Short Sleeve Zipper Front Hoodie
A women's hip-length hooded top in knit fabric with short sleeves, a full-length separating zip, a three-piece drawstring hood and two curved-entry pockets set into a horizontal front seam. Finished with a waistband and cuffs.
When To Wear
- For sport, walks and home in warm weather.
- Over a T-shirt or vest top with leggings, joggers or jeans.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Straight body gathered into a waistband at the hem.
Length: Hip length.
Neckline: Hood made of two side pieces and a centre panel; a cord runs through buttonholes on the front edge of the hood.
Closure: Separating zip from the hem band to the neckline, topstitched 0.5 cm from the zip, with front facings.
Sleeves: Short set-in sleeves finished with folded cuffs.
Front: Cut in upper and lower parts joined by a horizontal seam.
Pockets: Two pockets with curved openings finished with facings, caught into the horizontal front seam.
Back: One piece without seams.
Finishing: Shoulder seams stabilised with tape; seams overlocked and pressed toward the back.
Level Of Difficulty
Beginner. Overlocked knit seams, a separating zip with facings, a hood with a centre panel and folded cuffs and band. No lining.
Fabric Recommendations
Knit fabric. Sew with a narrow zigzag or stretch stitch so the seams keep their stretch, and finish the hem edges with an overlock and a twin needle.
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing (front facings, pocket facings)
- Separating zip
- Decorative cord for the hood
- Stay tape for the shoulder seams
Cutter's Must
From main fabric:
- Back – 1 piece
- Lower Front – 2 pieces
- Upper Front – 2 pieces
- Pocket – 2 pieces
- Pocket Facing – 4 pieces
- Hood – 2 pieces
- Center Hood – 1 piece
- Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Waistband – 1 piece
- From fusible interfacing: Center Front Facing, Pocket Facing.
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse fusible interfacing to the Center Front Facing and Pocket Facing.
- Stitch the Center Hood to the Hood pieces and overlock the seams. Mark and make the buttonholes on the front edge of the hood. Overlock the front edge of the hood, turn it under and topstitch.
- Place the Pocket Facing pieces together in pairs and stitch along the upper edge. Turn the facings right side out and press.
- Stitch the Pocket Facing to the Pocket. Overlock the seam.
- Mark the pocket position on the Lower Front and pin the Pocket in place.
- Stitch the Lower Front to the Upper Front, catching the pocket, and overlock the seam. Remove the pins.
- Stitch the shoulder seams with stay tape and overlock them. Stitch and overlock the side seams. Press the shoulder and side seams towards the Back. Overlock the lower edge of the Waistband. Stitch the Waistband to the hem.
- Place the fronts right sides together, match the edges and check that both front edges are the same length. Stitch the zip to the front edges. Turn under the front edges along the zip and press.
- Overlock the outer edge of the Center Front Facing. Place the facing on the right side of the front, right sides together, and stitch along the front edge, working from the front side. Stitch across the lower end of the Waistband. Turn the front edges right side out, ease out the seams and press. From the right side, stitch in the ditch of the waistband seam, catching the overlocked edge of the Waistband.
- Sew the hood into the neckline. Overlock the seam. Secure the Center Front Facing to the shoulder seams with 1 cm bar tacks.
- Stitch the sleeve seam. Overlock the seam and press it.
- Stitch the short ends of each Cuff together to form a ring. Fold the Cuff in half lengthwise, wrong sides together.
- Stitch the Cuffs to the sleeve hems and overlock the edges of the cuff and sleeve together.
- Set the sleeves into the armholes, matching the notches.
- Topstitch along the zip 0.5 cm from it. Thread the cord through the buttonholes of the hood.
