It’s so hard for me to find sweatshirts that fit exactly like I want them to……so I decided to make my own. I bought this oversized hooded sweatshirt in the men’s section at Marshall’s for $14.99 and remade it into a new fitted non-hooded sweatshirt. It was a super fast process so I’m on the lookout for more!
First I took a hoodie that I love the fit of and laid it on top of the oversized sweatshirt:
I marked one of the sides and cut it out:
I folded that side over to the other side and marked it with my disappearing pen so that they would be identical:
At the top I just left the zipper alone….cutting around it:
Next, I marked and cut out my first sleeve. I cut it into a raglan shape (i.e. like a baseball shirt) instead of the sleeves starting at the edge of the shoulders:
I used my first sleeve as a template for the second sleeve:
I sewed the sleeves on first and then closed up the sleeves and the side seams:
To fix the zipper I used a seam ripper to remove the stitches all the way down to about 1″ below the neck:
Then using scissors I cut the zipper so that it was only 1″ past the neck” (make sure your zipper pull is down so you don’t cut it off!)
I curved around the inside of the neck and stitched it into place”
I used a knit picker (you can use a needle too) to thread all of the serger tails into the seams:
You can use a regular sewing machine to stitch a straight stitch around the neck to keep it from stretching out and it’s done!
A new sweatshirt!
Super easy wha? Uhhh…no. But super cute yes yes! Can you please just pack that one up and send it to me? I love/need/want it.
that’s cool but it seems complicated to me. Only because there is a zipper involved. UGH.
What would you do if you wanted to keep the hoodie or would it not work?
you’d have to make sure that your new neck opening is the same as the old one…..I don’t keep the hoodies because it’s too complicated 🙂
Awesome! Thanks
Same question, what if we wanted to keep the hood?
SO awesome! I’m doing this soon as the husband gets paid! Thank you ^,^
Oh I see, thanks!
too cute! i love it!
So cute, you and the sweatshirt!!
Love it but would love to see a full shot of the front 😉
Awesome! I’ve been thinking about trying something like this for a few weeks. I got a hoodie on vacation and the bottom fits great the top is just too bluky and the arms are gigantic. It drives me crazy everytime I wear it, so gonna have to try this! Thanks.
Great idea and easy to follow instructions! I have several in the closet that need this treatment right now. At 5’9″ when I get the sleeves long enough hoodies are way too wide and then I rarely wear them.
I’m not a fan of raglan sleeves, so I probably won’t do that, which might make it easier for me to keep the hood. I’ll take pictures and if it goes well I’ll post it on my blog and link back to you. Fingers crossed!
Jan
Seems easy, I bet I’d screw it up, tho. Turned out cute!