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SUPPLIES• 60”-wide fleece or French terry

(amount according to chart)

• 1/2 yard of lining for hood and pocket (optional)

• 1/2 yard of knit tricot fusible inter-facing

• Thread: 100% polyester & contrasting topstitch thread for topstitching

• Sewing machine needles: universal & topstitch

• 9” zipper

• Removable fabric marker

• Zipper foot for sewing machine

• Serger (optional)

• Adhesive tape (optional)

Note: Fleece and French terry edges don’t ravel. Leave them raw or serge or use zigzag stitches to finish the seam allowance raw edges.

PREPAREPrint out and assemble the full-size pattern PDF. Cut the pieces as directed, transferring the pattern markings to the fleece with tailor’s chalk. Use a removable fabric marker to transfer pattern markings to the non-fusible side of the interfacing. If it is hard to distinguish the right side from the wrong side of your fabric, use tailor’s chalk to mark the wrong side as you cut out the pieces.

For a solid pullover, cut one front on the fold, one back on the fold, two sleeves and one facing on the fold.

For a color-blocked hoodie, from the main fabric, cut one color-blocked front top on the fold, one color-blocked back top on the

44 1/2” 47 1/2”41 1/2” 50 1/2” 54” 56” 60”

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Chest/Hip

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2" 2" 2 1/2" 2 1/2" 2 1/2"1 3/4” 1 3/4”

FABRIC YARDAGE — 60" WIDES M L XL 2XL 3XL 4XL

fold, two color-bocked sleeve tops and one facing on the fold. From the contrast fabric, cut one color-blocked front bottom on the fold, one color-blocked back bottom on the fold and two color-blocked sleeve bottoms.

If making the collar version, cut one collar on the fold.

If making the hoodie version, cut two hoodies from the main fabric and two from the lining.

If making the pocket, cut one on the fold from the main fabric and one from the lining fabric.

From the interfacing, cut one facing interfacing on the fold, one collar interfacing on the fold and one stay. Transfer the stay pattern mark-ings and fuse in place on the center front wrong side, using the pattern markings. Fuse the remaining interfacing in place onto each corresponding pattern piece wrong side.

CONSTRUCT Use 1/2” seam allowances unless otherwise noted If making a color-blocked version, stitch the front top and bottom pieces together along the long raw edge using a serger or a conventional sewing machine. Repeat for the back and for both color-blocked sleeves.

Lay the front piece wrong side up on your ironing surface. Lay the stay piece (cut from the fus-ible interfacing) on the center front wrong side, with the fusible side right side down.

Carefully align the pattern dots of the stay with the pattern dots of the front and the top edge of the stay with the upper front neckline. The pattern dots on the stay indi-cate the slash you will cut to install the zipper. Using a press cloth,

fuse the stay in place, following the manufacturer’s instructions. Allow the piece to cool before you sew, otherwise the adhesive could gum your needle.

To prepare the opening slash for the zipper, with the front wrong side up, stitch along the outer lines of the stay, on each side of the center line and across the lower edge. Using your rotary cutter and acrylic ruler or snips, cut on the marked center line from the neck-line down to the lower end of the opening. With small sharp scissors, clip into the corners, clipping up to but not through the stitched line (1).

With the front right side up on your work surface, turn the two sides and bottom triangle of the opening to the wrong side, and use a press cloth to press the folds lightly. Center the zipper under the opening, aligning the lower zipper stop with the opening lower edge. On the sample, about 1/4” of the zipper tape is revealed between the teeth of the zipper and the folded edges of fabric. The upper zipper stop should be about 3/8” below the neckline raw edge, meaning the zipper tape will extend beyond the neckline.

With long stitches, by hand, slip baste the zipper to the Front along the folds on each side and at the bottom (2). Or secure the zipper in place with the fabric with tape, pressing the tape securely over the zipper teeth and the bodice front.

Fold the front bodice up, exposing the lower end of the zipper tapes and the fabric triangle

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at the opening lower end. Install the zipper foot on your sewing machine (see your machine’s man-ual for assistance). To secure the zipper tapes to the triangle, stitch across the base of the triangle, just below the lower zipper stop zipper (3).

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work the corners into well-defined points. Press flat, using a press cloth. Topstitch the outer collar edges if desired.

To create the hood, pin the two outer pieces and two lining pieces along the long curved edge with right sides together; stitch. Nest the two hoods with wrong sides together; pin and stitch along the straight front edge. Turn the hood right side out, press and topstitch 1/2” from the front edge. Baste the collar lower edges together.

Unzip the zipper. Matching the notches, pin the collar or hood to the neckline, between the center back and the shoulder seams. Flip the facing to the outside of the pullover body so that you see the wrong side of the facing. Align the facing neckline edge on top of the collar/hood. The collar/hood will be sandwiched between the right side of the pullover body and the right side of the facing. Pin all the layers together around the neckline from the center back, all the way around to the front slash. Stitch all of the layers together using a 1/4” seam allowance. Clip around the curved edge of the neckline. Serge- and zigzag-finish the raw edges of the seam allowances together.

Fold one front side over to expose the zipper tape and the folded opening edge. Working from the bottom edge of the zipper to the top and using your zipper foot, stitch the front to the zipper tape along the zipper guideline or 1/4” from the zipper teeth (4). To reveal more of the contrasting zipper tape, edgestitch the zipper in place 1/

16” from the layered edges of the

front/zipper tape, rather than sew-ing along the stitched lines. Repeat for the other side of the zipper. Unfold the front and check the installed zipper from the right side. Remove the slip basting or tape that held the zipper in place.

Following the manufacturer’s instructions, fuse the correspond-ing interfacing to the wrong side of the facing. Allow the piece to cool. Serge- or zigzag-finish the outside raw edge of the facing, including the shoulder edges. Do not finish the neckline edge.

Place the facing wrong side up on your cutting mat. Use a rotary cutter or snips to cut on the cen-ter line, as you did to cut the front opening. Clip into the corners on the marked lines with small sharp scissors. Turn the two long sides and the bottom triangle of the fac-ing slash to the wrong side. Use a press cloth to press the folds light-ly. Pin the folds in place.

Place the pullover front on your work surface wrong side up; the installed zipper will also be wrong side up. Place the facing right side up on the front, aligning the neck-line edges of the facing and the front and centering the slash over the zipper.

To attach the zipper to the facing by hand, pin the facing to the front temporarily, with pins located about 2” from the slash. Beginning at the top stop of the zipper, using slip stitches, hand sew the first long side of the facing to the zipper along the fold. Turn the corner, slip stitch the bottom edge in place) below the bottom stop of the zipper, and then stitch up the other long side. Stop sewing when you reach the zipper’s top stop again.

To attach the zipper to the facing by machine, slip baste or tape the facing in place over the zipper. Fold one facing side over to expose the zipper tape and the folded opening edge. Working from the bottom edge of the zipper to the top and using your zipper foot, stitch the facing to the zipper tape along the zipper guideline or 1/4” from the zipper teeth. Repeat for the bottom edge and the other side of the zipper. Remove the slip basting or tape that held the zipper in place.

Pin the shoulder and neckline edges of the facing out of the way so that they don’t get caught in the shoulder seam stitches. With right sides together, pin and then stitch the front and back together at the shoulder seams. Serge- or zigzag-finish the raw edges of the seam allowances together.

With right sides together, pin the sleeves to the assembled pullover body, matching up the single and double notches at the sleeve cap/armhole. Stitch the sleeves in place. Serge- or zigzag-finish the raw edges of the seam allowances together. Serge- or zigzag-finish the sleeve hem edges.

With right sides together, pin the front to the back together, aligning the raw edges of the side seams. Fold the sleeves so that the raw edges of the underarm seams match; pin in place. Stitch along each side, beginning at the pattern dot located a few inches above the bottom edge of the side seam and ending at the bottom edge of the sleeve. Serge- or zigzag-finish the raw edges of the seam allowances together.

To create the collar, fuse the cor-responding interfacing piece to the wrong side of half of the collar, fol-lowing the manufacturer’s instruc-tions. With right sides together, fold the collar in half and stitch closed at both short sides. Leave the neckline edges (the ones with the notches) open. Trim the corners carefully to reduce bulk and then turn the collar right side out. Use a point turner or chopstick to gently

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Flip the collar away from the pullover body. Using a press cloth, press the seam allowances toward the pullover body. With matching thread, topstitch on the back of the pullover body, from shoulder seam to shoulder seam, stitching 1/4” from the collar seam and catching the seam allowances in the stitch-ing.

Turn the facing to the inside of the pullover and zip the zipper. Handstitch the finished shoulder edge of the facing to the shoul-der seam using loose slip stitches. Using a press cloth, give the zipper opening a light press.

To finish the front of the pullover, add the topstitch detail around the zipper use contrasting topstitch thread, a topstitching needle and a walking foot if you have one. Trace or pin the topstitch template in place on the pullover front. With the front right side facing up and making sure you’re not stitching through the back layer as well, begin topstitching at one shoulder seam. Follow the marked stitching lines to sew to the opposite shoul-der seam. For neat corners, leave the needle in the down position when you pivot to sew toward the next corner.

Serge- or zigzag-finish the bottom edge of the pullover and the edges of the side vents.

To complete the side vents, place the pullover right side up on your work surface. To make a mitered corner in one half of a side vent, fold the bottom edge of the pull-over up toward the opposite corner with right sides together, bringing point A to point B (5).

Using a 1/4” seam allowance, stitch from the fold line to the raw edges where Points A and B are matched (6). Turn the corner right side out and use a point turner to define the point. Follow the same process to complete the mitered corners of the other half of the side vent and the vent on the other side of the pullover. In this step, you have also established the 1” depth of the pull-over’s hem.

Hem the bottom edge of the pullover by folding 1” to the wrong side. Pin in place. At the side vents, the depth of the hem is established. Use matching thread to topstitch the hem in place, 7/8” from the folded edge. Begin in the mitered corner located at one of the vents, and stitch toward the next vent, stopping at the miter, with the needle in the down posi-tion. Turn the 90-degree corner and stitch 7/8” from the folded edge of the vent. When you reach the next angle (about 45 degrees), leave the needle in the down posi-tion, turn the pullover, and stitch toward the top corner (above the vent). Leave the needle in the down position and stitch back toward the bottom of the vent, repeating the process of turning the corners with the needle in the down position.

Continue sewing the hem until you reach the place where you started. Press the hemmed edge lightly using a press cloth.

Hem the sleeves by folding 1” to the wrong side and press lightly using a press cloth. With matching thread, topstitch the hems in place, 7/8” from the folded edges.

To create the hoodie pocket, layer the pocket outer and lining with right sides together. Stitch perim-eter, leaving an opening along the curved pocket edge. Trim the cor-ners to reduce bulk and turn the pocket right side out; press into the corners with a point turner. Stitch along each curved pocket edge, closing the opening. Pin the pocket in place on the pullover front using the pattern markings as a guide. Stitch in place across the pocket upper and lower edges, reinforcing the stitching at each pocket edge opening.

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PALMER PULLOVERThe Trusted Sewing Source

1" Test Square

64 pages: 1a–8h

Print this page first at 100%, then measure the 1" test square before printing full pattern.

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