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By C. A.
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Woven polypropylene feed sacks are a durable fabric often covered with vivid colors and stunning natural images. Upcycling feed sacks into stunningly beautiful and yet extremely practical products will reduce the amount of non-biodegradable feed sacks in our landfills. This is a book of 12 Origami inspired hat patterns designed to use woven polypropylene feed sacks as the fabric. These fun and festive hats are easy enough for children to make as crafts without sewing. The patterns are also ideal for sewing projects.
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Origami Inspired Fun and Festive
Hat Patterns for Upcycling Feed Sacks
Reproduction or use without express permission, of editorial or pictorial content, in any manner is prohibited. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the author and publisher assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.
Copyright © 2015 by J. F. Johns, Tioga, Texas
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-312-96486-0
Printed in the United States of America.
Contents
Thank
you for helping save the earth one feed sack at a time.
Go Green
and Upcycle Feed Sacks
Make
sure the bag is Woven Polypropylene
Cutting
Woven Polypropylene Fabric
Ironing
Woven Polypropylene Fabric
Origami
Inspired Pattern Guide
The
Origami Inspired Feed Sack Square
Origami
Inspired Feed Sack Square Preparation..
Origami
Inspired Robin Hood Hat
Origami
Inspired Commodore Hat
Origami
Inspired Graceful Swan Hat
Origami
Inspired Swallowtail Hat
C. A. Johns
Cody Anne Johns is a college student at the University of North Texas in Denton Texas where she is studying computer technology and business. During high school, Cody spent 4 summers as a volunteer zoo keeper at the Frank Buck Zoo in Gainesville Texas as part of her 4-H Veterinary Science program. Her love of animals grew from the familiar ranch animals to include the exotic animals and especially the reptiles under her care as a junior zoo keeper.
Cody noticed the colorful woven polypropylene feed sacks being thrown into the trash by local ranches and became interested in finding a way to use the beautiful imagery while keeping the feed sacks out of the landfills. Her interest blossomed into a passion to use woven polypropylene feed sack fabric in upcycled products that are as beautiful as they are practical.
Cody has enjoyed paper Origami since she was a small child. Once she began recycling the woven polypropylene fabric from feed sacks, she immediately recognized that it was an ideal fabric for Origami inspired projects. The result is the fun Origami inspired designs in this book.
J. F. Johns
Janet Johns operates the Shadow J Ranch in North Texas. She has dedicated the ranch to making the world a better place for humans and animals. Activities at the ranch honor the natural partnership between humans and animals while fostering an atmosphere of environmental responsibility.
Janet has a keen interest in reducing agricultural waste with innovative value added agricultural products that can be made from the trash generated on the ranch. One of the biggest non-biodegradable ranch waste products is the livestock feed sacks. The idea of converting feed sacks into upcycled goods is definitely worth pursuing and Janet created the Feed Sack Store to showcase Cody’s designs and help others learn how to save their feed sacks from the landfill.
Janet added her sewing skills to Cody’s Origami inspired designs to complete and document the patterns in this book. We hope the patterns in this book will encourage others to learn to upcycle their own feed sacks into fun and useful items.
Woven polypropylene feed sacks are a durable material often covered with stunning images of horses, poultry, ranch animals, song birds, and wildlife. These sacks are being thrown into the garbage contributing to the growing landfill crisis. We would like to encourage everyone to upcycle feed sacks as part of their routine recycling efforts.
Upcycling feed sacks into useful products will reduce the amount of non-biodegradable feed sacks in our landfills. Products made of upcycled woven polypropylene fabric are extremely strong, lightweight, waterproof, and easily wipe clean with a damp cloth.
We have developed patterns specifically for woven polypropylene feed sack fabric to enable everyone to able to create products that are stunningly beautiful and yet extremely practical. The custom and recycled nature of each handmade upcycled feed sack product only adds to its charm and allure.
Inspire your life with the vivid images of natural beauty found on woven polypropylene feed sacks. Upcycled feed sacks are an excellent fabric for Origami inspired products. The fabric is stiff enough to create exceptionally crisp seams and pleats.
We have created 12 easy Origami inspired hat patterns to encourage everyone to recycle their feed sacks into fun pieces of wearable art. These patterns take advantage of Origami folding techniques and the folds can be secured with staples or minimal sewing. All of the patterns use a 15 inch square of feed sack fabric as the basic pattern piece. These are a great size for children and small adults. For larger adults, use a larger Origami square of feed sack fabric. Experiment with your feed sack fabric to find the most interesting image layout for the Origami inspired patterns.
All you need to get started is a few woven polypropylene feed sacks. Use your imagination to add custom touches and trims to the patterns. And remember to have fun!
Here is a quick look at the Origami inspired patterns in this book.
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Pioneer |
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Gypsy |
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Beanie |
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Graceful Swan |
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Crown |
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Swallowtail |
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Make sure the bag is Woven
Polypropylene
These patterns are designed to use woven polypropylene feed sack as the fabric. Plastic, paper, and loosely woven mesh bags are not appropriate for these patterns. A woven polypropylene feed sack is made of tightly woven polypropylene threads and you can clearly see the weave pattern on the bag as shown in the following picture. For more information, check out http://www.wovenpolypropylene.com.
Woven polypropylene sacks vary greatly based on the type of feed in the sacks and the manufacturing process. The vivid images can be printed directly on the woven polypropylene or on a laminated layer adhered to the woven polypropylene. The tightness of the weave varies and some sacks have a waterproof coating for moist foods.
To Flatten or Not
Some patterns require the feed sack to be flattened while other patterns use the feed sack in its original bag shape (un-flattened). If the bag is to be used un-flattened, then simply remove all strings and tape from the top and bottom of the feed sack.
If the bag is to be flattened:
Remove all strings and tape from the top and bottom of the feed sack.
Tear open or cut the seam running lengthwise down the back of the feed sack.
The feed sack should now lay flat in a single layer of fabric.
Cleaning Feed Sacks
Cleaning can be the most challenging aspect of feed sack preparation. The inside and outside of the feed sacks must be cleaned thoroughly prior to cutting out the pattern pieces or sewing. An un-flattened bag needs to be turned inside out to thoroughly clean the fibers that may hold feed remnants. Use soap, bleach, and warm water to clean the fibers of the woven polypropylene. A stiff brush can be used to remove any mold or dirt in the fibers. Stubborn stains and mold may require the use of a strong mold and mildew cleaner. Dry the sacks thoroughly prior to use.
Planning a project
The beauty of the final product can be greatly improved by selecting feed sack imagery that corresponds to the size and shape of the final product.
Read all pattern instructions prior to beginning a project. This will help you understand the best way to use the vivid images on the feed sack to create your product.
Cutting Woven Polypropylene
Fabric
Woven polypropylene feed sacks can be cut with regular scissors or a rotary cutting mat and blade.
Ironing Woven Polypropylene
Fabric
Feed sacks often have wrinkles that can be ironed out. Woven polypropylene feed sacks CANNOT be ironed with the iron directly on the fabric. A damp towel must be placed between the fabric and the iron.
Pins and Needles
Pinning woven polypropylene fabric can be a real challenge. The fabric is very stiff and regular pins bend and often break. Binder clips and clothes pins are easier to use on corners and straight seams than straight pins.
It can also be difficult to remove straight pins from the fabric. Straight pins with a ball head are easier to grasp and remove than headless pins.
Sewing machine needles often bend and break when sewing multiple layers of woven polypropylene fabric. To reduce needle stress, sew slowly across changes in the thickness of the fabric being sewn and make sure the presser foot remains as level as possible.
Thread
Woven polypropylene fabric should be sewn using 100% polyester thread. Cotton threads or a blend of polyester and cotton thread tends to fray. Seams sewn with cotton or cotton blend threads tend to break apart under heavy loads in tote bags.
Crisp Seams
The look of the finished product is greatly enhanced if seams are pressed flat with your hands. Feed sack fabric is stiff and can hold very crisp seams pressed with your hands. The pattern instructions indicate areas where pressing seams flat will improve the sewing process or make the product look better.
The Origami Inspired Feed
Sack Square
Origami inspired patterns use a square of fabric. All of the patterns in this book use a 15 inch square.
If you want to sew the hats, there are detailed instructions for hemming a 16 inch square to make the basic 15 inch Origami square of upcycled feed sack fabric in the Origami Inspired Feed Sack Square Preparation section in this pattern book. Otherwise, simply cut out a 15 inch square and use staples.
The Origami inspired feed sack square has a right and a wrong side as shown in the following figure. The right side is the side that will be the outside of the finished project and the wrong side will be inside. The patterns use shading to indicate the right side and white to indicate the wrong side.
The right side is usually the outside of the feed sack with beautiful images and colors. For some patterns, you may want to use the inside of the feed sack for a white exterior on the finished project. Spend some time looking at the feed sack images with the patterns to determine how you want the imagery to look on the final product before cutting out the square.
Origami Inspired Folds
Origami inspired patterns use folds to create different shapes. Folds are made using a combination of foldlines and fold points that indicate where to make a fold and the direction of the fold. The patterns provide step by step instructions for measuring, marking, and using foldlines on the feed sack square.
The foldlines are named in the instructions and figures as “X Foldline” where X is the name given to the foldline. The pattern figures show a foldline using a line with the name of the foldline and an arrow pointing to the corresponding foldline. In the following figure, a foldline from the lower left corner to the upper right corner of the square has been named “Center Foldline”.
The Origami inspired folds are numbered in the instructions and figures as “Fold n” where n is the number of the fold. The fabric folds are from a start point to an end point, usually along a foldline. The pattern figures use a directional line to indicate the start and end points for the fold. The arrow end of the line points to the end point of the fold.
In the following figure, a fold from the start point to the end point has been named “Fold 1”. After the completion of “Fold 1”, the start point will be laying on top of the end point.
The Origami inspired folds can use a foldline to help guide a section of fabric from the start point to the end point. The pattern instructions name the fold start point, endpoint, and foldline. In the following figure, there is a “Right Foldline”, a “Left Foldline”, and a “Fold 1”. The pattern instructions for “Fold 1” are to fold the lower right corner of the feed sack square to the “Left Foldline” using the “Right Foldline”. The result of the fold is shown in the figure on the right.
All of the Origami inspired patterns in this book start with a 15 inch square of feed sack fabric. Use these instructions to prepare your 15 inch Origami square if you wish to sew the edges for a finished look. If you don’t want to sew, simply cut out a 15 inch square of feed sack fabric and ignore this section.
Instructions
Step 1. Clean and flatten the feed sack using the Feed Sack Preparation Instructions.
Step 2. Cut out the Origami square using the following dimensions.
Step 3. Fold the Hem
On the wrong side of the fabric, measure and mark a ˝ hem line on all four sides of the square.
Use this hem line to fold under the ˝ inch hem on each side of the 16 inch square. The fold will have wrong sides together.
Press the folds with your hands to make a crisp edge.
Step 4. Make crisp corners using the following steps.
Fold 1: On the wrong side, each corner will have a point where the ˝ inch hem fold lines meet. This is the center point of the first corner fold.
Fold the corner over with wrong sides together.
Align the hem fold lines as a guide to make the corner symmetric as shown in the following figure.
Press the fold flat and crisp with your hands.
Fold 2: Fold the top side of the fabric down onto the corner in fold 1 keeping wrong sides together as shown in the following figure. Press the fold flat and crisp with your hands.
Fold 3: Fold the adjacent side of the fabric down onto the corner in fold 1.
Adjust the folds if needed to make the center seam of the corner line up for a 90 degree angle. Press the fold flat and crisp with your hands.
Secure the two sides of the corner in place for sewing.
Repeat folds 1, 2, and 3 for the remaining 3 corners.
Step 5. Topstitch the hem on all 4 sides and corners to complete the Origami square for all of the Origami inspired patterns.
This pattern makes the Robin Hood hat from woven polypropylene feed sack fabric. The finished hat is 10 inches tall and 9 inches wide.
Instructions
Step 1. Clean and flatten the feed sack using the Feed Sack Preparation Instructions.
Step 2. Create a 15 inch Origami square using the Origami Inspired Feed Sack Square Preparation instructions.
Step 3. Measure and mark a fold line on the wrong side of the square from the upper left corner to the lower right corner
Step 4. Make the hat using the following steps.
Lay the Origami square right side down and rotate 90 degrees to the left so that the upper right corner of the square is at the top as shown in the following figure. The following folds will use the fabric right side down.
With wrong sides together, fold the lower left corner up to the upper right corner along the foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The result is a large triangle as shown in the following figure.
Look at both sides of the triangle. Choose the side that will be the outside of the finished hat and place this side down.
Overlap the left and right ends of the bottom of the triangle to form a cone shape as shown in the following figure.
The left and right point should overlap about 3 inches. The overlap can be adjusted to make the hat smaller or larger.
Top stitch or staple the overlap points as shown in the following figure.
The hat now has a pointed front and a back with two tails.
The hat is completed and can be worn.
As an option, an uplifted tail can be created by folding two points of the tail up onto the hat as shown in the following figure. Top stitch or staple the uplifted tail in place.
Here is an example of a finished hat.
This pattern makes a Wizard Hat from woven polypropylene feed sack fabric. With some fun accents, this also makes a lovely princess hat. The finished hat is 16 inches tall and 12 inches wide.
Instructions
Step 1. Clean and flatten the feed sack using the Feed Sack Preparation Instructions.
Step 2. Create a 15 inch Origami square using the Origami Inspired Feed Sack Square Preparation instructions.
Step 3. Measure and mark foldlines and the center of the feed sack square. An easy way to do this is to use triangle folds bringing opposite corners together.
Fold 1: Fold the upper left corner to the lower right corner.
Mark this foldline.
Fold 2: Fold the upper right corner to the lower left corner.
Mark this foldline.
Mark the center point where the folds meet.
Step 4. Make the hat using the following steps.
Lay the Origami square right side down and rotate 90 degrees to the left so that the upper right corner of the square is at the top as shown in the following figure. The following folds will use the fabric right side down.
Fold 1: With wrong sides together, fold the upper left corner up along vertical foldline lining up the lower left edge with the vertical foldline as shown in the following figure.
Fold 2: With wrong sides together, fold the lower right corner up along vertical foldline lining up the lower right edge with the vertical foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The result is shown in the following figure.
Fold 3: With wrong sides together, fold the top end point over the two triangles made in folds 1 and 2 as shown in the following figure.
Put fold 3 under the two triangles made in folds 1 and 2.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The result is shown in the following figure. Pull out both sides of the long seam running the length of the hat and topstitch or staple the seam to hold it in place.
The resulting hat is shown in the following figure.
The hat is completed and can be worn.
A princess hat can be made by adding a scarf to the top point.
Here are examples of finished hats.
This pattern makes a Pyramid Hat from woven polypropylene feed sack fabric. The finished hat is 7.5 inches tall and 15 inches wide.
Instructions
Step 1. Clean and flatten the feed sack using the Feed Sack Preparation Instructions.
Step 2. Create a 15 inch Origami square using the Origami Inspired Feed Sack Square Preparation instructions.
Step 3. Measure and mark a fold line on the wrong side of the square from the upper left corner to the lower right corner
Step 4. Make the hat using the following steps.
Lay the Origami square right side down and rotate 90 degrees to the left so that the upper right corner of the square is at the top as shown in the following figure. The following folds will use the fabric right side down.
Fold 1: With wrong sides together, fold the lower left corner up to the upper right corner along the foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The result is a large triangular pyramid as shown in the following figure.
Look at both sides of the triangle. Choose the side that will be the outside of the finished hat and place this side down.
Fold the left point to the right point forming a smaller triangle as shown in the following figure.
The result is shown in the following figure.
Top stitch or staple the open short side of the triangle as shown in the following figure.
Rotate the hat 90 degrees. The hat is completed and can be worn.
Here are examples of finished hats.
This pattern makes the Pharaoh hat from woven polypropylene feed sack fabric. The finished hat is 7.5 inches tall and 13 inches wide.
Instructions
Step 1. Clean and flatten the feed sack using the Feed Sack Preparation Instructions.
Step 2. Create a 15 inch Origami square using the Origami Inspired Feed Sack Square Preparation instructions.
Step 3. Measure and mark a fold line on the wrong side of the square from the upper left corner to the lower right corner
Step 4. Make the hat using the following steps.
Lay the Origami square right side down and rotate 90 degrees to the left so that the upper right corner of the square is at the top as shown in the following figure. The following folds will use the fabric right side down.
Fold 1: With wrong sides together, fold the lower left corner up to the upper right corner along the foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The result is a large triangle as shown in the following figure.
Look at both sides of the triangle. Choose the side that will be the front of the finished hat and place this side up. The back of the hat will be down.
Rotate the triangle so that the center of the Origami square is up.
Fold 2: With wrong sides together, on the front of the hat, fold the bottom point to the center point inside of the triangle. Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
Turn over the Origami piece so that the back of the hat is up.
Fold 3: With wrong sides together, on the back of the hat, fold the bottom point to the center point inside of the triangle. Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
Turn over the Origami piece so that the front of the hat is up. The result is shown in the following figure.
On the top of the hat, mark a point 3 inches to the right of the Origami square center point and 3 inches to the left.
On the left side, mark a point that is 2 inches from the bottom of the hat.
Mark foldlines on each side between the marks on the top of the hat and the sides.
Fold 4: On the left side, fold the leftmost point over onto the front of the hat using the foldline as shown in the following figure.
Fold 5: On the right side, fold the rightmost point over onto the front of the hat using the foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the folds and make crisp seams.
The result is shown in the following figure.
Turn over the hat so that the back of the hat is up as shown in the following figure.
Top stitch or staple the sides of the hat as shown to secure the shape of the Pharaoh’s hat.
The hat is now complete.
Here is an example of a finished hat.
This pattern makes the Sailboat hat from woven polypropylene feed sack fabric. The finished hat is 6 inches tall and 12 inches wide.
Instructions
Step 1. Clean and flatten the feed sack using the Feed Sack Preparation Instructions.
Step 2. Create a 15 inch Origami square using the Origami Inspired Feed Sack Square Preparation instructions.
Step 3. The Sailboat hat uses a 12 inch wide rectangle. Measure and mark the required foldlines with the following steps.
Fold 1: With wrong sides together, fold over 3 inches from the left side of the square to create an Origami rectangle that is 12 inches wide and 15 inches high.
The resulting 12 by 15 inch Origami rectangle is shown in the following figure.
Measure 6 inches from the left side and mark a vertical foldline from the top to the bottom of the rectangle.
Measure 7.5 inches from the top and mark a horizontal foldline from the left side to the right side of the rectangle.
Step 4. Make the hat using the following steps.
Fold 2: With wrong sides together, fold the rectangle in half by folding the top of the rectangle to the bottom of the rectangle using the horizontal foldline.
The resulting12 by 7.5 inch Origami rectangle is shown in the following figure.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
Fold 3: With right sides together, fold the upper right corner of the rectangle to the vertical foldline aligning the right top edge with the vertical foldline as shown in the following figure.
Fold 4: With right sides together, fold the upper left corner of the rectangle to the vertical foldline aligning the left top edge with the vertical foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the folds and make crisp seams.
The result is a triangle on top of a narrow rectangle as shown in the following figure.
Fold 5: Fold the rectangle up onto the triangle on the up side.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The result is shown in the following figure.
Turn the Origami hat over.
Fold 6: Fold the rectangle up onto the triangle on the up side as shown in the following figure.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The result is a right side out triangle on top of a narrow wrong side out rectangle.
The hat is complete.
Here is an example of a finished hat.
This pattern makes the Commodore hat from woven polypropylene feed sack fabric. The finished hat is 6 inches tall and 15 inches wide.
Instructions
Step 1. Clean and flatten the feed sack using the Feed Sack Preparation Instructions.
Step 2. Create a 15 inch Origami square using the Origami Inspired Feed Sack Square Preparation instructions.
Step 3. Measure and mark the required foldlines with the following steps.
Measure and mark a centered vertical foldline from the top to the bottom of the square.
Measure and mark a centered horizontal foldline from the left side to the right side of the square.
Step 4. Make the hat using the following steps.
Fold 1: With wrong sides together, fold the rectangle in half by folding the top of the rectangle to the bottom of the rectangle using the horizontal foldline as shown in the following figure.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The resulting 15 by 7.5 inch Origami rectangle is shown in the following figure.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
Measure and mark the top of the rectangle 2 inches on each side of the vertical foldline.
Measure and mark each side of the rectangle 2 inches from the bottom of the rectangle.
Mark a left foldline between the two marked points on the left side of the rectangle as shown in the following figure.
Mark a right foldline between the two marked points on the right side of the rectangle.
Fold 2: Fold the upper right corner toward the bottom of the rectangle using the right foldline.
Fold 3: Fold the upper left corner toward the bottom of the rectangle using the left foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the folds and make crisp seams.
The result is shown in the following figure. It resembles a flat topped pyramid with a rectangle base.
Fold 4: Fold the rectangle up onto the pyramid on the up side.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The result is shown in the following figure.
Turn the Origami hat over.
Fold 5: Fold the rectangle up onto the pyramid on the up side as shown in the following figure.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The result is shown in the following figure.
The hat is complete.
Here is an example of a finished hat.
This pattern makes the Pioneer hat from woven polypropylene feed sack fabric. The finished hat is 8.5 inches tall and 13 inches wide.
Instructions
Step 1. Clean and flatten the feed sack using the Feed Sack Preparation Instructions.
Step 2. Create a 15 inch Origami square using the Origami Inspired Feed Sack Square Preparation instructions.
Step 3. Mark foldlines with the following steps.
Mark a
center foldline on the wrong side of the feed sack square from the lower left
corner to the upper right corner as shown in the following figure.
Lay the Origami square right side down and rotate 90 degrees as shown in the following figure. The following folds will use the fabric right side down.
Measure and mark 5 inches from the lower left corner on both sides of the square.
Mark the bottom fold line between these two marks.
Measure and mark 6 inches from the lower right corner.
Mark the right foldline from this point to the right edge of the bottom foldline.
Measure and mark 6 inches from the upper left corner.
Mark the left foldline from this point to the left edge of the bottom foldline.
Step 4. Make the hat using the following steps.
Fold 1: With wrong sides together, fold upper left corner and side up along the left foldline toward the center foldline as shown in the following figure.
Fold 2: With wrong sides together, fold lower right corner and side up along the right foldline toward the center foldline.
Fold 3: With wrong sides together, fold lower left corner up along the bottom foldline aligning the corner with the center foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the folds and make crisp seams.
The result is shown in the
following figure.
Rotate the Origami piece 90
degrees to the left.
Fold 4: With wrong sides
together, fold the top half over the bottom half along the center foldline.
Use your hands to flatten
the folds and make crisp seams.
The result is shown in the
following figure.
Measure and mark 6 inches
from the top left corner.
Measure and mark 2 inches
from the bottom left corner.
Mark a foldline between
these two points as shown in the following figure.
Fold 5: With right sides
together, fold the top left corner down and to the right using the foldline.
Use your hands to flatten
the fold and make a crisp seam.
The result is shown in the
following figure.
Topstitch or staple the
front of the hat and the tail of the hat as shown in the following figure.
The result is shown in the
following figure.
The hat is complete.
Here is an example of a
completed hat.
This pattern makes the Gypsy hat from woven polypropylene feed sack fabric. The finished hat is 10 inches tall and 12 inches wide.
Instructions
Step 1. Clean and flatten the feed sack using the Feed Sack Preparation Instructions.
Step 2. Create a 15 inch Origami square using the Origami Inspired Feed Sack Square Preparation instructions.
Step 3. Measure and mark a fold line on the wrong side of the square from the upper left corner to the lower right corner
Step 4. Make the hat using the following steps.
Lay the Origami square right side down and rotate 90 degrees to the left so that the upper right corner of the square is at the top as shown in the following figure. The following folds will use the fabric right side down.
Fold 1: With wrong sides together, fold the lower left corner up to the upper right corner along the foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The result is a large triangle as shown in the following figure.
Look at both sides of the triangle. Choose the side that will be the outside of the finished hat and place this side down. The inside of the hat will be up.
Fold 2: Fold the left point to the right point forming a smaller triangle as shown in the following figure.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The result is shown in the following figure.
Rotate the hat 90 degrees as shown in the following figure.
On the bottom of the triangle, mark a point 3 inches from the right side and draw a foldline between this point and the top of the triangle.
With right sides together, fold the top layer of the hat over the foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The result is shown in the following figure.
On the bottom of the triangle, mark a point 2 inches from the right side and draw a foldline between this point and the top of the triangle.
With right sides together, fold the bottom layer of the hat over the foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam. The result is shown in the following figure.
Separate the two sides of the hat enough to secure the folds with top stitching or staples on the top side as shown in the following figure. Do not stitch the front and back together.
The hat is now complete.
Here is an example of a finished hat.
This pattern makes the Beanie hat from woven polypropylene feed sack fabric. The finished hat is 10 inches tall and 10 inches wide including the bill.
Instructions
Step 1. Clean and flatten the feed sack using the Feed Sack Preparation Instructions.
Step 2. Create a 15 inch Origami square using the Origami Inspired Feed Sack Square Preparation instructions.
Step 3. Mark foldlines on the wrong side of the Origami square using the following steps.
Lay the Origami square right side down and rotate 90 degrees as shown in the following figure. The following folds will use the fabric right side down.
This pattern requires marking horizontal foldlines that divide the square into fourths. On the wrong side of the 15 inch square, measure and mark the center foldline from the upper left to the lower right corner.
For a 15 inch square, measure and mark a top foldline 5.25 inches from the upper right corner and the bottom foldline 5.25 inches from the lower left corner.
If you are using a different size square, you will need to determine the foldlines based on the size of the square.
Step 4. Make the hat using the following steps.
Fold 1: With wrong sides together, use the bottom foldline to fold the lower left corner to the center foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
Fold 2: Use the center foldline to fold the bottom edge to the top foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The result is a triangle as shown in the following figure.
Flip over the Origami piece so that this side is down.
Fold 3: Fold the upper left corner toward the right edge of the triangle lining up the point on the top foldline. The left edge of the triangle will lay on the top foldline as shown in the following figure.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
Fold 4: Fold the lower right corner toward the left edge of the triangle at the top foldline. The right edge of the triangle will lay on the top foldline as shown in the following figure.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The result is shown in the following figure.
Finish the hat with these steps.
Top stitch or staple the upper edge of the opening through all folded layers to hold the folds in place. Do not stitch or staple the front of the hat to the back of the hat.
Rotate the hat 180 degrees and the hat is complete.
The pointed bill can be worn in the front or the back. The flap on either or both sides can be pulled out of the hat to create different looks.
Here is an example of a completed hat.
This pattern makes the Graceful Swan hat from woven polypropylene feed sack fabric. The finished hat is 6 inches tall and 12 inches wide including the tail and head.
Instructions
Step 1. Clean and flatten the feed sack using the Feed Sack Preparation Instructions.
Step 2. Create a 15 inch Origami square using the Origami Inspired Feed Sack Square Preparation instructions.
Step 3. Mark the center of the Origami square using the following steps.
An easy
way to mark the center is to use triangle folds bringing opposite corners
together.
Fold
the upper left corner to the lower right corner and mark the foldline.
Fold
the upper right corner to the lower left corner and mark the foldline.
Lay the Origami square right side down and rotate 90 degrees as shown in the following figure. The following folds will use the fabric right side down.
Step 4. Make the hat using the following steps.
Create the body of the swan with the following steps.
Fold 1: With wrong sides together, fold upper left corner up and side along vertical foldline as shown in the following figure.
Fold 2: With wrong sides together, fold lower right corner up and side along vertical foldline as shown in the following figure.
Use your hands to flatten the folds and make crisp seams. The result looks like a kite.
Rotate the top of the kite 90 degrees to the right.
Fold 3: Fold the lower half up over the upper half along the horizontal foldline as shown in the following figure.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam. The result is a large triangle.
Make the swan tail with the following steps.
On the bottom of the triangle, measure and mark 6 inches from the rightmost point of the triangle as shown in the following figure.
On the right side of the triangle, measure and mark 3 inches from the rightmost point of the triangle.
Mark a foldline between these two points.
Fold 4: Fold the rightmost point of the triangle up along the foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam. The swan tail is shown in the following figure.
Make the swan head and neck with the following steps.
On the bottom of the triangle, measure and mark 5 inches from the leftmost point of the triangle.
On the left side of the triangle, measure and mark 7 inches from the leftmost point of the triangle.
Mark a foldline between these two points.
Fold 5: Fold the leftmost point of the triangle down along the foldline as shown in the following figure.
The result is shown in the following figure.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
Rotate the swan 180 degrees as shown in the following figure.
The top 2 inches of the uppermost point will become the swan’s head as shown in the following figure. Hold this point on the left side of the head and fold the point over to the right.
Make a crisp seam of the fold for the top of the swan’s head.
The finished Graceful Swan shape is shown in the following figure.
Finish the graceful swan hat with the following steps.
Topstitch or staple the swan hat as shown to secure the edges and the swan shape.
The hat is complete.
Here is an example of a completed hat.
This pattern makes the Crown hat from woven polypropylene feed sack fabric. The finished hat is 5 inches tall and each of the 4 sides is 5 inches wide.
Instructions
Step 1. Clean and flatten the feed sack using the Feed Sack Preparation Instructions.
Step 2. Create a 15 inch Origami square using the Origami Inspired Feed Sack Square Preparation instructions.
Step 3. Mark the center of the Origami square using the following steps.
An easy
way to mark the center is to use triangle folds bringing opposite corners
together.
Fold
the upper left corner to the lower right corner and mark the foldline.
Fold
the upper right corner to the lower left corner and mark the foldline.
Mark the center point where the folds meet.
Lay the Origami square right side down and rotate 90 degrees as shown in the following figure. The following folds will use the fabric right side down.
Step 4. Make the hat using the following steps.
Make the points of the crown the following steps.
Folds 1 through 4: Fold each of the four corners to the center of the square as shown in the following figure.
Use your hands to flatten the folds and make crisp seams.
The result is shown in the following figure.
Make the square body of the crown with the following steps.
Flip the origami piece over so that the folds are face down.
Fold 5: Fold the top half of the square down to the horizontal foldline as shown in the following figure.
Fold 6: Fold the bottom half of the square up to the horizontal foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the folds and make crisp seams.
The result is shown in the following figure.
The down side has the folded triangles made in folds 1 – 4. Pull the top and bottom folded triangles out as shown in the following figure.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam. The result is a rectangle base and 2 triangles.
Push the top triangle down over the bottom half of the piece.
The result is shown in the following figure.
Fold 7: Fold the upper left corner down using the diagonal edge as a foldline.
Fold 8: Fold the upper right corner down using the diagonal edge as a foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the folds and make crisp seams.
Fold the top triangle back up. Fold the bottom triangle over the top half of the piece.
The result is shown in the following figure.
Fold 9: Fold the lower left corner up using the diagonal edge as a foldline.
Fold 10: Fold the lower right corner up using the diagonal edge as a foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the folds and make crisp seams.
Fold the bottom triangle back down.
The result is shown in the following figure.
Open up the crown with the following steps.
From the center of the Origami piece, gently pull open the base of the triangles to reveal a crown as shown in the following figure.
The crown is complete as shown in the following figure.
The crown has 4 points and 4 sides. The front and back have a distinctive diamond shaped fold forming the crown point. The sides have a crown point.
Here is an example of a completed crown.
This pattern makes the Swallowtail hat from woven polypropylene feed sack fabric. The finished hat is 10 inches tall and 15 inches wide.
Instructions
Step 1. Clean and flatten the feed sack using the Feed Sack Preparation Instructions.
Step 2. Create a 15 inch Origami square using the Origami Inspired Feed Sack Square Preparation instructions.
Step 3. Mark foldlines using the following steps.
An easy
way to mark the center is to use triangle folds bringing opposite corners
together.
Fold the
upper left corner to the lower right corner.
Fold
the upper right corner to the lower left corner.
Mark
the center point where the folds meet.
Measure and mark a centered horizontal foldline from the left side to the right side of the square.
Measure and mark a centered vertical foldline from the left side to the right side of the square.
Step 4. Make the hat using the following steps.
Fold 1: With wrong sides together, fold the rectangle in half by folding the top of the rectangle to the bottom of the rectangle using the horizontal foldline as shown in the following figure.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The resulting15 inch wide by 7.5 inch high Origami rectangle is shown in the following figure.
Fold 2: Fold the upper left corner to the inside between the top and bottom layers. The left side of the top of the rectangle should align with the vertical foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
Fold 3: Fold the upper right corner to the inside between the top and bottom layers. The right side of the top of the rectangle should align with the vertical foldline.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The result is a large triangle.
Look at both sides of the triangle and choose the side that will be the front and the side that will be the back. The back will be folded into the swallowtail and the front will remain unfolded. Place the front side down with the back (or tail) side up.
Measure and mark the bottom of the triangle 2 inches to the left of the vertical foldline. Mark a left foldline between the top of the triangle and this point.
Measure and mark the bottom of the triangle 2 inches to the right of the vertical foldline. Mark a right foldline between the top of the triangle and this point.
Fold 4: Fold the left side of the back to the right using the left foldline as shown in the following figure.
Use your hands to flatten the fold and make a crisp seam.
The result is shown in the following figure.
Fold 5: Fold the right side of the back to the left using the right foldline.
The result is shown in the following figure.
Top stitch or staple the tail as shown in the following figure. Only stitch or staple the back with the tail, do not attach the front to the back.
The swallowtail is now complete.
The front and back of the swallowtail are shown in the following figure.
Here is an example of a completed hat.
