Abstract: A method of making a cap and a cap made thereby. A plurality of panels each having an upwardly extending tapered portion are assembled into a cap with hems along the tapered edges of each panel sewn to the hems of adjacent panels to form the crown of the cap. The tapered portions of the panels are surface ornamented prior to assembly with a decoration having directionally oriented portions which cross the seam of the cap at a crossing angle other than perpendicular to the seams. The directionally oriented portions are extended across the hems to the tapered edges of said panel at an angle perpendicular to the tapered edges.