Alright /diy/nosaurs. Ive been asked by my boyfriend to make one of these hats. He bought one before but was dissapointed with the quality, even at the $500 price tag. The front of the hat was nice and bright colored fur with beautiful gaurd hairs, but the back lacked gaurd hairs and was color-bland.

Another complaint was the feel of the pelt in the hat. Even at furriers in NY when we visited, the hats they had were all tanned or produced to keep their shape. The garment tanned pelts I bought are much more supple and flexible, and I suspect they'll produce a much softer hat.

I've got experience working with leather, and I also have experience with sewing fabrics. Im not worried about the logistics or manufacturing.
The difficulty im having however is finding patterns.

Because he wants it to be big and full I've bought two pelts to ensure that there's plenty of rich colorful full fur.

Ive done quite a bit of googling but patterns are hard to come by. I searched through all the patterns at the fabric stores. Ive found patterns for trapper hats but not for fur or in the same style as pic related. They're usually for making a trapper hat like the $14.99 ones at k-mart.

Anyways wondering if anyone has made one of these or knows of where to get patterns.