Aspen — Women’s Hoodie Dress – sewing tutorial

Aspen

An oversized hoodie dress in warm jersey knit, with in-seam front pockets, a drawstring hood with grommets and ribbed cuffs. Three sizes, twenty-two steps.

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S–L Sizes included

1.57–1.75 m Main fabric, by size

8 Pattern pieces

22 Steps to sew it

A hoodie dress in sweatshirt fleece

An oversized hoodie dress cut from warm jersey knit, with framed in-seam pockets on the front and a hood gathered on a cord through metal grommets.

The sleeves are cut in two parts and finished with ribbed cuffs. If you plan to use two colours of fabric for the dress, you will need to buy about two lengths of the product.

What you'll need

Suggested materials

• A warm jersey knit (sweatshirt fleece) for the dress
• Ribbing for the cuffs
• Fabric width used throughout this tutorial — 1.80 m (70.9″)

Also needed

• Threads
• Interfacing tape — 0.5 m (19.7″)
• Jersey needle
• Cord in the hood — 1 m (39.4″)
• Grommets — 2 pcs

Fabric consumption by size, for fabric width 1.80 m (70.9″)

Measurements of the finished product

Specification

Layout of parts on fabric

Main fabric at width 1.80 m (70.9″), cuff fabric at width 0.60 m (23.6″) in the fold

Fabric length 1.49 m (58.7″)

Fabric length 1.66 m (65.4″)

Width 0.60 m (23.6″) in the fold, length 0.17 m (6.7″)

Description of tailoring

22 steps in four stages, from the framed pockets to the hemmed bottom.

Pockets

1. 1

   Iron the interfacing tape along the pocket entrance.

2. 2

   Pin the pocket piece to the Front matching the notches, right sides together. Stitch as shown.

3. 3

   Cut to the corner of the frame.

4. 4

   Stitch the allowances to the pocket piece. Press.

5. 5

   Fix the corners to the side with pins.

6. 6

   Pin another pocket piece to the first pocket piece with the right sides together. Stitch and finish the edge using serger. Press.

7. 7

   Pin the Front and Side details along the side edge with the right sides together. Align the notches. Make sure the pocket frame won't get under the needle of the serger. Sew in place. Press allowances to the Side.

8. 8

   Stitch bar-tacks on pocket entrance: at the top and the bottom.

Body and sleeves

1. 9

   Pin together the Front and the Back along the shoulder edge with the right sides. Stitch it. Press the allowances to the Back.

2. 10

   Pin the Back and the Side details together with the right sides. Stitch it and press allowances to the Side.

3. 11

   Pin the Top Sleeve to the Bottom Sleeve with the right sides together. Stitch.

4. 12

   Fold the Cuff in half with the right side together and stitch. Fold the Cuff up with the wrong sides together.

5. 13

   Insert the Cuff into the Sleeve with the right sides together. Stretch the Cuff a little bit while sewing in. Press allowances to the Sleeve.

6. 14

   Insert the Sleeve into the armhole with the right sides together, matching the seams. Sew in place. Press allowances to the sleeve.

Hood

1. 15

   Pin the Hood details together with the right sides. Stitch.

2. 16

   Serge the raw edge of the Hood.

3. 17

   Press the serged edge to the wrong side, making the casing.

4. 18

   Iron the interfacing to the wrong side of the hood under the grommets. Place the grommets.

5. 19

   Insert the cord, fold the casing and pin the cord closer to the fold.

6. 20

   Topstitch the casing, fixing the serged edge.

Finishing

1. 21

   Pin the Hood into the neckline with the right sides together. Match the notches. Sew in place. Press.

2. 22

   Serge the raw edge of the dress hem. Fold the hem and pin it. Sew in place with sewing machine using a double needle. Press.

Finishing The dress is ready!

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