stegosaurus hoodie

My next project for the Kids Clothes Week Challenge was to make a stegosaurus hoodie for Oscar.  It has been far too long since I have sewn something for my little guy.

I used the Urban Unisex Hoodie pattern by Heidi & Finn.  To change it up a little bit, I added stegosaurus plates up the back and hood (not terribly creative, I know, but Oscar is a dinosaur fanatic).  The only modification to the pattern was to split the back piece in half and a small seam allowance for sewing it back together.

I drafted the stegosaurus plates myself.  They are two layers of jersey fabric with fusible fleece interfacing in between.  Truth be told, I would make the plates much smaller if I were to do this again.  But Oscar thinks it is great, and that's what matters, right?

You might think a hoodie is a strange project so close to summer, but you kind of need a jacket in the evenings year-round in Santa Barbara.  Since this is slightly large on him, it should get a lot of use.

For the outer fabric, I used an incredibly soft XL men's t-shirt that I found at a thrift store.  The polka dot lining is Michael Miller's Interlock Knit Ta Dot in aqua.

Hooray for dinosaurs, and hooray for little boys who still get excited about the things their mamas sew for them.