Learn How to Make a Scrub Cap With This Free PDF Pattern, Sewing Tutorial, and Step-By-Step Video. Scroll down for all the info!
As many of you know, healthcare workers globally are struggling to find the scrubs and masks they need to perform their duties. Not only on the front lines of the Covid-19 crisis, but also at secondary medical facilities. Shipping dates for medical scrubs and masks can be anywhere from 6-12 weeks! We must act before that!
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Doctors, surgeons, nurses, and others have reached out to me about a pattern for a scrub cap. Many of you talented seamstresses and sewists are ready and willing to sew! And even for the beginners out there, we can do this! This scrub cap pattern is meant for everyone! Thank you for giving back however you can!
Scrub Cap Supplies
- Quilting Cotton (1/3 Yard for Lining, 1/3 Yard for Main)
- Sewing Machine
- Iron & Ironing Board
- Tape
- Paper & Printer
- Thread
- Scissors
- Rotary Cutter & Rotary Mat
- Washable Marker
Download the FREE PDF Pattern Here!
Watch the video on how to make a scrub cap below!
Step 1. Print off & Tape Together the FREE PDF Pattern
Download the Free PDF pattern to your computer. Open it up, print at 100% with no scaling. Tape the Pattern together by lining up the stars and black lines
Step 2. Cut out Pattern & Fabric for your Scrub Cap
Cut along the black line on both pattern pieces. Layout two pieces of fabric in front of you.
Each piece of fabric should be folded in half. Align the larger edge of the pattern piece with the folded fabric.
Pin it in place and cut around it. Open the remaining fabric and cut the remaining pattern piece out of one layer of the lining and the main fabric.
You should end up with a total of 4 pieces of fabric.
Step 3. Transfer Markings & Darts
NOTE: Please watch the YouTube video HERE to understand where to exactly mark the darts.
Transfer all markings from the patterns to the fabric with a washable marking pen. The markings will help you to align the pattern pieces together in the following steps.
Fold the fabric in half with right sides facing and pin the darts in place. Starting at the widest point sew the dart following the marking, leave a tail of thread and double knot it to secure the dart. Repeat this on lining fabric as well.
Step 4. Sew Darts on your Scrub Cap
Press the darts on the main fabric towards the center, press the darts on the lining fabric outwards. This will reduce the bulk when they are placed on top of each other.
Step 5. Align Right Sides Together
Place the tie pattern piece right side up in front of you. Lay the oval-shaped pattern piece on top of it (with right sides facing) aligning the centers and markings together.
Pin the pieces together. Repeat this step with the lining fabric.
Step 6. Sew Ties to your Scrub Cap
Sew the fabrics together using a 3/8″ seam allowance backstitch at the beginning and end. Press the seam and repeat with the lining.
Notch the rounded top of the cap on the main and lining fabrics.
Step 7. Sew Leaving 3” Opening
With Right sides together place the lining inside of the main fabric. Line up the ties and the bottom of the cap. Pin everything in place. Leave a 3″ opening along the side. Sew all the way around.
Step 8. Turn your Scrub Cap Right Side Out
Clip all corners and right-angles. Turn the cap right-side out through the 3” unsewn opening.
Hint: Use a pen or turning tool to push out the straps.
Step 9. Press your Scrub Cap
Press all of the seams to give the cap a clean finish.
Step 10. Finish Opening & Topstitch your Scrub Cap
Finish the opening with a slipstitch or by topstitching 1/4″ from the edge around the entire cap.
Now that you’ve finished your scrub cap, sew a matching face mask here!
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Thabk you very much i really appreciate the paterns looking forward to many more
I am unable to download the pattern from the site–The link brings me to a download page but it doesn’t work. The page asks for my information but there is no place to put it.. so I can’t get the pattern. Can someone please send me the pattern or advise me as to how I can get it. Thanks!
Hi Sally! Here’s the online link to the pdf pattern:
https://sweetredpoppy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/How-to-Make-a-Scrub-Cap-PDF.pdf
Oops- the previous link was for the instructions. Here’s the link for the pattern:
https://sweetredpoppy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Scrub-Cap-Final-2.pdf
I want to watch the instruction video but its asking for my ctedit card. I thought this was a free pattern and instruction video
how can I get the instructions to the DIY Surgical Scrub cap. to print it off internet is twenty pages. thank you very much for your help.
After you click on the Print button, go to the drop down box, next to “Pages”, select ‘Custom’ instead of ‘All’. Then select your range. I only printed 4 – 11 which gave me the pattern layout on the fabric, through the end of the instructions. I didn’t need the first few pages or the comments.
Hi…. the only pages that show for me are for the pattern only, Would someone be so kind and send me a copy? [email protected]. I have the basic idea, but It’s always good to have the printed directions. Thank you so much.
Can I also get the printed version please? If I download I also only get the pattern but no instructions. Would someone be so kind to mail them please : [email protected] Thanks a lot!
Also…How can I get notifications when someone puts an answer on my post please?THANK YOU
Great and easy to follow pattern, thank you so much!!
I’m new to sewing. What can I use to cover up rough edges? It always seems to happen to me.
When you cut out pattern, you’ll need a top and a liner. After sewing together and turning right side out, it will cover the raw edges.
I tried 3 fitted face mask patterns before finding yours. Your pattern is the easiest best fitting mask off all. Thank you so very much for sharing with us. I am in Australia and we are coming into winter so these will be much needed. Thanks again. Gayle
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I also would also like the instructions. I have printed the pattern. My information is also below. Thank you so much!
A serger will help with the raw edges… you can also opt for different seam finishes, such as a a zig zag stitch, pinking the seams in order to prevent frayed edges, a French seam, or a flat fell seam. It all depends on where the raw edge is located. However, I would highly recommend investing in a seger. Not only will your fabrics be more durable with each wash, it will also save you a ton of time…. happy sewing love!!
thanks for sharing! excelent
Thank you so much for making this available. My sister is an RN and because of the shortage can’t get any. I am hoping I can surprise her with a couple. I will be seeing by hand as I don’t have a sewing machine. Thank you again
I enjoyed making scrub cap.i dont have machine so I hand stitched
It’s perfect for my friend working on the front line. Thank you so much!!!
Thank you so much for this information and the pattern. Our hospital is in great need of these!! I wouldn’t be able to help if it weren’t for you!!
Is there a way to print the instructions without having 20 pages?
After you click on the Print button, go to the drop down box, next to “Pages”, select ‘Custom’ instead of ‘All’. Then select your range. I only printed 4 – 11 which gave me the pattern layout on the fabric, through the end of the instructions. I didn’t need the first few pages or the comments.
Janet,
Would you be so kind as to forward those pages to me?
[email protected]
I can only get the comments to print……
Thank you,
Geraldine
Great scrub cap pattern. I’m making them for my co workers that have thick or long hair and its roomy enough to cover. For medium to short hair is a great fit also. Love not having to fool with elastic
Thanks so much for the patterns. They will be so useful for the nurses in my family and their co-workers.
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Hi there, How much fabric does it take to make the caps? Oh, many people are sewing large buttons for when their ears get sore to relieve the discomfort. How would you make the face mask so that you could put a casing of sorts in case the wire or pipe cleaner goes bad?
Thanks
I used a piece of extra wide bias tape to make the casing. I cut it 1/2 inch longer than the pipe cleaner. (ensure you bend the ends of the pipe cleaner before measuring- it prevents it from poking the wearer). I overcase one short end. Then I zigzag stitched the bias tape to the right side of the lining. That way the pipe cleaner can be removed before washing or replaced if it is too bent.
I sew the bias tape to the fabric before stitching anything else. My daughter is an RN in ICU. She says everyone loves them.
Today I am making the scrub cap with her name and the mask to match as well as a dozen printed ones for her team mates.
Hi. I made a cap today. Thanks for the pattern.It turned out great and my sewing group here in Port Douglas Australia will be making them for our hospital. For those asking how to print I copied and pasted into word and got it down to 10 pages.
Would you adjust the size of the pattern if it were for a large man’s head? Or is there enough fabric to stretch?
The cap is large enough for a man’s head
Thanks so much for this pattern will be making for our local hospital.
Hi Kimberly,
Attempted to make hat and didn’t print to scale at 100%. I am going to remake. What is the dimensions of the actual pattern pieces?
Thanks!
Hi! How much fabric is needed for this?
I printed 5 pages. Hit the “Download Here” Save PDF . Go to your downloads and find what you saved and print
How much material is needed if it is 44″ wide?
Does anyone know if we can make this with a fat quarter?
If I need the cap to be a little bigger for our male medical providers, where would you add width?
Thanks so much. My daughter in law requested some surgical scrub caps for herself and nurses at MGH Boston fighting the covid 19 virus. You’re literally a life saver!
Thanks for the pattern.
While it’s lovely and makes a really nice cap, all the nurses I’ve shown it to say lined will be way too hot. Could you modify the pattern for an unlined cap with elastic at the back? There are a few online but there I love that you have a full scale pattern to download!
How long does it take to make 1 scrub cap?
This is a fantastic pattern. Very well done content! Thank you for making this available for us to help our local healthcare workers on the front lines.
Thank you so much! I’ve been making caps and donating them to our local hospitals since Mar 14th. I’ve been looking for a scrub cap pattern and this pattern is perfect!
Hi! First I want to THANK YOU for the amazing tutorials on facemasks and scrub caps. You do a wonderful job of explaining. I have done a lot of searches and personally I think you are the best. I’m hoping that you can help me one more time.. I have several nurses who are asking for ponytail scrub caps. Do you happen to have a tutorial or even just a pattern for something like that? I did a search and couldn’t find anything so I thought I would at least ask if you could help. Everyone I get the masks to is so grateful!! I just think you’re awesome and a natural communicator. It makes sense when you explain things. Thanks again!
Do you think it is necessary to use 100% cotton or could cotton Lycra be used? I’m thinking more of the hygiene, infection control aspect of this, not about the pattern.
Thank you so much for sharing this! My next door neighbor made this for me. I am an ER nurse. I am going to try too.
Don’t seem able to download tutorial and video doesn’t say how or when to sew in the piece that has darts in it. Can anyone help?
I cannot get the pattern to print…..only the comments…..
Please advise
Thank you for the free powder! after I printed out the pages it seems like the test square is a little bit bigger than 1 in. Is that going to make a difference?
Yes, it will make it bigger, you need to print at 100%
Hi I work in the medical field as a nurses assistant and would like to make one of these caps for me and coworkers.
I can’t seem to get the link to the video to work. Can you point me in the right direction? Thank you very much!
Hello, YOU ARE AWESOME, thank you for making this pattern available. I had tried to find others but your was super easy. My mom loved hers I made a matching face mask too. Thank you again your pattern was easy to follow.
Hi !
when printing the pattern at 100% it does not agree with the 5cm square ,(measurements are not relating)
the bottom of the top piece is only 9.4 cm and according to your instructions, should be about 12.5 cm
Hi, I love the pattern. Have you calculated how much material required as would like to make?
Hello,
I am wanting to make you surgical cap but I am really not getting how it the pattern pieces go together I line up the stars and they don’t mach up ot the lines don’t match what am I doing wrong? do you have anywhere that you are putting to pieces together slowly so I can do it along with you? I have spent hours on this already..
Thank you Kindly :)\Shelley
Great pattern and tutorial! I watched your video through before I even started, which make the project even easier to follow. Thanks so much!!
Hi Jen
I have printed off this pattern but mine do not seem to match up is there anyway you can help me to understand this more???? I have left several messages for help but never seem to get anyone..
Thank you kindly
Shelley…
Thank you so much for the great pattern…watched your video …very well done…can’t wait to put one together for my daughter and fellow colleagues in the hospital…during this pandemic it will be great to offer some bright and cheerful scrub hats to boost our spirits…once again thank you…
How much fabric does it take to make one cap? I’m trying to source some fabric right now as my personal stash is mostly coating and crepes!
Dimensions please (measurements)
Thank You
your tutorial was awesome but I also need the dimensions for the cap please. I was hoping that this would be included.
Thank you so much for the cap pattern. My niece is a nurse asking me to make her some. They have had problems getting caps and mask. I was wondering have you made any with a pony tail since she has long hair.
Thanks so much! My daughter asked me to start making caps for her in OR and she has a lot of hair to hide under it, so I think this pattern is going to be a big hit.
Hi. Printed pattern fine but trying to pribt the instructions with pictures & having issues because its printing out with the ad blank boxes smack in the center of the photo/text on each page. Please advise how to print without those boxes in the way. Thanks, Gloria
How much material is needed for cap
Please email me the printed directions step by step. I made one from the video, but would appreciate printed directions. Thanks. [email protected]
It was a little tricky at the right angle spot from cap to tie. Wasn’t exactly sure how to handle that. Also what way do you suggest pressing seam of cap to band. Should tie be stitched 1/4″seam?
Thank you! Just whipped a bunch for my daughter! She works in a busy ED and they need everything right now!! These will be just perfect.
Thank you for the lovely pattern. Mine printed out perfectly and I sewed a cap for my daughter-in-law this afternoon. I’m ready to sew another one and with the remaining fabric, I am sewing a matching face mask for each cap. The next one that I sew for her will be with fabric that has the Eiffel Tower on it, to remind her of their honeymoon trip to Paris.
Thank you for the tutorial.. brings me back to my prairie hat making days…Making this for a friend
Thank you, this was the best pattern for the surgical cap I found. your instructions were the best. I made for my daughter.
Blessings to you and your family.
Thank you Kimberly for the scrub hat pattern. My daughter is a respiratory therapist at a large teaching hospital and they are now requiring scrub hats in addition to face masks. i made her several. Your pattern came just in time. I’m a retired nurse and donated a lot of patterns to the local repurposed shop and did not have any patterns at home. Being Saturday night I resorted to google and found you and the pattern.
I cannot get the pattern printed. the last screen just says fill out info below and there is nothing there.
Please send me the pattern as soon as possible; my daughter works in the ED at Ohio State University and I’m trying to fill a need there.
Hi I cannot get the pattern to print nor do I know how much material to buy. Please tell me how to print the pattern and amount of material. I love the tutorial. My granddaughter works in the emergency room and they don’t have enough to go around. thanks.
Thank you for the scrub hat pattern! I am making hats for some of the nurses at our local VA Hospital. I tried a couple of other online patterns, but yours is a much better fit, and the instructions are clear and easy to follow. I so appreciate your generosity!
Love the pattern! Thank you for making it available. Found this video to help with the darts. https://www.threadsmagazine.com/2009/10/20/mark-a-dart-and-learn-a-no-tie-finish
This is a fabulous pattern – thank you ever so much for sharing this.
When you tie it is there enough for a bow?
My paramedic sister (we are in Canada) asked if I could sew her some scrub caps. With every call-out now, they have to go in with complete PPE on and it’s messing with her hair, putting all that stuff on and off all day long. (She’s all about the hair. Eye roll.) 🙂
I googled and found 3 different patterns, yours included, and made all three for her to choose from. She choose your pattern as it was big enough and fit the nicest. I am planning to make many more for her and her co-workers.
THANK YOU.
Will this pattern accommodate long hair/bun? I don’t want to make it then find out it doesn’t. My niece works as a nurse in the ICU COVID unit and is in need of caps. Thank you for the pattern!
I made one using a similar pattern. The nurse I made it for requested buttons to hook her face mask to so the mask didn’t bother her ears.
How much material is needed? Please and thank you.
How much material is needed?
can someone please email my pattern jillian.henry [email protected]
Very frustrated, Im trying to download the pattern, but I get a message that my email address is invalid. What I have typed is correct. Help please. This Acute care nurse needs a something that will stay on her head.
Hi! This is a great pattern and tutorial. Thank you for putting this together! My only problem is it seems kind of big. This will be for my father-in-law (so not worried about long hair fitting under it). Did anyone else find it to be too big? Maybe I don’t have the right scale.
What is the seam allowance? The cap seemed large to me.
I have been sewing masks. I started out with the idea of giving them to the homeless, but then my son in law needed them for his employees at a processing plant. Now everyone seems to want one. I have made about thirty and am trying to perfect a pattern with a wire at the nose, a closer fit at the top and comfortable ear loops and ties that fit many sized heads. Also a filter. My granddaughter, a nurse, now wants a surgical cap, so she does not carry the virus home on her hair. My daughter, a nurse, also needs masks.
What is your brand of sewing machine?? I love the markings on the stitchplate. I have a Viking Husquverna and all the markings are metric.
My printing option doesn’t let me scale it to 100% Do you guys have any ideas of how to do that?
thanks!
I am trying to print a scrub hat Pattern, I keep getting reviews,and instructions
what size seams? 5/8 or 1/4”
Yes the pattern is big.
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My name is Lilette
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I have sent a massage to see if anybody can make some scrubs and gowns. For our nursing home in Wanstead
We are in desperate need of scrubs and gowns
I am willing to pay
Thank you
Lillete
how do i print the pattern to the actual size
Love your stuff
Can not download the pattern telling me my email is not valid but it is right one
I love the print of the pattern
This pattern is spectacular. I’ve made several caps for myself and some of my Nurse collegues. I’ve made 5 caps so far!. All are sensational! The fit and structure is very flattering. My favourite. The fact that it is reversible makes it look a cut above the rest. When I wear it I turn up the edge giving a two tone effect. Buttons are essential too. I want to make a request…..I would love this same basic shape and pattern evolved into a Surgical Cap with ponytail version. I love KimKaps.com ponytail and am convinced I could make it just as great myself,,,, with your assistance. Could u make this current pattern with a ponytail version and cute ribbon? I need your help and so do my fellow Nurses xo xo
Can your patterns be used to make items to sell on Etsy?
This is such a happy website. Since we have been cooped up experiencing social distancing, I have rediscovered sewing. Thank you for your tutorials on surgical masks and surgical scrub caps. My daughter is a nurse and she is very appreciative of both of them. I forgot how calming sewing could be. Thanks again.
what are the measurements, my printer is broken, I am experienced at sewing, it would help if you put dimensions on the pictures for us to make our own pattern
thank you so much for your mash and cap patterns, they have been wonderful. I have been making a bunch of caps for some nurses near by. The only odd thing I have noticed is that your pattern is longer than the fabric for me; its ok the ties aren’t as long but I just thought that was odd.
I have been making mask for my nurses, family and work family. I work in criminal justice. I am not charging for my mask. I would like to make nurses the caps, but, I can’t print the pattern. I got the instructions, but need the pattern. Could you email me the pattern please. I am sorry to ask. [email protected]
Thanks!
hello just made my first one. it seems a little big for those that are on the tiny size. can I cut this down for them? would that work?
Thanks so much for this pattern! It sewed up very easily and each hat got faster and faster to make. One seam was marked at 3/8 inch and I didn’t see the others marked so I did standard seams for the rest- but it was a mistake! It was really hard to turn the straps so I did 3/8 inch seams on the whole project the next time and it was much easier!
Did anyone figure out how to put elastic at the back of the hat for a more snug fit? I want to make sure it holds my hair in place at work! I thought I could just put it on the inner layer, by making a casing just big enough for a narrow piece of elastic, but I’m not sure how to do it exactly. I don’t have super long hair, but it does have to be put up! Thanks!
I made one of these today for my daughter …she loves it! It actually fit better when she pulled her hair in a bun underneath the cap; otherwise,it went to way low on her forehead. She asked if I could make one about an inch shorter than this( her co-workers in ED are smaller than her – she’s 5’8″) I think I will shorten it at the bottom. so as to not affect where it is sewn together. This may effect the tie part but I can always cut that off & attach separate ties Let you know how it works out.
Hello. Thank you for your pattern – lovely I work in an ER in Canada and am sewing scrub hats for my coworkers. I finished this patter today and it sees very large – I have long thick hair and even with it under the cap it is too big. What would you suggest to scale smaller crown/band??
Awesome tutorial and pattern. Super easy to follow. Made 4 scrub caps this morning for myself as I will be going back to work next week in the dental field. Thank you!!!!
awesome. looks easy I will try, Thank you so much
Thanks you so much for the scrub cap pattern. Excellent! Makes up very quickly and easily. I’m making them for my daughter who is a dental hygienist
So this looks like it would reversable as well? right?
Great and easy to follow pattern, thank you so much!!
Lucinda: Try on your computer: go to Print. Then hit Custom instead of ALL; then type in 1-14 (for pages you want printed) then hit print and it should give you the instructions with the pattern.
Hi wondering how you cut the band out? If I leave the fabric folded it is not long enough to get the full length of the pattern piece of ties?
Any suggestions appreciated. trying to make the most of a piece of fabric
Thank You !
Why line the top part of the cap? I can make two caps w/a lined tie.. is this acceptable?
I really appreciate the free pattern. I will be making a few to wear during patient treatment. My other choice was to wear what the employer was providing, a plastic shower cap! Ha! No way, I would roast to death with that and all the PPE we now have to wear. You are awesome! Cheers!
Wonderful pattern and so easy! My dental office was given the green light to reopen and all the scrub caps were backordered or so expensive. They turned out wonderful for my dental team. Thank you for your inspiration and free patterns!! Truly a blessing!! I would love to send a photo
Thank you very much.
Very good post. I am going to be experiencing some of these issues at the same time..
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Thanks so much for this, i am making these for my daughter who is a RN in NZ. Have chosen some beautiful fabrics from my quilting shop and they look stunning.
Where can I watch the video to make the cap , is their a link
Thank you for this free pattern. I am a respiratory therapist and have made and still making several caps and giving them to my co-workers. They help us keep our masks and shields in place.
Where would you place a button for the face mask?
Is there an easy way to make this pattern smaller? I made a cap for my daughter & it fit her perfect with her hair in it. A co worker wanted one & he tried hers on & its huge on him because he has no hair. I’m still fairly new to sewing & I cannot figure out how to cut the pattern down to make a smaller one. Thank you
I made several of these and they are wonderful! I am having an issue where the back of the top meets the tie- instead of a nice clean angle I get some bunching. Where should I be turning to sew down the side? Before or after the seam where I attached the side to the top?
Hi- is there also a link to the pattern you used for your face mask in this tutorial? It looks like it is molded without a seam in the front, which is what I was looking for. Your other face mask patterns don’t look like this shape. Thank you in advance!
Do you have a pattern that covers long hair?