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Make this cute jacket in an afternoon!
This project is a pretty simple design: a hoodie sweatshirt with a row of spikes going down the back.
It was inspired by a similar one I saw in a store...but that one was toddler size! Little kids get all the coolest stuff. So I decided to make a big-kid-sized one for my sister for Christmas. It's just her style and if I'm lucky I can "borrow" it and wear it myself.
This project is a pretty simple design: a hoodie sweatshirt with a row of spikes going down the back.
It was inspired by a similar one I saw in a store...but that one was toddler size! Little kids get all the coolest stuff. So I decided to make a big-kid-sized one for my sister for Christmas. It's just her style and if I'm lucky I can "borrow" it and wear it myself.
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Signing UpStep 1Materials and Equipment
Equipment:
Sewing Machine
Nice Sharp Scissors
Seam Ripper or Small Knife
Sewing Pins
Fabric-Marking Pencil ( I just used a white colored pencil)
Materials:
Piece of Cardstock (for pattern)
Plain-colored Zip-up Hoodie Jacket
Fabric (I find that using fabrics with siilar textures works best)
Thread
Sewing Machine
Nice Sharp Scissors
Seam Ripper or Small Knife
Sewing Pins
Fabric-Marking Pencil ( I just used a white colored pencil)
Materials:
Piece of Cardstock (for pattern)
Plain-colored Zip-up Hoodie Jacket
Fabric (I find that using fabrics with siilar textures works best)
Thread
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**Batting is what's used in-between quilt layers to give it that little bit of "cushion".
Beth
BTW, I totally agree with you... Little kids do get all the cool clothes ~~ until now ;0)
Love your Dino Hoodie 'ible!!
Beth
Your idea has been stolen.
Thanks,
Drew
Awesome Instructable.
Yes; it's a very nice bit of design. One minor tweak the completely changes the interpretation of the garment... and not just another set of cat ears. Definite points for creativity, and for not going overboard.
(I'm not wild about the hat I've got, actually -- Plus is that it's a nice furry fabric and the interior of the ears is a suitable contrasting fabric, minus is that the ears aren't really placed correctly for an anthropomorphic cat, and the hat doesn't cover my human ears.)
I don't know whether you saw the Japanese cat-ears that shift their expression in response to a set of electrodes on the user's forehead, trying to respond to the wearer's emotional state or at least to some signal people could use to control them with a bit of practice. The motors were a bit noisy, but the idea was interesting enough that I've sometimes pondered what it would take to do a simple version, possibly entirely mechanical with control cables down to inside a jacket's pockets.
And I'm *still* trying to figure out how to make a tail that moves properly. I've seen animated dog tails, but cat tails are more expressive and may heed at least one more set of "tendons" to get the proper degree of control.
The simplest version of cat ears would be two triangles attached along one edge -- think tetrahedron (d4, if that helps) where one of the sides is actually part of the hood and one (the front of the ear) is open. Altering the shape of one or both of the triangles could round off the ear and otherwise fine-tune its shape. You might need to include something that would stiffen the ear to help it maintain its shape.
Experimenting with scraps, and/or with paper, might be a good way to figure this out.
Have fun -- and if you come up with something you like, please do post it!
great 'ible!