Saturday, October 20, 2012

Penguin Hoodie DIY

I got the idea for this hoodie from a shirt I saw, and decided to make a hoodie. I got the hoodie for $9 at hobby lobby and the fabric for $4 at Walmart. I would recommend washing the hoodie before you do the DIY part. Also, I would recommend trying on the hoodie in EVERY step before sewing anything down. Anyway, on to the tutorial.
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Things you'll need:
-A black hoodie
-white fabric of some sort (I used felt)
-orange felt
-black felt
-pink ribbon (optional, see step 4)
-a large safety pin
-needle&thread, scissors
(also,  having a carpet floor is pretty necessary for this project. like, really necessary.)
Step 1.lay your hoodie down on the floor and pin down. This is why having carpet is really helpful. When you pin down the bottom waistbandish-thingy, stretch it so it doesn't scrunch anymore. this will make everything easier. Lay your white fabric (mine is felt) out and pin in an approx. penguin shape. you can either guess the shape, or you can look at a picture.
Step 2.
Once you have the shape you like and you have it pinned, cut about a 1/2 inch bigger than the shape. This just gives you room to work with, and even though I ended up cutting another inch off, it's always better to start out bigger and get smaller than to not have enough. Then pin your shape down and sew. Then feel for where the pocket is, cut that fabric out and sew onto the pocket. this may sound confusing, but when you have your hoodie in front of you, it should make sense. 

here's a close-up of the hoodie pocket. Here you can really see the detail, and also what kind of stitch I used. I used this stitch on everything except the bow.

Step 3.
Cut out oval-ish eyes from the black felt and a triangle from the orange felt, used as eyes and a beak. Figure out where you want them on your hoodie, then pin them on and sew. 

                                        
Step 4. (optional, only of you want an adorable bow)
With your pink ribbon, fold, gather and sew to make a bow. I can't explain exactly how to do it, but if you don't know how, you can probably find instructions online somewhere. 
this next picture shows how to attach the safety pin. Sew it onto the bow on the side that DOESN"T open: this will leave the opening side free to pin to the hoodie.
 Step 5.
After you wash the hoodie again, pin the bow onto the penguin's head. I pinned the hood's drawstrings into the pin too, it keeps them out of the way and looks really cute. Then go wear it!


good luck making your own penguin hoodie!

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