Things You'll Need
Fabric
Scissors
Pencil
Large pie plate (optional)
Steel yarn needle
1/4-inch wide ribbon
During the United States' colonial era, women wore mob caps, very simple hats that covered their hair. A mob cap protected a woman's hair from dust when she went outside and from smoke and grease when she was indoors. A mob cap was required dress for a woman or girl in the colonial era. If you have a costume party coming up, make an easy and quick mob cap for your costume.
Step 1
Cut out a circle of fabric that is roughly 1 foot in diameter. You can do so by cutting out a square with sides that are each 1 foot long and rounding off the corners or by tracing a circle on the fabric with a large pie plate.
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Step 2
Lay the circle of fabric out flat.
Step 3
Use a pencil to draw a faint circle inside the edge of the circle of fabric, 2 inches back from the edge.
Step 4
Thread a steel yarn needle with a 2-foot length of 1/4-inch wide ribbon.
Step 5
Sew along the pencil line you have drawn, making large stitches that are about 3/4 of an inch long. Continue until you have sewn all the way around the circle.
Step 6
Draw both ends of the ribbon through the fabric, causing the fabric to bunch up. Tighten the ribbon until the circumference of the ribbon fits your head well.
Step 7
Tie off the ribbon in a bow and put on the hat.
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