In the Hood..

An easy to sew sleeveless hoodie, that will make your neighbors come knocking on your door to find out where you got it from.


It was May 2007 when I made the discovery that it was time to take on something new. Little did I know at the time, was it a fashion show of my own. The date was finally set and I had 3 weeks to sew everything. That’s when I discovered this easy to sew most wanted piece of the show. The all time old but newly discovered sleeveless hoodie.
I started picking through all of my stuff (for my fashion show) that I had collected over the years to be sewn one day, when I found this old big 80s sweater.
Being in love with any sort of hoodie I realized this would make an excellent piece for the show.
I originally designed it as a woman’s piece and then realized that it worked amazingly on both men and woman.
All you need is:
1. One ginormous old sweater
2. One 23” or 24” zipper (this depends on the length of your sweater).
3. One shoe/drawstring.
4. Two eyelets.
5. A hoodie that you like the fit of (this is for measuring).

Steps:

1. Cut the sleeves off the sweater
2. Lay your own hoodie in the middle of the sweater and draw a line with a piece of chalk from the armhole to the bottom of the sweater to get the new shape for your hoodie. Cut your new armhole and your new side seam.(leaving a ½” seam allowance for the sides and a ¼” seam allowance for the armhole)
3. Start sewing along the chalk line (with an ½” seam allowance.) from just under your new armhole down to the bottom.
4. As you sew your armhole, turn under your ¼” seam allowance to get a clean finish.
5. Draw a line on the inside of your sweater down the centre front. Cut down your line and insert zipper. (How to sew in your zipper: www.taunton.com/threads/pages/t00168.asp)
6. Cut open the sleeves of the sweater lengthwise and lay right sides together. Measure the opening of your neck and trace out the shape of your old hoodie vertically on to your sleeves using the same size opening as your neck. Leave a 1” seam allowance on the opening of the hood and a ½” seam allowance everywhere else.
7. Sew the hood together leaving the front still un-sewn.
8. Place the eyelets 2” up from the bottom of the hood and over 2” from the side, and pull the drawstring through.
9. Sew the front of the hood closed, carefully holding the drawstring in place, with a 1” seam allowance.
10. Attach the hood to the neck of your sweater with a ½” seam allowance, carefully catching the top of the zipper tape in between.


This is NOT the PIC I will be using. But it's just to show you guys an example of one!!!!
Also there will be pics for every step.