EDIT: (11/11/09) Pictures are fixed! Again. If they don't work again at some point, PM me & I'll do my best to fix it right away. If you only comment in the thread, I might not notice for weeks! Now go make pretty hoodies.
Okay! This shouldn't be too hard to follow... it's my first tutorial, though, so if I screwed up here or something is unclear, I'm happy to answer questions. Enjoy!!
You'll need:
-1.5 - 2 yards of fabric, and then a half yard or so if you want to line the hood with contrast
-tape measure, chalk, sewing machine or needle and thread, scissors, etc.
-fitted t-shirt/tank top for torso pattern
Ready??
Start out by laying your fabric down, right sides together (I didn't do that in the picture), and lay down your fitted tee on top.
Cut it out, pin, and sew along the red lines as shown:
Leaving it inside out, trim down the neckline a little so the front is a little lower than the back.
[I can't find this picture, but it's pretty self-explanatory.]
Take out your tape measure, and measure one side of the armholes.
Making sure they're even, double your measurement, and draw out a sleeve shape on more of your fabric. You can either freehand it, as I did, or use an old t-shirt sleeve for a pattern.
Cut out, it should look like this:
Don't worry if it's a little short: you'll be adding cuffs later. So I actually don't bother measuring my sleeves-- instead I'll just eyeball them.
Fold each of the sleeves in half, right sides together, pin, and sew along the red line as shown (except, well, straight. Not crooked like that.) :
Okay, so after sewing both sleeves you're going to turn them right side out, and slide them into the arm holes of the body. Make sure the seam of the sleeve matches to the lower seam of the body, not the shoulder seam!! It might be a little difficult at first to ease the sleeve into the whole, but work with it, trim a little if need be, and pin a lot!
Take your time sewing the sleeve in carefully!
Repeat to other side and sleeve. You should now have what looks like a long sleeve shirt:
You'll notice that the body of the hoodie is obnoxiously long. I do this so that I can cut four inches off the bottom, fold that band in half, and sew it back on.
Pinned:
Sew it and take a break... you deserve it!
Next: Hood part of hoodie. Very vital.
Take your handy dandy tape measure and measure all around your neckline.
Halve that measurement and add two inches. Then take an existing hoodie and trace around it,
being sure that the bottom matches your measurement!
Cut it out, remembering to add seam allowance! Take the pieces and cut out two from your contrasting material. You should now have this:
With right sides together, pin along
ONLY THE TOP AND BACK SIDE! Sew anymore and your hood will become a bag.
After sewing both the outside and the lining of the hood, put them together (right sides together) and pin the front edges as shown:
Sew; turn right side out. Stuff the lining into the hood and topstitch the edge so it lays flat.
Your hood should now look somewhat like this:
Okay, now you're going to pin the hood to the neckline of the body. Take the neckline, fold it in half so the shoulder seams meet, pin the very center of the back of the neckline to the seam of the hoodie. From there on, work your way around the neck, being sure to overlap the edges of the hood in front.
Sew carefully and slowly around the entire hood. You should now have this:
Take a deep breath-- you're so close to being done!!
I'll post the rest of the tut in a comment below, because otherwise I'm exceeding the 20 image limit.
Hoodie Tutorial (So. Many. Pictures.) -
04-16-2008, 01:32 AM
That's how it goes! But yeah, they're not too hard once you know how to make the pieces. And they go fast! It took me about 2 1/4 hours to make this, and about the same to make the tutorial. Go figure. :P
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