Daddy and I decided we were going to make the kids costumes this year. Lil’ Jerry wanted to be Mario from Super Mario Brothers.
Daddy had the brilliant idea to go to the Salvation Army to look for the pants and shirt. There we found blue jean overalls and a red turtleneck. It all cost about 5 bucks.
Then we went to Joanne Fabrics and bought red polyester fleece. Daddy also got a white wood circle and traced an “M” on it, which he glued to the hat.
Daddy cut out the hat and I sewed it with my sewing machine. Here’s how we made the hat:
Fold the fleece in half so that you are cutting out two pieces at a time. My husband used the lid from a 5-gallon pail to trace a circle on the fabric.
Cut out the two circles and keep the corner that is left over - this is going to be the bill of the cap.
Round off the corner and cut off the thin ends.
On one of the rounds, trace a smaller circle. It should have about a 4.5″ diameter. This is going to be the head hole. It seems small, but fleece is stretchy.
These are all the parts cut out.
Sew the two rounds together about 1/2″ from the outer edge. Sew along the outer edge of the bill.
Turn both pieces inside out.
Place the open edges of the bill along the edge of the small circle and stitch all 3 layers together.
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