foot #23, which makes clean appliqué easy.
Cutting the Dino Hat
The pattern for the dino hat is available for free! You’ll find the download link at the end of this post. Cut the pieces as follows:
- 1x outer fabric on fold
- 1x lining fabric on fold
- 8x spikes from outer fabric (you can use various colors for the spikes if you like)
The seam allowance is included and is 1 cm unless otherwise specified. Since both wool felt and jersey don’t fray, edge finishing isn’t necessary.
Sewing Tutorial: Dino Kids’ Hat
Let’s start sewing the dino hat from wool felt.
Since these fabrics have some stretch, I sew with an elastic stitch, like a triple straight stitch or zigzag. For jersey, definitely use an elastic stitch; for the outer fabric, a straight stitch may work fine. Set the stitch length to 3.7 or higher to ensure even feeding. My B 570 QE has built-in fabric feeding; if your machine doesn’t, consider using the Three-Sole Walking Foot with Seam Guide #50 for easy handling of wool fabrics.
Here is an overview of all the pieces needed for the dino hat (including pre-cut appliqué pieces):
Ears, Spikes, and Horn
The unicorn ears, horn, and dino spikes are made similarly.
Take each cut piece and place them right sides together.
Pin the spikes together, right sides facing, leaving the bottom open. Sew with a 1 cm seam allowance, securing the stitch at the start and end. Trim the seam allowance by half, then turn the spikes right side out and shape them with a seam-turning tool. For a detailed step-by-step, refer to Part 1 of this post.
Preparing the Outer and Inner Hats
Both the outer and inner hats have V-shaped openings on each side at the top.
Fold these openings right sides together and sew with a 1 cm seam allowance, securing the stitch at the start and end. You can go ahead and do the same for the lining.
Sewing the Dino Hat – Appliqué
We’ll appliqué the face onto the dino hat. To get clean appliqué edges and secure them beforehand, use fusible webbing.
Start by taking the paper pattern pieces for the face. For the dino, we need both eye pieces and the teeth.
Trace each face part by color onto fusible webbing with a pencil. For the dino eyes, trace both the large and small circles separately.
Then, roughly cut out the shapes. Don’t cut along the lines yet; we’ll do that after attaching the fusible webbing to the fabric.
Next, grab the fabric scraps for the appliqué pieces. Place the rough side of the fusible webbing on the wrong side of the fabric and press as directed. Cut each piece precisely along the lines.
For the dino’s mouth, use a piece of embroidery film and a fabric marker. Lay the film over the paper pattern and trace the mouth, marking the teeth positions if helpful for placement.
Next, place the embroidery film on the front hat piece. Lay the appliqué pieces with the backing removed in place, then position the teeth under the film, aligning them with the drawn mouth.
Carefully remove the film and press the fusible pieces as directed.
Stitch the dino’s eyes and teeth using a straight stitch, shifting the needle left by two positions to stitch close to the edges. Use matching thread for each appliqué.
Lay the film with the drawn mouth over the top edge of the teeth.
Switch to a narrow, tight zigzag stitch on your machine, testing it on a scrap first. Then trace the mouth with this setting, securing the stitch at the start and end. Remove the film and any remnants with a bit of water.
Attaching the Dino Spikes
Now for the spikes!
Distribute the spikes evenly in the open V-shaped section on the hat top, securing them with clips. To keep everything in place, sew within the seam allowance (less than 1 cm) first.
Next, fold the remaining open edge of the outer hat over, right sides together, and sew with a 1 cm seam, aligning the seams. Use an elastic stitch if desired, securing the stitch at the start and end.
Sewing a Kids’ Hat – Free Pattern Download
For the remaining steps, refer to Part 1 of this blog post (the unicorn hat tutorial). Here’s the pattern for the dino hat. The pattern is in German, but I’m sure you will be able to manage. Please note that the main part needs to be cut on the fold (in German: “im Bruch”). Happy sewing!
Download Dino Pattern (PDF, A4 format)
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