OK, and away we go. I resewed the hat cap to the brim. My process was to first spray-glue my fabric to the plastic and wire mesh brim pattern I had already cut. I also made a second pattern from the first for backup. I layered fabric on the front facing and wrapped the edges. I then waited for it to dry and placed a smaller cut version on the back to cover the folded edges. After drying, I cut out the center cap area but left a ring of fabric tabs to tack into the inside of the cap.
I then covered the cap with fabric but sewed on this section to avoid glue in the area my head would be. Remember, I took my cap portion from the grass hat I got at a garage sale.
I then placed the cap on the brim and pushed the cloth tabs up inside it and sewed it in place.
And of course, it was upside down, which meant the clearly cut edge fabric would be showing in the upturned front of the hat. I unstitched, sighed a lot, ranted in another thread (venting about inconsequential things), and sewed it on correctly.
I then worked in some minor folds to test everything but could not stitch it to stay because I need to paint it black.
And now it is black and fuming away in the remaining sun of today. When the paint is fully cured, I will stitch the front to the back at the edge, like Adam's.... (below)
Oh, and at least once, I forgot to place the fabric at a diagonal, like the grain on Adam's hat.
