Polar hoodie for Joel

A few years ago I bought a wonderful organic cotton jersey panel with polar bears, penguins and snow.

The images are quite large so at the time any garment for Joel would have cut the beautiful pictures so I held onto the material until the day Joel was tall enough to be able to wear the panel whole.

The time has come so I have used our favourite pattern and made Joel a winter hoodie.

A fleecy all in one

Jesse has to do the school walk with his big brother and it is getting chilly so I've made him a fleecy all one suit to keep him warm.

I used a Minikrea snuggle pattern and a bright dinosaur material.

European patterns usually have to be traced off and you add your own seam allowance. 

The instructions are sparse but manageable. 

Sadly the fleece frayed the plush badly so I overlocked every piece before sewing up.

I used my popper gadget so no buttonholes 

I'm quite happy with the result even if the material was a pain to sew. It is quite thick and fleecy so was a challenge for my machines.