Jul 30, 2008

Panama Hat

How to make a Panama Hat:
Pick out a color and quality.  It takes anywere between 3 days and 4 months to weave a single hat depending on quality.
Shape the hat in a steamer
Choose your brim size and have a sweet Senorita sew it in place
Trim the brim
Sew in the sweat band
Choose a band for the outside, glue it on
Prep the steamer for one last shaping
Cook it
Have someone else pull the hat out of the steamer so you don't burn your hands
1 hour and $15 later, you can be stylin in your new custom Panama Hat

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey David,now you know that they should not be called "panama hats" that is just wrong; they are call "sombreros de paja" o "sombreros de paja toquilla".

Christian.