How to Sew a Surgical Cap - Tutorial and Pattern
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- Free pattern and detailed instructions at www.gatherandmake.ca - Tutorials. A step-by-step tutorial video showing how to sew a surgical cap, scrub cap, or OR cap with ties. Simple to make but with durable construction. I originally designed this pattern for donating to hospitals and healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It's since been sewn by thousands of people around the world! I have provided this pattern for personal use only.
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My memories on fb came up today that I had finished 200 caps during Covid. I eventually made 1500 caps and used your pattern. They were all given free of charge to front line workers. Thank you.
I've made this version of the cap several times from both free and paid tutorials/patterns. This one is by far the best quality sewing, instructions and fit/outcome. Thank you so much for sharing this for free.
I'm a CCRN working the front lines. I sewed myself a hat that I came up with a pattern for. One thing led to another and along with another nurse, during this necessary quarantine, began sewing scrub hats to cover the heads of our team! I wish I had stumbled upon your AMAZING pattern and video before I began all that!! I really would have saved a ton of time!! WHAT A GREAT PATTERN!! You are a genius!! Not only great, simple time saving directions via youtube, but your pattern saves on fabrics! I'm using my never-ending stash of fabrics I've bought over the years but with work, kids etc, couldn't find the time to make the projects intended for them. I suppose I've found the project intended for those fabrics!! Thanks again!!
Oh my goodness, thank you for saying so! I'm so glad it helped. It is definitely a great stash buster! Finally we don't have to feel so bad about all that fabric hoarding over the years, right?! Stay safe on the front lines and thank you for your service!
I have a sewing machine that has sat in my closet for over 15 years. Last thing I made was a dog pillow that was round. I have no sewing skills but got that sewing machine out and have made these surgical hats for my work . They were all so impressed. I have made them out of our old surgical scrubs that we do not use anymore. My Mom had thread of all colors in her old sewing box. These have cost us nothing but my time, which I have been happy to spend making these instead of stressing out over everything. THANK YOU FOR SUCH AN EASY AND HELPFUL VIDEO.
I'm so glad it was helpful. Way to go! Now that you've gotten your sewing machine out and dusted off, you'll have to also sew something fun for yourself! :)
I made this for my daughter who is an ER nurse and she loved it and wants more for her co-workers! I'm donating all that I make to her hospital. Thank you for sharing this.
I'm SO happy to hear that it's helpful! Thank you for making them for your daughter and her co-workers in the ER - and thank you to them for being our heroes on the front lines! xo
@@gatherandmake What are the measurement as I am not using a pattern
Thank you so much for sharing your hat with us. I am a critical care nurse and we are in need of hats and mask. They only give us one a shift. Once again thank you very much and my GOD BLESS YOU!!!! 🙏🏽❤️
God bless YOU, Maxine! Thank you for working on the front lines caring for our sickest patients. xoxo
I don’t understand any of the down thumbs. This is definitely a great video on making the caps, but the free printable directions, pattern, and scale drawing are so good that you could skip the video and do just fine making a cap. Thank you for all the time you put into this, and for freely sharing with the world.
I never knew how to sew before until Covid19 changed our lives. I've been able to make this cap for my son who is a CT Tech. I had to CZcams everything about using a sewing machine. He said they work great. Thank you for allowing me to help my son during these tough times. I plan to make more and provide to his co-workers. It's a blessing to help! Thank you.
Good for you Patti!
that's awesome. I really don't know how to sew either but I got my machine out, watched a few videos and make some masks, they turned out pretty well. I'm going to try and make myself this cap today.
Great job!!! Now that you know how to sew, what are you going to sew for fun for yourself once you're done making masks and caps?!
Nicely done. Something you did (that so many tutorials don't) is to use a contrasting thread for demonstration. It really makes it a lot easier to follow the construction steps when you do that, and I for one really appreciate it!
Yes that is my biggest pet piece with sewing tutorials.. using the same color of fabric to sew to each piece and same color of thread.. i get so confused
Yes, great observation!
Thank you for showing things step by step and for not omitting things that seem to be common sense to knowledgable sewers as a beginner your video left me with no questions. Thank you!!!
Thank you! Haven't sewn in years and your clear, concise, no-nonsense instructions are much appreciated! My daughter and her ICU coworkers are recipients, thanks to your instructional. I added a piece of interfacing where I sew buttons because, depending on the mask elastuc length, the stress was pulling out the button and frequently resulted in holes.
THANK YOU! Easiest scrub cap demo I have seen. I have been up all night working on making these for nurses I know that work at my local Children’s hospital.
You're amazing! xo
that is Really nice of you to do that. I don't really like sewing much unless i have too but have made about 50 masks for my drs office and a few very ill people i know who are afraid to go to the store.....your wonderful
I need to print off another pattern! WOW! Neat, new pattern!!
I've made 24 so far, and have another 30 in the wings. Just waiting for more fabric, solids to use with all of the donated fabric and my stash.
I've been using my serger.... for the first time since getting it from an old neighbor. In the 90s. I'm strangely grateful for the opportunity to get to know the machine while helping others. I am using my hoard, too! Wins all around. I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. These are going to several hospitals in Michigan.
Wow - that's a lot of sewing! Your efforts will be much appreciated by your local hospitals, I'm sure. It has also been a great way for me to use up my fabric stash! Win-win! :)
This is just what my daughter asked me to make. She works in physical therapy and is on the lift team for covid-19 patients. She is issued just one cap. I’ve made masks for the hospital so now I move to caps.😊 This pattern is perfect. Thank you.
Hope your daughter is staying safe! Glad the pattern helped.
I’m an icu RN isolating at home on my days off as we wait on the surge of covid patients. Thanks to your video I won’t be bored in my room any more.
Thank you for your essential front line service! You are amazing!
Still making these for my nurse friends. It’s a fantastic pattern, and great instruction.
What are the size of the pattern
Thank you for this simple pattern. I'm making and surprising my sister-in-law who is a nurse in central upstate NY.
You are so welcome! She will really appreciate it.
THE BEST tutorial I’ve seen on these! I’ve watched so many trying to find one that works for me. Thank you so much!!!!
Definitely the easiest to follow DIY surgical cap I have done. Thank you!
My daughter who is an RN in Minneapolis MN sent me this video & asked me to make her some. I really appreciate the video as I'm a visual learner. One tip I would have is to do your pressing before you start sewing, much easier.
That is such a great tip - thanks for sharing, Tanya. It would absolutely be easier to do all the pressing with it laid flat! Glad you found the video helpful. :)
A nurse friend asked me to make her a surgical cap, and I was thrilled to see your tutorial. You're a great teacher! Thank you for the pattern as well. Not sure what I would have done without it! Once my friend wore her hat, there's been a steady demand for more from all the medical personnel in the ER. I've shared your tutorial and so now there are at least 3 of us working on hats for the staff. I have been using t-shirts, since I don't have bolts of material laying around. They seem to be working quite well. Thanks again for sharing your expertise!
Thanks so much! I'm glad it has been helpful. You are superstars - your contributions will be much appreciated by the ER staff. All the best!
This is a great pattern. I have made over 200 caps for my daughter and the other nurses that she works with. So glad I found this. Thank you for providing me with a vehicle to contribute to our healthcare workers during this pandemic.
WOW! That is a lot of caps! You're a super star. I'm so glad I could help. Way to go!
My husband and I are Emergency physicians and I've made a half dozen of these for us so that we don't have to wash coronavirus out of our hair when we get home from work. Thank you so much for the easy tutorial!
I had to come back to comment again.
This tutorial is BY FAR the best. I'm not a sewing machine person- I make quilts 100% by hand from start to finish. But this tutorial made me feel like a "real" sewer, and I made TEN today.
Thank you, Becky! I will be making lots of these!
PS: still need a tutorial for a stretch toggle closure😬
Wow, thank you! That's so kind of you! I really appreciate you letting me know. I am mostly a quilter, too, but not many hand-pieced - THAT is amazing (and much more "real" sewing than by machine!). So glad you found it helpful. :)
Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial. I cant wait to make a few of these for my husband, who is a nurse, and all his co works.
You are so welcome! I'm sure they will appreciate the ones you make. :)
Free printable pattern and step-by-step instructions available at twelvebees.blogspot.com/2020/04/how-to-sew-surgical-cap-pattern-diy.html. Happy sewing!
I was pretty nervous about this pattern. Finally tried it today and I’m so happy. It’s for my son’s brother-in-law. He works in radiology and had asked for something with (tasteful) skeletons. I was happy to find fabric on Etsy and your pattern made it perfect. Actually, your video caught my eye because of the fabric. 😊
Now, to make some for the nurses in the family.
This is such a great, easy-to-follow tutorial! Thanks. A couple ideas that made my project easier for me are as follows: I used card stock and traced the pattern on there to use as a template. I used the template to trace the pattern onto wrong side of fabric to cut out. (I use regular scissors so tracing makes it easier to cut.) Once pattern is traced onto fabric, throw a couple of straight pins around each traced pattern piece to hold it while cutting. I also found that once you iron the little flap up on very end of the ties (on video at minute 6:14), once it's folded up and ironed, if you cut the corners off both sides of little flap it makes it look so much nicer once you fold both sides of ties together to sew for finishing the cap.
Great tips, Diane. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Becky. A wonderful tutorial. Easy to follow. Most impressed that you did a pattern on a graft, for those of us who don’t have a printer or cannot get it to print. On another site someone had said they wanted to make some to help and ask I’d she could just give the length and width of the oval. She did not have a printer and the woman had given the measurements for the band part, and she replied “If you don’t have a friend who could print it and mail it to you, then you’re just out of luck”. I was so shocked. Can’t we just be kind and helpful... Thanks again for the extra effort you made to help us . God bless you.
Thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful. It is a lot of work to create a video/tutorial and provide a free pattern, then takes a lot of time to provide support to people using the pattern, so I completely understand if pattern designers can't answer every question or provide additional resources. Most of us aren't being paid a thing and are giving our limited free time to help others just by providing a pattern (especially now while taking care of our own families and home schooling our kids, while working full time at home or out of the home). Stay safe and happy sewing. xo
Yay, I think I finally got it. The only messy part was sewing up the curve and coming back, but I’m sure I’ll master it with practice. I have to agree with everyone else, best pattern yet. Thanks for sharing.
I'm a GP and this video is PERFECT! 👍 Thanks a bunch for a great tutorial, my friend.
I made 2 of these for my daughter who is a nurse in about 1 hour and she was so happy! Your instructions are perfect & easy to follow. Thank you for doing this & saving her a ton of money!
Thank you so much. I am an ER nurse and this has me excited to make some for me & my coworkers
The best sew tutorial I ve ever watched. So fast, easy and very good work!! Thank u!!
Wow, thank you! I'm so glad you found it helpful.
Update, I went back to the website and it worked! Thanks I am making them for my son.
Fantastic!
Both my parents are RNs being exposed to plenty of COVID patients daily. I too am an RN but haven’t started working yet (due to an injury). I’ve learned how to make reusable face masks to help protect my family and now I’m interested in providing them with scrub caps. This tutorial was super clear and easy! I’m ready to get started!!
Bless your family! I'm sure they will appreciate them. I hope you all stay safe. xo
Thanks for the video and pattern! I bought my wife a sewing machine for Christmas. I have never sewn anything but sat down today and made 2 of these with Santa prints.
Thankyou! My husbands ER shifts just increased in length and his face and ears have been so sore! I'll make a lot of these for him and as many others with longs shifts i can find.
Thank you for the tutorial and free pattern...I am doing medical missions and make caps from local fabric of Guatemala...they love it.
I watched at least 7 or 8 videos and your video is by far the best! Thank you so much! Also thank you for having the option to draw the pattern for those people without printers. That was so helpful and much appreciated!
Awesome! Thank you! I'm so glad it was helpful for you.
I've made about a dozen of these for my daughter's dental office. They are easy to make and much liked by the workers! Thank you for an easy pattern and a super tutorial.
I'm also making some for my dad's dental office but I'm not sure how the caps will fit on everyone's head since everyone has different sizes. Would you say this template is good for a universal size and it fits everyone comfortably?
One size pretty much fits all...the ties can be tied looser or tighter to fit well.
I've made a few of these scrub caps and my daughter, who is a nurse, loves them! She herself is starting to learn to sew and I'm forwarding this video and your website to her today! Thanks so much for this tutorial video!
Thank you SO MUCH. I have literally spent days trying to find a (clear) pattern/video I could understand and make for a niece who works in a hospital. I made one today and I will take it to her, and if it is what she wants I am confident I can make others for her (with buttons!)
My pleasure! I am so happy to hear it was helpful. I'm sure it means a lot to your niece that you took the time to make one for her!
thank you for the demo and free pattern. I am a handmade artist of hats and bags. I will be making some to sell at holiday markets. I was at an AIRBNB this summer and actually met a real life person who works in the ER, and upon inquiring, I found out these are needed. Will try best to make some this year. and let you know how it goes.
Thank you.... The buttons are as game changer...... helps keep the tension off the ears
So glad it was helpful!
Great! Thank you I'm a dental hygienist who is in need of a cap when I return back to work!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you much for this simple turtorial. I'm an ICU nurse, been using the disposable surgical cap at work. I'm new to sewing, but your video looks simple enough. Now I'm gonna try to make one for myself.
Thank you so much. I am going to try tonight for our clinical employees.
How did it go?
Thank you. I have 5 family members that work in the medical field. This is so helpful.
Thank you for pattern, I'm a dental assistant and will be making for myself and coworkers. Will tag you on instagram when i've completed one..
Same here. Looks like I’ll be switching from mask making to making a few dozen of these for when my dental office opens again.
Please do!
Thank you for a concise tutorial and a great pattern. I made several caps for a local hospital, some for a church friend who works in a nursing home, and I'm still making some for my dental hygenist.
Just the thing for my son who is a Physical Therapist. This pattern is great. Very easy. Fits my son's head which is x-large. Contrary to comment below.
Great to know. Thanks for sharing that it fits your son! In my experience it has also fit most people who have tried it on. I'm sure he appreciates the mom-made cap. :)
The best cap tutorial. Thank you!!!! Enjoy every day!
Thank you! You too!
Thank you for the excellent and easy intstructions and pattern. This one is awesome. Don't have zig zag on my machine (1957) but did double stitching around perimeter of top and worked awesome. Thank you!
Glad you made it work! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this comment! I'm also working on an antique machine (Singer 301) that doesn't zigzag. I was going to try bias tape to keep things nice.
Excellent tutorial! I have a girlfriend who works in research and I made 5 for her this weekend!!! Thank you 🙏 soooo much!!!
Все знают, что ВСЁ гениальное просто, а вот ,как до него додуматься,, знают НЕ все.👏👍👍👍
thanks a lot for this.... I was beginning to lose guts having watched some other more complicated tutorials. I also like how you did the joining of the top and bottom pieces at the back. much more practical and error proof compared to others I had seen. You have made is much more simpler and easy to follow. Scrubs caps, here I come!
Yay! You can do it!
I cannot say thank you enough! This is an easy pattern and so great that you can do it without elastic (since it is all gone now!). I am a RN in TX and I making caps for my colleagues here as well as colleagues across the US (CA, NV, NY, IN, etc). Your instructions are very clear, easy to follow and the video for me was super helpful. Thank you so much for sharing your pattern and instructions - it means the world :)
Thank YOU for working on the front lines keeping us safe and healthy! You're awesome. I'm so glad that you found it helpful, and that I could do something that helps support all of the important work you are doing. Keep safe! xo
Thank you so much for the printable pattern! I am a medical student and recently developed a love for sewing during this pandemic. I will most definitley be making my own surgical cap to use once we can go back to practice in hospitals. Much love!
Tery Vasquez best wishes and stay safe!
This is a great cap; easy to follow instructions. I was very happy with the way my first one turned out. Thank you for such great instructions, pattern and video!
Wonderful! Glad it helped!
Thank you for the pattern. My son and his girlfriend are nurses in a NC hospital and they just asked my husband to make them surgical caps. My husband made some years ago, but he misplaced his pattern.
My pleasure. How great to be able to gift your son and his girlfriend these much-needed, handmade caps - I'm sure they will really appreciate them!
Thank you for your clear instructions and explanations of why you do it in the order you do. My daughter who will be graduating from Glasgow University in Scotland as a Vet has asked me to make her some 😊
I just successfully made one today following your procedure. Thank you very much.
Thank you ... ppl are making them in Manitoba but the pattern is kinda complex... I wanted to make as many as I can for them ... thanks for taking the time to make a tutorial 💗💗
My pleasure! Thank you for giving your time to make some to donate. I know the front line health care workers here have been really appreciative of them.
Thank you so much I'm a nursing student but I am a seamstress by trade and was fighting for caps for myself when I'm on duty and also my colleagues so that k you so so much for the patterns and the easy to follow steps on how to sew it this design is way lest costly for me due to using of less materials and it's also effecient in terms of time since I'm working at the hospital it makes it very difficult to sit down and sew and their is a demand for it sigh thanks once again your a life saver..... (Ps I'm making a set now😏😊😅)
Great tutorial! By far one of the better ones for scrub caps. Thank you for the printable pattern!!!
Glad it was helpful!
An ER RN friend asked me to make her a cap like this but with a toggle closure. I cant seem to find a tutorial for that.
You have made me feel like I can make this!
You absolutely can make it! If you want to add a toggle closure (and you have toggle hardware), cut the pattern off at the 11" mark, then tuck a lace or shoestring into each end before you fold the hem up along the brim, slide on a toggle, and knot the strings! It would be worth giving it a try. :)
Thank you for this project.... Made it for my daughter and her co-workers in the hospital... made it also for my brother who rides his motorcycle with his face mask....
Thanks for this! The clearest pattern instructions I’ve found so far!
So glad you found it helpful, Marilyn!
Your video was so explanatory and easy to follow. I bought 2 scrub caps online and want to send them back and make my own now, thank you!
Thank you for the tutorial! It was easy to follow and now I've got a bunch of scrub caps. Thanks again!
So very helpful! Thank you for the well spoken tutorial.
Thanks!
Thanks SO much for this video and the pattern. I made some for my sister and she loves them. Even put the buttons on. They turned out better then the Macalls pattern I used a few years ago and your video is well done and easy to follow, unlike the printed pattern directions (I have trouble with those generally anyhow) Thanks again!
Glad I could help!
Thank you so much for this tutorial and pattern/instructions from a nurse in Rhode Island!
You are so welcome! Thank YOU for your brave work during this crazy time!
I can’t wait to make this for my niece. She’s a nurse in Massachusetts. Looks simple enough. 🤞🏽
I'm a nurse in MA too :)
You've got this! She will so appreciate it. High fives to all the awesome nurses out there.
THANKS soooo much for this tutorial!! I watched several tutorials by far the best!!! Yours was simple and beautiful. The video and instructions were easy to follow. After I made the first one, I was off and running with several more. I gave them to my son's girlfriend who is a nurse. She LOVES them. The button was a great idea too. I'm going to make many more for her to share with fellow nurses. Thanks again!!
You are so welcome! I'm so happy to hear that you found it helpful. Your son's girlfriend is lucky to get custom-made caps! Thanks for sharing. :)
Thank you so much for this pattern and your excellent and easy to follow instructions! As a physical therapist in a small community hospital we are sometimes overlooked when PPE is being handed out, now I can make them for our team!
Awesome! I've come to appreciate how many unsung heroes there are in our healthcare system - yay for physical therapists! Stay safe. xo
Thank you for this awesome pattern! My daughter is a healthcare worker and was in need of these caps.
Glad it was helpful!
Just made this for my son. Thanks
I made a dozen of these for the staff at my sister's dental office. Thank you.
Thank you so much for the pattern and your very clear instructions. The best I’ve seen! I’ve made a few different patterns and this is the best. So helpful!
Thanks so much, Carol! I'm so glad you found it helpful. :)
@@gatherandmake I can't find the pattern, I'm already making sets of scrubs. Can you possibly give me a link?
Pattern please! Excited to get started.
Wow this is a great tutorial, thank you! I'm new to sewing and want to make a cap (or two) for my brother who works in a nursing home. Your directions are easy enough to follow and the end product looks great!
Glad it was helpful!
I have a great hack when sewing round things to straight things...PLACE THE ROUND SIDE UNDERNEATH WHEN STITCHING which allows the FEED DOGS to ease the fullness in.
Yes! Absolutely a great tip. Thanks for sharing!!!
Thank you so much for this tutorial and free pattern! So helpful! I have friends who work on the frontline that asked if I could make this and I only have basic sewing skills, but with your clear instructions, I was able to do a test run with a pillowcase and it turned out pretty well! Practice makes perfect right? Thank you x a million!!
You are so welcome! I'm really happy to hear you found it helpful, and I love that you dove in and gave it a try. Great idea to test it out with a pillowcase first! I always tell my kids that practice makes progress - because nothing is ever perfect and, besides, who would want it to be anyway? ;) Happy sewing!
This is perfect thank you! I am a nurse and I'm going to be making these on my days off for myself and my coworkers!
Thank YOU for the amazingly brave work you and your coworkers are doing! Stay safe out there! xo
Thank you, after three previous ones this is by far the best and easy to understand. THANK YOU!
You're very welcome!
Your video of this surgical cap and your pattern makes the best sense to me of all that I've looked at. I want to thank you for taking the time to make such precise drawings and for describing each sewing step so carefully. Now, I actually think I might be able to do this! Thank you!
You are so welcome! Thanks for saying so. You can absolutely do this. :)
😍 Excellent Instructions = PRECISE [particularly the Layout of Pattern to Save Fabric] THANK YOU
Thank you so much! I'm glad you found it helpful. :)
Thanks for this & great job making it easy to follow. Just made some for a nurse working in NYC.
Thanks so much. I'm glad to hear it was helpful. You're awesome!
OMG! I just made this now and it's surprisingly easy to make! I'm a beginner and am so proud of myself! LOL Thank you so much!!!❤❤❤
Awesome! You should be proud of yourself!!! Way to go! I'm so glad my tutorial helped. Now that you're no longer a beginner, what are you going to sew next?! :)
@@gatherandmake I'll make you a ballroom gown! LOL just kidding! I'm making face masks right now but I'm thinking of making "grocery" bags out of my left over fabrics.🙃 Endless thanks again!💖Much love from Washington state
Thank you very much. Just made one for a friend of mine who's a surgical tech. Referenced the video a lot, but very easy to make!
So glad you found it helpful. I'm sure your friend appreciated it! :)
Very nice tutorial I am doctor as well as my daughter ite really easy tutorial and will help us
Great pattern, making some for my son in Calif, who is a Dr. in the ICU, and shortages are coming soon, so he asked me to make some caps for him.
Perfect. I have just watched lots of videos and checked lots of patterns. Yours looks like the easiest and most efficient. Thank you - will get sewing this afternoon. So many need them here in NY!
You are so welcome! Stay safe in NY. xoxo
Thank you very much for this pattern, your instructions were excellent and made the project so easy, I only have 1 problem and that is the placing of the buttons, I tried it the way you show it, a few inches from the back, and it did not come out right. I am one of those people that can only sew with a pattern, and all directions has to be on that pattern, including where to place the buttons, but after like 5 attempts I got the buttons in the right place, they went a little higher than where you said to put them, just a little mark on the pattern would have made it a little easier for me. But that's my problem, your instructions were excellent. Thank you again.
Could you please send me the link for the pattern. I'm unable to locate it
Thanks for your feedback. I have actually been placing them a bit higher than I show in the video, too (a few inches from the back and a few inches up from the brim). After making a ton to donate, I've found that different people prefer them in different places depending on the shape and size of their head (right on the brim works for some people!) - so there's really no right or wrong placement. Glad you found the perfect place for you!
@@gatherandmake Thank you
Will be trying this pattern out today for my daughter who is a Paramedic with BC Ambulance; the half face respirator masks she has to wear...the rubber ties around her head is tearing out her hair...so hopefully, wearing the scrub then putting on her mask will alleviate this problem!
Clearest and most straightforward instructions I've watched so far. Thanks.
Hello
This is such a great tutorial! Easy to follow and the end result looks very professional! Can’t wait to make some!
Thank you. Your tutorial is clear and informative. Will definitely try my hand at making a few for work.
VERY WELL DONE! I can understand every step! Thanks!
Great to hear! My pleasure. :)