Making professional quality mini top hats is an essential steampunk and costuming skill!
This video tutorial shows how to make a very simple mini top hat by hand sewing pre punched holes super fast.
This is a hat that only needs s few basic tools
They can be made from simple leather, or textiles bonded to either buckram or canvas.
For a fast and super easy version stiffen denim or canvas with pva wood glue them bond to decorative fabric using bondaweb (wonderweb) double sided fusing sheet.