Duck Butt Designs Back to Fall Hoodie

It's Fall according to calendar, so I've been doing some fall sewing. What best than a pattern with fall in the name? I grabbed the Back to Fall (BTF) Hoodie from Duck Butt Designs. But here's the thing, I really don't like hoodies. It's a good thing I can sew, because that means I can make it without the hood! I know - you are probably thinking that's sacrilegious. But look how amazing my BTF looks sans hood!

I did make a few other modifications to the BTF pattern as well. I'll talk about those in a minute. But first, I want to mention one change that I'm going to make on my next one. The pocket. I love the pocket, but when I made it, it ended up on my left. I need it on my right side - my dominant hand side. So consider that if you decide to make one.

I'm short. 5' tall short. I typically remove 2" from most tops. This one has a lot of pieces on the front and it does not have any lengthen/shorten lines. So I made my own lines to shorten at.

I took 1" out of the length of the middle piece, and 1" from the length of the bottom piece. I then took 2" from the length of the back piece. I just fudged my sleeves to get them to fit on my fabric. I decided to do a simple neckband since I was forgoing the hood. I had thought about a cowl, but will probably do one on my next BTF. I also graded my BTF from a 10 bust to a 14 hip. I graded from below the shoulder color blocked piece. It took a bit of playing around with pieces to get both sides of my BTF to match with the grading - but it was so worth all that effort!

Fabric - The light colored pieces you see are a sweater knit. I found it in the Dallas Fabric District and it came as a tube. It's heavy and silky soft. I have no idea what it is, but it feels amazing and I've been hoarding it for the perfect project. I think I picked the right one.

The print is one of my own designs on Spoonflower. It is named Septarian Nodule. I had it printed on their cotton spandex jersey. I got 1 yard and I used up almost every inch of that yard.

I had a hard time deciding what fabric to use for the inside of my pocket. I really wanted to save some of this fabulous sweater knit for another project, but I was also trying to save a bit o my Septarian Nodule fabric. In the end, I decided I could always buy more of my print from Spoonflower.

Back to adjustments I made to the BTF - It calls for a bottom band. I tried my BTF on before I added any bands to figure out how long to make my sleeve cuffs and to see how long the top was. Well, it was the perfect length as is, so I decided to just hem by BTF. I decided to make my arm cuffs go to my wrists. In the photo below I folded the cuffs up. This way I'm able to wear it long sleeved or 3/4 length sleeves. I love versatility.

I absolutely love my BTF with all my modifications. I currently have 10 yards of cotton lycra with my photos printed as 1 yard panels on their way to me. I got 2 yard sized panels of 5 different photographs. I'm definitely going to be making at least 1 BTF from my new fabrics.

I'm getting ready to head out on vacation very soon and will not be back until the end of September. Fall should be in Texas by then and I'll be all set with my BTF waiting for me. I hope you will visit Duck Butt Designs and see all their great patterns. They have a few for free that are worth checking out.  The free patterns can be seen HERE. Let me just say - the plain pants (both kids and adult) are amazing! Head over to the Duck Butt Designs Sew & Chat Facebook Group and get the codes from the pinned post to get the free patterns. Be sure to sign up on the website for the newsletter - you get a code for $3 off your next purchase and a code to get the Essential Raglan for FREE!















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