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New Jersey girls traskuit

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Fabric recommendations

For sewing this tracksuit we recommend to use a warm Jersey knit.
For the lining of the hood you can use the same fabric as the tracksuit or thinner jersey.
Use ribbing for cuffs. You can also make the cuffs and waistband of your pants from the main fabric.

Suplies

Main fabric;
Interfaicing – 0,5 m;
Zipper – 2 pcs.;
Grommets: 2 pcs. in the hood, 2 pcs. in the waistband of the hoodie, 2 pcs.
in the waistband of the pants;
Cord: 1 pc. in the hood, 2 pc. in the waistband of the hoodie, 2 pc. in the
waistband of the pants;
Threads in the color of the fabric.

Fabric consumption (cm/in)

PANTS

Height/Age 134 9years 140 10 years 146 11years 15 12years 158 13years 164 14years 170 15years
Main fabric 80/31,5" 85/33,5" 90/35,4" 95/37,4" 100/39,4" 105,41,3" 110/43,3"
Ribbing 15/5,9" 15/5,9" 15/5,9" 15/5,9" 15/5,9" 15/5,9" 15/5,9"

HOODIE

Height/Age 134 9years 140 10years 146 11years 152 12years 158 13years 164 14 years 170 15years
Main Fabric 90/35,4" 95/37,4" 100/39,4" 105/41,3" 110/43,3" 115/45,3" 120/47,2"
Ribbing 15/5,9" 15/5,9" 15/5,9" 15/5,9" 15/5,9" 15/5,9" 15/5,9"

Tracksuit measurements (cm/in)

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Specification

Pants

Main fabric

Patterns Number of
patterns
Number of
pieces
1 Back pant leg 1 2
2 Top Front pant leg 1 1
3 Bottom front pant leg 1 1
4 Pocket 1 2

Ribbing

Patterns Number of
patterns
Number of
pieces
5 Waistband 1 1
6 Cuff 1 2

Support pattern

Patterns Number of
patterns
Number of
pieces
7 elastic into the waistband 1 1

Hoodie

Main fabric

Patterns Number of
patterns
Number of
pieces
1 Back 1 1
2 Front 1 1
3 Sleeve 1 2
4 Outer hood 1 2
5 Inner hood 1 2
6 Pocket piece 1 4

Ribbing

Patterns Number of
patterns
Number of
pieces
7 Cuff 1 2

Attention! All our patterns already contain 1 cm / 0.39 in seam allowances.

Layout of parts on fabric

PANTS

Main fabric

Width of fabric – 1.8 m (70.87″);

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial
New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Ribbing

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

HOODIE

Main fabric

Width of fabric – 1.8 m (70.87″);

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial
New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Ribbing

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Description of tailoring

HOODIE

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

1. Iron the interfacing to the pocket opening area on the Front and Back panels.

Also fuse interfacing tape to Back’s shoulder edges. 

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial
New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Pin the pocket piece to the Front with the right sides together, aligning the notces. Sew in place from notch to notch.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Cut diagonally to the corners.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Turn to the wrong side and press.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial
New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Pin the other pocket piece over the sewn pocket piece, right sides together. Serge along the rounded edge. Press.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Pin the Front and Back shoulder edges with the right sides together.

Serge it.

Press seam allowances to the Back.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Pin the Sleeve into open armhole, right sides together, aligning the notches. Serge in.

Press seam allowances to the sleeve.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Fold the Sleeve in half, pin sleeve’s side edges right sides together.

Also pin the Front and Back side edges together.

Serge it all together.

Press seam allowances.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Serge the bottom hem of the garment. Press it.

Install grommets (before fuse the interfacing to the wrong side).

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Here we show another way of making “holes”.

Cut a square of fusible interfacing, pin its right side (not glued one) to the Front’s right side. Mark the round. Sew along this line.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial
New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Cut out the fabric from the center. Turn to the wrong side. Straighten the interfacing and press it.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Fold the bottom hem of the garment and pin. Sew in place.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Secure the pockets with any hand stitch to the bottom hem allowances.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Iron the interfacing to the Hood.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Install grommets or sew buttonholes.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Pin the Hood details together with the right sides. Serge along the rounded edges. Press seam allowances.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Repeat the same with lining Hood.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Pin the Hood and Lining Hood, right sides together.

Serge it.

Press seam allowances.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Turn the Hood to the right side, pin the Hoods together, making the casing. Sew a line.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial
New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Pin the Hood into the neckline, overlapping at the front.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Secure the overlap by stitch line or baste it.

Serge in.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial
New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Fold the Cuff in half, right side together and stitch its short edges. Press seam allowances open. Clip corners and notch the middle.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Turn the Cuff to the right side and pin to the Sleeve bottom hem, right sides together. Serge in. Press seam allowances to the sleeve.

Pants

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Iron the interfacing to the pocket opening.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Serge the pocket opening edge.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Press the pocket facing to the pocket’s wrong side.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Mark the pocket placement on the Front pants details. Use tailor chalk.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Pin the pocket’s bottom hem to the bottom line on the Front pants, right sides together. Sew in place.

Press the pocket.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial
New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Pin the pocket’s upper hem to the upper line, right side together. Fold the front pants detail in half. Sew in place pocket piece. Press it.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Press side pocket’s seam allowance inward and pin. Baste it.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial
New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial
New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Sew in place from the inside of the pocket. Press it.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Pin zipper to the Front (top) pants detail, right sides together. Zipper slider faces toward inseam. Sew in place using zipper foot.

Press it.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Pin other side of the zipper to the Front (bottom) pants detail. Sew in place.

Press it.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Top stitch the zipper.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Pin the Front pants along the crotch (center seam), right sides together.

Serge it.

Press seam allowances.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Pin the Back pants along the crotch, right sides together.

Serge it.

Press seam allowances.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Pin the Front and Back pants along outseam with the right sides together. Serge it.

Press seam allowances to the back.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Pin the Front and Back pants along inseam with the right sides together. Serge it.

Press seam allowances to the back.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial
New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Fold the Cuff in half, right side together and stitch its short edges. Press seam allowances open. Clip corners and notch the middle.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Turn the Cuff to the right side and pin to the Legs bottom hem, right sides together. Serge in.

Press seam allowances to the pants.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Iron the interfacing to the waistband wrong side to the place of grommets.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Install grommets.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Fold the waistband in half and stitch its short edges. Leave a gap for inserting the elastic.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Clip the allowances at the middle.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Pin the waistband into the upper hem of the pants, right sides together. Serge in.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Insert the elastic. Make sure it is not twisted.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Overlap the elastic ends and stitch it together.

Whip stitch the gap.

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

Quilt the waistband if desired.

The tracksuit is ready!

New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial
New Jersey girls tracksuit sewing tutorial

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