kids cover up - Hawthorne Threads

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--WHAT YOU’LL NEED-Baby
Terry
Cloth
Fabrics of your choice
(We’re using Calypso)
SCISSORS
RULER
PINS
IRON+BOARD
Scraps of
fusible
interfacing
(not pictured)
1 45” shoelace
Instructions
and yardage are
specified for directional
fabrics. To conserve
fabric, use nondirectional prints and
cut panels on
the bias.
Thread
YARDAGE
NEEDED
From
pre-washed
fabrics:
2 sets of
¼” eyelets
PANELS 1¼ yard
SHOULDER,
HOOD 1 yard
+POCKET
TERRY CLOTH 2¼ yard
TOOLS
--DIMENSIONS-fold
SHOULDER STRIP
HOOD
14”
cut: 1 exterior
1 lining
cut: 1 exterior
1 lining
44”
14”
PANEL
(Front + Back)
11”
POCKET
cut: 2 exterior
2 lining
31”
cut: 1 exterior
1 lining
Step 1 contains detailed
cutting instructions
FINISHED PIECE
11”
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22”
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Fold the opposite
corner diagonally
up to mark.
Some fabric
motifs will require a
shift of the fold line for
centering, be sure to
trim the same amount
from shoulder strip ends
so that the lengths
remain even.
Repeat the same on
the remaining fabric
for the second panel.
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To cut out the
front and back panel
triangles, fold fabric
then measure 22”
up the folded edge
+ mark.
fold
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Cut both interior and exterior according to the
following, then trim ¼” for stretch fabric (⅛” for
non-stretch) from all edges of lining pieces.
You will now have a
folded triangle, cut as shown to
separate the triangle from the
rest of the fabric.
Print neckline and hood curves from
patterns provided, cut from paper.
Align end points of neckline
curve to marks + the right angle
to the corner of the fabric.
fold
Cut shoulder
strip rectangle from
fabric.
Keep piece folded
down the center,
mark as shown.
9¾”
1”
Trace + cut out neckline.
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Measure your
child’s armspan
from wrist to wrist
+ trim excess
fabric evenly from
fold
You may need to adust the size of the pieces for better fit.
For example
Total armspan= 40”
Trim folded shoulder
strip length to 20”
Trim 2” from bottom of
panel pieces
(+ trim pocket piece to 10x10”)
Cut hood piece from fabric (to leave room to cut the pocket, forego the original
bolt fold + fold just 14” over, keeping selvedges parallel. Cut square from there.)
7”
Keep piece folded at
the top, mark as shown.
Align hood curve to
marks + corner of fabric.
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7”
Trace
+ cut
curve
from
hood.
Next, cut pocket diamond from remaining fabric,
matching the grain of the shoulder strip.
Measure down 3” from either
side of the top corner of the
pocket as shown.
Connect the two marks and cut
along this line.
You should now have:
2
2 exterior panels
2 panel linings
1 exterior shoulder strip
1 shoulder strip lining
1 exterior hood
1 hood lining
1 pocket exterior
1 pocket lining
3
Begin with the exterior hood flat,
measure in 2” along each end of the
bottom edge + mark 1½” from edge.
Iron a small
scrap of fusible
interfacing onto
the wrong side
of the mark for
strength.
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Insert an
eyelet or sew a
buttonhole over these marks
for the hood pull strings.
On both exterior and lining
Fold hood piece wrong
sides together along
top fold line. Sew from
fold down along back
seam of hood, like so
1”
• • • • • • • • • • • •
fold
fold
ends
here
Ease into the curve to
avoid a point at the
top of the hood.
start
sewing
here
Next, run a machine basting stitch through the
bottom seam allowance at ¼”, then gather
hood slightly to fit the length of the neckline.
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Clip
bulk
from
seam.
Turn +
press.
Concentrate
the gather toward
the back neck and
decrease toward
the front.
Line hood seam line up with center mark
of neckline on shoulder strip, right sides
together + pin.
Continue pinning hood to
the curve of the neckline
from the center
out.
Leaving ½” unsewn at either end, sew
around curve. These excess seam
allowances will be used to attach the
front panels and join the hood hems.
Use ½”
seams.
Press
seam
open.
Layer pocket exterior and lining right sides together,
Sew
around
the three
shorter
top
edges.
4
Clip out the
excess at the
corners of the
seam allowance,
turn pocket right
side out + press
flat.
Topstitch ⅛” and ½” from the edge of the two slanted
sewn sides, leaving the middle section unsewn.
Baste the two open edges at the bottom together at ¼”
Find the front exterior panel piece
and position it right side up.
Align the bottom point of the pocket up with
the bottom point of the front panel + pin.
Topstitch along top edge of
pocket to join it to the front panel,
beginning down about ½” along
pocket opening and finishing ½”
down opposite opening.
Baste bottom point of pocket to exterior front along previous baste line.
5
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On both exterior and lining
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With hooded shoulder strip facing
right side up, layer long side of back
panel piece right side down to back
edge of shoulder strip + pin.
Sew + press seam up towards shoulder.
Next, layer front panel
piece to front edges of
shoulder strip.
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Pin from the sides
to ensure proper
alignment of neckline.
Sew + press
seams up.
True up
the seam
allowances at
each corner.
Turn exterior inside out and lining right side out.
Layer together with exterior on top, right sides
facing each other.
Align all
edges
and
seams.
Beginning on the back panel, sew around
perimeter, leaving a 7-10” opening.
Clip out corners.
Turn poncho right
side out through the
opening at the hood
hems (not the
opening you just left.)
Lining is tucked into the exterior, push
out all corners + press seams flat.
6
Pin around
entire
perimeter
of poncho.
Next, reach through the back panel
opening + pull through
the hood exterior
and lining.
Clip bulk from
seam allowance
+ turn hood back
to right side out.
Line up edges
of hood hem,
pin + sew from
neckline to
neckline.
7
Handstitch openings at back
panel and neckline closed
+ press all seams flat.
Then topstitch
around the
edges ½” from
edge of fabric.
Also topstitch across shoulders ½” from seams.
On the side with the hood, topstitch up
one arm, continue the ½” along hood
hem and then down the other arm.
Then, using a zipper foot to avoid the
eyelets, topstitch 1½” from edge of
hood hem only. Eyelets or buttonholes
will be centered in the channel.
Feed your
shoelace
through one
eyelet and out
the other.
Finish off ends
as desired.
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YOU’VE FINISHED YOUR COVER UP!
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