I made these from The Vintage Pattern Lending Library's digital reproductions - which you can find for sale here - by mashing up the crown from version C and the brim from version D. It actually worked out pretty perfectly and I got the 30s swagger, slightly tilted hats I've always dreamed of!
Some quick pattern notes:
- As I did a mix of two hats I followed directions for each as needed and it was clear and easy to make this jump between the two.
- I expanded the brim up an inch to fit, was an easy grade and the crown I swapped out fit in well without any further alterations.
- I interface the brim with Pellon shape flex and the crown with Pellon mid-weight sew in stabilizer, both worked out brilliantly. I also stitched a lot of deco details into the crowns and the added interfacing helped with this. Definitely make sure you perfectly iron your brim and the interfacing, too, it for it to work out (& pre wash the fabric & shape flex!! Or if the hat gets wet the interfacing will shrink out of sync with the fabric and bubble, which is unfixable).
- I didn't press open the seams in the crown as directed but rather clipped them as it caused puckering when I pressed them open in the mock up. If you do this mash up I tap & buckle the top of the crown in to give it a dip that adds to the visual movement & shape of the hat.
- Highly recommend sewing in a lining, I don't remember if it's specified in the instructions or not but I did a whole weird thing there so I wasn't following the directions at this point regarding this.
You can see a photos of how it turned out here.
If you make these, good luck!