How to add a Hoodie to a cardigan with FREE HOOD pattern pieces

How to add a Hood to a Cardigan with FREE Hood Pattern Pieces!

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Last week I hope you enjoyed our Claire Cardigan SEW ALONG! You can check out all the posts HERE if you missed it! One customer suggested it would be great if it had a hood, so guess what?? Today I am showing you how to add a hood and giving you the pattern pieces for free! Grab them HERE and grab the cardigan HERE. 

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1. Print your pattern piece. Cut out the size you need.

 2.  Cut out 4 hood pattern pieces:

Cut out 2 hood pieces for your outer hood (one is a mirror image of the other – just flip over the pattern piece). Cut out 2 hood pieces for your hood lining (one is a mirror image of the other – just flip over the pattern piece). You have 4 hood pieces in all.

 3. Assemble the hood. Lay your two outer hood pieces right sides together and pin from the top edge of the hood down to the bottom edge of the hood along the curved edge only. Repeat with your two inner hood lining pieces. Sew along your pinned edges using a 1/2 inch seam allowance.

4. Place the hoods right sides together, matching the center seams. Pin along the

hood opening only. Sew around the hood opening using a 3/8 inch seam allowance.

5. Turn hood right side out and push lining into the main hood. Topstitch around the hood opening using a 1/8 inch seam allowance to secure the lining to the main fabric.

 6. Using your longest stitch, baste around the bottom edge/neckline of the hood to hold the two  fabrics in place using a 1/4 inch seam allowance.

7. *Lay your cardigan right side up and lay your hood right side down, centered, matching raw

edges of the hood to the neckline. Pin in place. Sew along the hood using a 3/8  inch seam allowance.

8. Serge or zig-zag stitch seam allowance to reduce bulk. Trim threads. 

Press seam to the inside and down. 

9. Hem sides and bottom of cardigan as PATTERN instructions say. 

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