A Mario mushroom beret is a red, mushroom-shaped hat with a large, puffy mound and a small brim. Mushroom hats are shaped similarly to berets, except that the crown of the hat is large and puffy. Mario is the name of the iconic character from the video game company Nintendo's game Super Mario Brothers. Mario wears a large red, puffy hat with a small brim and a white circle with an "M" on it. You can make your own Mario mushroom beret to wear as a part of a Mario costume.
Instructions
1. Fold the red polyester in half. Set the pail lid onto the fleece and trace around the lid with a black fabric marker. Keep the fabric folded and cut out two circles of fleece by cutting both layers of fabric at the same time while you cut on the black line of the circle with fabric shears.
2. On the scrap pieces of fleece draw a brim that has a 6-inch long curve, is 2 inches wide at its middle and 1 inch at both ends. Cut two pieces for the brim of the hat with fabric shears.
3. Take one of the fleece circles and set it down on your workspace. Place the 4 1/2-inch round plastic lid at the center of the fleece. Trace around it with a fabric marker. Cut the circle out to make a head hole for the hat.
4. Set your sewing machine to a long, straight stitch that is 8 to 10 stitches per inch. Place the two large circles together and align their edges. Sew the circles together with a sewing machine, leaving a 1/2-inch seam allowance. Place the two brim pieces together and align their edges. Sew the edges of the two brim pieces of the hat together with a 1/2-inch seam allowance.
5. Turn the hat inside out. Turn the brim inside out. Set the open edge of the brim along the left edge of the circular hole of the hat. Stitch the brim to the hat with a 1/2-inch seam allowance.
6. Cut a 6-inch circle out of white craft foam. Draw a capital "M" centered on the circle. Pin the white circle with a safety pin onto the hat. Or if you like, you can sew it on with your sewing machine with its settings on a long straight stitch and a 1/4-inch seam allowance.
