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• Description: Lati Yellow sized hooded sweatshirt.  May fit similarly sized 6.5″ dolls.
• Difficulty: Medium-hard.  Not for first-time sewers.
• Tips: Use t-shirt weight cotton knit.  Experiment with length for a hoodie dress.

Instructions:

1. hand-hem the curved edges of the front pocket. set this piece aside.
2. Begin making the main body as if you are sewing a raglan-sleeved tee shirt - place one sleeve on top of the shirt-front, right sides together, lining up the curved shoulder seam. sew.
3. repeat with the other sleeve to the other shoulder.  If you spread your piece out flat, it will resemble the letter T.
4. Now sew the two “back” pieces to the remaining  curved sleeve edges, right sides together.
5. Fold the “wristband” piece (right-side-out) and line up the cut edge to the raw end of the right-side of the sleeve. sew.  repeat on the other sleeve
6. Fold the whole piece along the center of the sleeves, giving you an inside-out-shirt.  Sew along the underarm seams.
7. line up the bottom-edge of the pocket you made in step one with the bottom-edge of the shirt front. Fold the waistband piece in half and line its cut-edges up with the picket and shirt stack.  Sew the bottom seam through the stack. You will be sewing through 4 layers of fabric.
8. You can hem the neck now for a standard sweatshirt, or leave the neck raw and add the hood next.
9. hem the front (straight) edge of the hood.
10. Fold the hood piece so that right sides are together, and sew the curved edge to make the back of the hood. Leave the neck seam raw.
11. Now line up the raw neck of the sweatshirt to the raw neck of the hood (right sides together) and sew.