Lined Winter Hood
May. 4th, 2020 12:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flintheath_asI'd wanted a warm hood for winter events for some time, since while my woollen cloak has a hood, it's too deep to wear comfortably as it is. I had some attractive fabric left over from making a cotehardie and decided to use some for a hood and line it with wool.
I used a simple hood pattern originally designed for over-mask fencing hoods.
1) First cut out the pieces of fabric.
For a hood with a lining, cut two sets of these pieces, one from the outer fabric and one from the inner fabric.
To assemble:
Throughout, the right (visible) side of one piece of fabric should be pinned to face the right side of the other piece of fabric.
1) Take the long piece and fold it in half.
2) Pin two adjacent sides of one square to the side of the long piece, at the two ends of the long piece, such that two opposite corners of the square are next to the two short ends of the long piece. Leave the remains of the long edge open - this is where the face will go.
3) Pin two adjacent sides of the second square to the other side of the long piece, at the ends of the long piece as before. Also pin up the whole of the long side - this will be the back of the hood.
This should give a rough hood shape - try it on! Trying it on at this stage will let you know if it fits and if you've pinned it together correctly.
4) Sew the pieces together. You can try it on again at this point if you like - it should look better!
If you're making a hood with a lining, you should now have two hoods, one made of the outer fabric and one made of the lining fabric. If you want to add any decoration to the outside of the hood, now is the time to do it so that the stitching required to add the decoration will be hidden by the lining. I added a trim.
5) Put the lining inside the hood, right-side (visible-side) out. All the seams should be hidden between the outer and inner layers.
6) Fold the edges in around the outside and the face so that the edge of the fabric is hidden and pin it in place. This may require some patience, so stick with it!
7) Sew up the edges. The point at the bottom of the face hole may be different because so many seams meet there, so do it by hand if you have trouble getting a machine into the corner.
8) Wear your new hood!
I used a simple hood pattern originally designed for over-mask fencing hoods.
1) First cut out the pieces of fabric.
- 1 rectangle 43 inches x 16 inches (~110 cm x ~41 cm)
- 2 squares 8 inches x 8 inches (~20 cm x ~20 cm)
For a hood with a lining, cut two sets of these pieces, one from the outer fabric and one from the inner fabric.
To assemble:
Throughout, the right (visible) side of one piece of fabric should be pinned to face the right side of the other piece of fabric.
1) Take the long piece and fold it in half.
2) Pin two adjacent sides of one square to the side of the long piece, at the two ends of the long piece, such that two opposite corners of the square are next to the two short ends of the long piece. Leave the remains of the long edge open - this is where the face will go.
3) Pin two adjacent sides of the second square to the other side of the long piece, at the ends of the long piece as before. Also pin up the whole of the long side - this will be the back of the hood.
This should give a rough hood shape - try it on! Trying it on at this stage will let you know if it fits and if you've pinned it together correctly.
4) Sew the pieces together. You can try it on again at this point if you like - it should look better!
If you're making a hood with a lining, you should now have two hoods, one made of the outer fabric and one made of the lining fabric. If you want to add any decoration to the outside of the hood, now is the time to do it so that the stitching required to add the decoration will be hidden by the lining. I added a trim.
5) Put the lining inside the hood, right-side (visible-side) out. All the seams should be hidden between the outer and inner layers.
6) Fold the edges in around the outside and the face so that the edge of the fabric is hidden and pin it in place. This may require some patience, so stick with it!
7) Sew up the edges. The point at the bottom of the face hole may be different because so many seams meet there, so do it by hand if you have trouble getting a machine into the corner.
8) Wear your new hood!