Drafting a Men's Hoodie

Drafting a Men’s Hoodie

In this lesson, you will learn how to draft a men’s shirt hoodie with a placket front and two inseam pockets, using the blocks that we created in our men’s shirt lesson, Drafting a Men’s Shirt Block.

Module	Description	Step
1	Lesson Prep & Placket	1-8
2	Shirt Pocket	1-3
3	Drafting the Hood	1-18
4	Drafting the Collar Stand	1-4
5	Drafting the Sleeve & Cuff	1-2

Module

Description

Step

Lesson Prep & Placket

1-8

Shirt Pocket

1-3

Drafting the Hood

1-18

Drafting the Collar Stand

1-4

Drafting the Sleeve & Cuff

1-2

Step	Description
1	Alright, our step number one is to trace our shirt, front and back for this step. As you can see, my shirt block is marked in regular pencil. Now, the blue lines, small dotted lines are my final pattern, my final block.
2	So, I am going to start right at the shoulder. As you’d recall in the shirt, our seam is more towards the front. But in this particular shirt hoodie, the seam sits right at the shoulder. So, we are going to cross out our original seam and move it back up 1” (2.5cm). so, this is crossed out.
3A	Then, we come to our neck. We have a placket at the neck. So, we take ½” (1.3cm) in because we have a 1” (2.5cm) placket. So, we are going to cross this out as well.

Step

Description

Alright, our step number one is to trace our shirt, front and back for this step. As you can see, my shirt block is marked in regular pencil. Now, the blue lines, small dotted lines are my final pattern, my final block.

So, I am going to start right at the shoulder. As you’d recall in the shirt, our seam is more towards the front. But in this particular shirt hoodie, the seam sits right at the shoulder. So, we are going to cross out our original seam and move it back up 1” (2.5cm). so, this is crossed out.

Then, we come to our neck. We have a placket at the neck. So, we take ½” (1.3cm) in because we have a 1” (2.5cm) placket. So, we are going to cross this out as well.

Drafting a Men’s Hoodie

MODULE 1 • Lesson Prep & Placket