Making a Fabric Head Form or Wig Form:

This head form can be used as a base to make gold mesh cauls or escoffions in place of a Styrofoam head. It can also be used to display hats. You can see examples in the hats section of this site, on the Italian bonnet and attifet page.
There are four Jpg files that make up this pattern you will need to print and join the sections. # 1 and #2 join along the gray line and #3 and #4 join along the gray line. Double check that your printer is printing them out at the correct size, the large gray box should be 1" and the small gray box should be 1cm. Join the pattern pieces on #1 and 2 together along the black line to form one long pattern piece. Sew one each of the long pattern pieces to one of the Head sides matching the black triangles. Then sew the two half together along the center front to center back line. Stuff it as tightly as possible with cotton or synthetic fiberfill. Leave just enough room to slip the wooden or cardboard base into the head opening and be able to pull the fabric over the edge of the wood and staple gun or glue along the bottom edge. If you are using cardboard it is best to laminate three or four layers of corrugated cardboard. I alternate the direction of the layers of cardboard for strength. Once the wood is glued or stapled in place you can screw the head to a wooden place this helps it stay upright. A tightly woven strong fabric is recommended. The final head size is very dependant on the amount of bias stretch in the fabric and just how tightly you stuff your head but you should get a 22" head size. You can get a larger or smaller head by printing the pattern at a percent over 100 or under 100. The following percents are suggestions. 20" 91%, 20.5"94%, 21" 96%, 21.5 98%. 22" 100%. 22.5" 102%. 23" 104%, 23.5" 106%. 24"109%. 24.5"11%. 25"114%.

It might be best to copy the 4 files to your computer and print them in a program like photoshop, they seem to keep the size as is.