Working on the Buckram Hat - The Crown

So I have cut out and sewed together the fabric and the buckram for the crown of my cavalier hat. That bit was easy; I just had to baste stitch the fabric to the buckram and sew along the seam allowance with the machine.

Then I had to sew the top part of the hat, the tip, to the sideband. I did this by clipping the curve of the tip and folding the seam allowance perpendicular to the plane of the hat.

I then stitched the sideband to the seam allowance, carefully butting the edge of the sideband up against the inner edge of the seam allowance. This was done in backstitch and it took forever.

I don't have a picture, but this part is done now.