I decided to make a hoodie/bomber jacket for my niece though I've been under the weather.
I thought of sharing this project with all of you in this community.
The inspiration behind this hoodie/bomber Jacket was my niece bothering me to make one for her because I made one for myself, that girl is such a handful ๐.
Well, being a sweet aunty, I had to dance to her tune because she wouldn't let me be.
So I looked for a leftover fabric of a skirt I once made. Here is the skirt. Well, today is not about the skirt but about the hoodie I made.
The fabric is An African print fabric (Ankara), black fabric, to be honest, I don't know the name of the black fabric, but it's more like cotton fabric but stretches a little and has a silver design on it which made it cute in the eyes.
I didn't make use of any lining, since there was no need for that.
I only made use of lining for the cap and then a zipper.
I went ahead to my table to cut, I place my fabrics on my table and placed the body measurement of my small woman (my niece) since it's a hoodie I ensured I added enough allowance so it becomes free on her and cute.
Her body circumference is about 20 inches, I divided 20 by 4 which gave me 5 inches, so I added three inches extra and one inch for the zipper for the front panel.
For the back bodice panel, I used 8 inches only since there wasn't going to be a zipper at the back.
The hoodie cap๐
I folded fabrics of about 10 inches in length and 10 inches in width.
I'm sorry I couldn't take a picture of it then as I had a flat battery, my country, and power supply aren't best of friends๐, so I took my phone elsewhere to charge.
Well, after folding, I marked about
7 inches diagonally, for proper understanding I quickly ran a sketch.
So beneath that cap was about 7 inches diagonally, the side was just half an inch deep and the curve was just an inch each to connect.
Then you follow your mark and cut, after cutting this is what you should get.
I duplicated this using the black lining to turn neatly.
Then where my hands are, are where you should run a stitch on, separately, fabrics, and lining separately, and then do the invisible stitch to hide the rough edge. Then I ran a stitch on it for the rope to go thru, I used a black bias as the rope and made a notch to secure it.
Oh, thank Goodness, my phone came in after I had joined the hoodie cap to the bodice, and the pocket, late though, but not so late, ๐.
Ensure you use just 1 inch for the neckline for the front and back.
After joining the pocket using the Ankara fabrics to make a beautiful turn, I stitched it right on the hoodie.
It's time to fix my zipper, so I used a black zipper, here the zipper wasn't aligning so that is part of the challenge we face as tailors.
I had to loosen it and try again.
I realized it was the way I placed the zipper initially and I stretched the zipper, so this time I didn't stretch the zipper I just placed it with no pressure and used my pin to secure then made a stitch on it.
Now, I moved to the armhole, I had already cut 5 inches in depth for the lining, so I fixed the sleeve.
Tadaaa! My hoodie is ready for my baby to rock, I gave it a good press, like you all know, she knows how to represent my brand.
Here is the outcome of the hoodie. Cute right?
I love the swag she used in taking this shot, the "I don't give a hoot look", this will be representing my mood for the rest of the week
From this picture, you can see that the zipper has aligned and is looking so neat and professional.
The back view, Ankara all thru at the back.
This is my niece's favorite jacket, come rain, come sun, she loves to rock it๐๐๐๐.
I love how much she appreciates the little things I do for her.
All images used are mine
Thanks for reading.