Check out the hoodie made for my 15 month old. I scored some vintage late 70's/early 80's fabric from the
thrift store that I volunteer at for $1 a yard. The toggles came from a sweater I found at the same thrift store. The brown fabric for the fastening loops came from my old
floor cushions that I took apart (and re-did at that link) and the pleather triangles were cut out from a purse I found at the
dig and save thrift store. I originally bought the purse to use the buckles for the
straight jacket I made a while back. More uses for stuff, yay! Anyway, I saw a picture of a hoodie that someone made for a little girl and I loved the asymmetrical design of the front and decided I wanted to make some adjustments. I changed the hood to make it into 3 panels so I could add more of the accent color and I used 2 toggles to close it, instead of 3 buttons. I am super pleased with the result and everyone who saw it today commented on how he was dressed so cool. :-D
Check it out!
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| Tracing out is sweater/ Cutting the pieces / Basting |
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| After the necessary adjustments of the hood and collar. |
The best part? It only cost about $1 to make! I drafted my own pattern tracing around a sweater he already owns and I used way less then a yard. OH! and the fabric I drafted the pattern onto was a large mens shirt that a friend gave to me to use for any possible sewing projects I have. I hope you are convinced you can do something with left overs too!
Vintage shirt of the day. He wore it under the hoodie :-)
P.S If you have anything that you want to pass onto me for sewing, let me know! If I can't use anything I donate it but I mostly keep everything, because I never know when it will come in handy.
