It is very nice fabric, a largish piece of soft fluffy charcoal grey non-stretchy knit stuff with a diagonally printed black check pattern, and a smaller piece of raspberry red woven fabric with an almost chenille-y quality to it. They went so nicely together so I decided to combine the two in one garment.
I made a slightly A-line tunic with plain set-in sleeves, and I cut the neckline and hoodie piece using KwikSew 3667. I've used this hood piece in several garments now, and this pattern was also given to me, by Mary of biblioblog a few years ago. I am so lucky to have such nice blogging friends!
Um, the hoodie looks quite different from my initial plan, which wasn't a hoodie at all. This is a recurring phenomenon, I make plans but frequently change my mind once I get cutting. Indecisive? maybe! ... but at least something will get made. And I'm very pleased with the contrasting hood and welt pockets.Welted pockets ... woot! I had just barely enough fabric for these! I used the pocket piece from Vogue 1115, and the contrasting welt is not a separate piece; to save fabric I cut the upper pocket piece with an interfaced extension at the opening, which folds back on itself to the inside becoming an integrated welt... doing this skips a seam underneath, resulting in a little less fabric bulk. I might just stick to this method from here on out!
Details:
Hoodie; self-drafted, with the hood piece from KwikSew 3667
Jeans; Burda 7863 modified, ivory stretch denim, details here
Boots; nylon, from Zomp shoes
