Sorority Crafting Sundays: Sorority Mascot Hoodie

Halloween is on its way. After this craft, you'll be ready for all those dress-up sisterhood events. Plus, you'll be super comfy!

     1. Gather your favorite fabric scraps for the mane and tail. The more patterns, the better. 

     2. Measure and cut strips from your fabric scraps. My strips were 7" tall x 2" wide. Cut about 20 strips in total. 

     3. Measure from the crown to the base of the neck on the hood of your sweatshirt. Leave room on your hood for a horn and bangs in the front. My hood measured 16 inches. Using some scrap ribbon, measure 16" (or the length of your hood) and cut.

     4. Using your cut scraps of fabric, tie each one to the ribbon. Leave .5" at the start and end of the ribbon to sew it to the hood. 

     5. When you've finished tying on the scraps, it should look something like this. 

     6. Sew the ends of your ribbon of scraps to the hood of your sweatshirt by hand or a sewing machine. Using a needle and thread, use a whipstitch to secure the rest of the ribbon to your hood. When you're done, you'll have a mane. 

     7. Using a contrasting color fabric, measure the length of your horn. Mine was about 8" tall. You don't want it to be too tall or it will become heavy and tilt to the side. Cut straight across. 

     8. Fold the fabric in half, with the dull side on the outside. Sew across it at a diagonal, from the top right corner to the bottom left corner. Cut the excess fabric off. 

     9. Turn the horn right side out, and stuff with your polyfil stuffing. 

     10. Using a needle and thread, hand stitch the horn to the space left at the top of the hood.

     11. I had left over scraps, so I decided to add bangs to the front of my hood. Simply stack your scraps and fold them over so they are 1/2 as long. Fan them out a bit so they cover more space, and sex them along the folded edge. Attach them in front of the horn on the hood and sew across. 

     12. The final step! Using the remaining fabric, cut longer thicker strips. Mine were 3" wide and 12" long. Stack the strips so the top edge lines up. Fold over the top edge, and sew across to make an even seam. Sew this even seam to the bottom of your sweatshirt. Now, you have a tail!

And there you have it! I told you it looks ridiculous. I'm so excited to wear this to chapter on Tuesday, and my next Halloween party.