Just realized that I had bought this really nice patterned trim which should have been sewn on right at the start before i'd even sewn the red to the purple. To resolve this problem I had to surface stitch on the trim being sure not to catch the lining inside.
My second attempt at the hat went a lot better than the first as I curved the pattern piece so it was more like an arch which fit the head much better. My model's head was 22 inches around so i divided it by 4 and that was how wide my pieces had to be plus 1cm seam allowance.
I cut out patterns for the front and back parts of the hat which are like flaps. I made larger patterns for the fur pieces as I wanted a border around the pieces exactly like my coat so it made things a lot easier.
When sewing the larger piece to the smaller piece you still sew the edges together so it creates the border look when it's turned inside out.
I pinned the pieces in place and sewed them in. Once they were in i used a zig zag stitch on the machine to neaten up and strengthen my raw edges.
The side flaps flopped down quite a lot and created these massive ears so I think I'll have to tack the sides in to my desired position.
Here is the finished hat it was considerably easier to construct after making my coat.
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