Sewing a Hoodie

For this project you will need:

• 2.5m of cotton jersey knit or polar fleece
• Sewing machine
• Thread (for spool and bobbin)
• 30 A4 pieces of paper
• A printer
• A computer
• Tape
• Fabric scissors
• Chalk pen
• Clips (optional)
• Transfer paper (optional)
• Iron (optional)

• Go to the website: https://www.moodfabrics.com/blog/the-boxwood-hoodi... and follow the instruction to print out the pattern.
• Take the pattern and lay the paper on the floor like on the image above.

• Tape the paper together on the connecting sides.
• Used scissors to cut on the black outline, on the size that you want the hoodie to be later.

• Take the fabric and place it spread out on the floor.
• Place the pattern on top of it and trace it with the chalk pen.
• Traced all pieces use the fabric scissors to cut each piece out.
• Remember to look at the pattern closely for the reason that some pieces are needed twice, or the fabric needs to be folded.

• Plug in the sewing machine and thread in you spool thread and the bobbin.
• Set your sewing machine to a straight stitch.

• Take the front and back pieces of the hoody and sew it together at the shoulders and sides underneath the arm holes.

• Take one of the sleeves and fold them so you have the long sides together.
• Sew the sides together.
• Remember to make sure that you sew the sleeves together with the nice sides touching.

• Place the sleeve into the arm hole so that the nice sides are touching in the inside.
• Clip the sleeve to the arm hole to make sure it fits accurately, if not then adjust the size of the sleeve.
• Sew around the arm hole where you places the clips.
• Remember to make sure that you are only two layers of fabric and not the other side of the sleeve.

• Take the end of the sleeves and fold them over twice.
• Take the sewing machine and sew around the sleeve with at least 2 cm of the edge.

Repeat step 6 to 8 for the other sleeve.

• Take the two fabric pieces for the hood.
• Place them together with the nice sides facing each other.
• Sew around the hood where the clips are on the image above.

• Take the hood the wrong way around and fold about 3 cm from the inside to the outside like on the image above.
• Sew along the edge with about 2 cm distance to the fold.

• Have the main body part flipped so the good side of the fabric is on the outside.
• Take the hood flipped the right way around and wrap it around the neckline (like on the image above).
• Use clips to secure the hood.
• When you flip the hood downward you have easier access to the seam.
• Sew along the clips with a sewing machine.

• Cut off any access fabric and thread with the fabric scissors.
• Use an overlocking stitch to overlock the fabric on the outside of every seam.

• If you want a unique hoody you can use transfer paper to print any design onto your hoodie. You can simply do this by printing a design on the transfer paper and then ironing the design onto the hoodie.
• Remember to read the instructions for your transfer paper because the instructions might vary.