Sallyfrom DE: Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I understand the quote system, that adorable patchwork jacket is yours.
I'd like to make one, but I have a few questions if you wouldn't mind answering. How many squares did it take and how big is each one? Did you heat-and-bond them onto the shirt before you zig-zagged them on permanently? It looks like you cut the original collar, bottom edge and cuffs from the sweatshirt. Is that right? If so, did you use the size you usually wear or did you need to go up a size to compensate for the removed fabric? It looks like you made your own binding. Did it need to be cut on the bias? How much fabric did you need for the binding?
Good grief, that's a lot I'm asking, isn't it?! Thanks so much for your time!
Lori in East Podunk
This is one of my favorite projects. I actually got it from a pattern in quilt shop. But changed it around to how I like to do it. You can put the patches down anyway you like. I liked to do the diamond, so you can see the characters. Remember, it's supposed to look like an old quilt. sweatshirt, I used 4 inch squares, you can do what you want. Slap them down hap hazard or in line. I'm not sure how many I used. I've done a tinkerbelle one, and used plain colors to fill in. It came out really cute.
Size up the sweatshirt, don't wash it or your fabric. I took the collar and cuffs off. And then took it apart to make it easier Cut it up the front. I don't think I did that until after I had all the patches on it. I pinned the patches on in row and then zig zagged the sides. I did try spray adhesive, and that didn't work out very well. After you zz down all the patches on, you do scrolls all over it, like in quilting. I like to buy this iron on stuff,, with the lines on it. I don't do very well staying on the line, but what the heck. It works out well. (it comes off in the wash). Then I sew it back together.
I made my own bias tape, with a fabric I like. I tried premade, and I just couldn't get the colors to look right. Cut on the bias. I think I made it a couple yards. Of course the size makes the difference.
Rounded the front with a dinner plate to get the shape I wanted. Then did the bia tape down the front and around the back....
At the neck, You take a peice of your bias and make a little loop for the neck. You want it to fit around your button for the opposite side. Then put your bias tape around the neck.
The sleeve is going to be tough to describe. Make it about 5 inches long. Wider then the sleeve width. Sew right side to right side. Turn fabric up so you can see the line of the sleeve, it gets wider, so that's how your going to make the seam. Make a small hem in it, sew it to the inside. Now you can wear it cuffed up, or down.
Throw it in the wash so it will shrink up and look like a quilt.
I've been thinking of doing a placket in front and buttons. But that will have to be another project. I also have a pattern for a sweatshirt jacket, that has strips around the bottom of fabric on a colored sweatshirt. I wish I had a picture of it. My mother had a made of few for the teahers at Xmas.
I woke up from a dream in the middle of the night, and convinced myself that I could do this. I searched online for tutorials on how to make a chef's hat. I made the band a lot wider, sewed up the bottom for a small band, added the ribbon, and I also made the poofy part much smaller (the size of my luncheon plates to be exact 
). The only part I would do differently is that my pleats were turned the wrong way, I didn't notice it and when it was done, it looked OK. I consoled myself by saying "it's a Goofy costume - it's supposed to be wonky." 
I couldn't find the fabric that I really wanted (gold with white dots) so I had to settle for the plain gold. Because I didn't get the gold/white dot fabric, I did different sized dots in the ruffles. The red signifies Pluto's tongue, the green signifies his collar, and the black signifies his tail. 
here is a picture of my 4x4 hoop with new holes in the side because I was in 5x7 mode! Glad to know I'm not the only one who has done this!
