Heart and Hearth Crafts

My kids love hoody’s, my Little Man in particular lives in them from Autumn through to Spring. He likes comfy French terry hoody’s with plenty of snuggle. Peek-A-Boo Pattern’s Adventure Jacket comes with lots of options, hoody, bomber jacket and either patch or welt pockets. I’m sewing up the hoody with patch pockets in some gorgeous French Terry cotton fabric with contrasting black rib for the cuffs.

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Peek-A-Boo Pattern’s Adventure Jacket Sewing Pattern

I love Peek-A-Boo Pattern’s! I’ve got quite a selection now.

I signed up to their mailing list and regularly get emailed discounts off new and old patterns. When you find a sewing pattern designer you like do take the time to sign up for their mailing list and Facebook pages – they will generally make it worth your while. Here’s a link to the Peek-A-Boo Pattern’s Facebook group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/peekaboopatternshop. Check out the featured section for free patterns as well as a discount off any pattern.

Every Peek-A-Boo pattern I’ve tried so far has been very straightforward to sew. They are easy to print and the instructions are super clear. They don’t generally include more than one of two fiddley details. I generally complete a Paak-A-Boo pattern with zero swearing but they are still interesting enough to be just the right level of challenging. Perfect for making kids clothes quickly enough to keep up with their growth spurts.

I’m sewing up the Adventure Jacket with the hood option and patch pockets. My kid’s like to collect treasures and the patch pockets are a good bit bigger then the welt pockets. And of course the kids requested hoods. I think I will make the bomber jacket option for a summer layer, maybe in a fun print fleece.

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Digital Sewing Patterns

Digital sewing patterns are fantastic for kids clothes because you just print the size you want, no tracing or messing about trying to preserve the larger sizes of the pattern for using as your child grows.

They generally come with loads of different options and a wider size range than traditional paper sewing patterns. Most of the digital sewing patterns I own go all the way up to the teenage years.

If you are new to using digital sewing patterns take a look at this tutorial for simple steps to printing and assembling digital sewing patterns.

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Sewing Fabric

I picked up this gorgeous French terry fabric from my local fabric shop. Unfortunately it was in their closing down sale so yay I got a bargain but booo no more local fabric shop. I say this all the time but please, if you’re lucky enough to still have a local craft shop and you want to keep having them, spend your money with them or they won’t be around for much longer.

I’m making the most of the premium fabric by pairing it with some cheap plain black ribbing from my fabric stash. I’m using the ribbing for the cuffs and waistband.

Nowadays I get most of my fabric from Minerva Crafts. They have a great selection and very reasonable prices.

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Sewing Thread

I use Coats Moon Thread for all of my sewing projects. It’s a fantastic all rounder great for machine sewing, hand sewing, quilting and top stitching. Best of all it’s fantastic value. I use it for literally everything!

I decided to skip the contrasting thread of top stitching and instead went with a dark grey thread.

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Sewing Techniques

The Adventure Jacket is delightfully simple to sew. But there are some key techniques that came in handy.

Sewing in Sleeves

The sleeves are sewn in the flat which is a really easy method to sew sleeves. Here are some detailed instructions on how it’s done.

Top Stitching

I used a twin needle for the topstitching. It creates two perfectly parallel lines of stitching, just like you see on a lot of commercial garments. It makes such a professional looking finish for virtually no extra effort. You just need an extra reel of thread for the second needle. Easy peasy and such a great feature.

Here’s more detailed instructions on top stitching if you’ve not tried it before.

Sewing a Zipper

Take your time to measure, mark precisely and tack (baste) to achieve a perfect finish when inserting zips.

There are three basic types of zip, conventional, open-ended and invisible. The Adventure Jacket uses an open ended zip.

Follow these simple steps to inserting perfect zips.

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More Sewing Projects with Peek-A-Boo Patterns

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  Sewing the Perfect Kids’ Hoody | Peek-A-Boo Pattern’s Adventure Jacket

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  Sewing Peek-A-Boo Pattern’s Rough & Tumble Pants

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  Sewing a Kids’ Hoody: Peek-A-Boo Pattern’s Adventure Jacket

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I do hope my sewing project has inspired you to have ago at sewing your own kid’s hoody’s.

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