All Sewn Up! Jalie 2911
- At March 06, 2014
- By Kelly
- In Patterns, Sewing for Me
- 3
Things are completely crazy over here as we are coming to the end of basketball and hockey seasons. Throw in spring soccer starting, school conferences and a bunch of great things in the works for Sewing Mamas and it is just plain busy!!
This morning I tried to take a picture of me in the reflection of the bathroom mirror, which lead to an “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” scenario – clean mirror, notice the rest of the bathroom needed cleaning, start more laundry, discover the washing machine decided today was a good day to leak all over… sigh. In the end, I decided a picture of the hoodie alone might be simpler.
Looks kind of mulberry colored there, but the fabric is maroon. It is a 100wt Polartec fleece. Very nice and soft, but it reflects the flash like crazy!
First, minor modifications. I added 2″ to the sleeves. Now that I have tried it on, future versions will also get 2″ added to the length of the body. It is okay at the current length, but I am pulling at the hem whenever I am standing.
Second, small oops and a little pucker. The oops is that I think the crossover part should be at the corner. And the pucker, well, that is really another oops. It is not too bad when worn, though. I got my husband to take a picture so you don’t have to see the selfies in my dirty bathroom mirror!
A little closer so you can maybe see how the neckline/hood is. The maroon color looks more true in these pictures as well. Kind of an odd look on my face in this next picture, I was trying to give my husband photo taking instructions while he was shooting pictures. We’ll just roll with it. :)
The next one will probably be the shawl collar version rather than the hood. The hood is okay, but since I am not going to wear the hood up, it really ends up being more bulk.
OH! If you like the hood, Jeri did a tutorial on how to make a contrast lined hood for this pattern. You can find it in our downloads – right here! Be sure to check that out, she did a great job and it looks really nice.