A pullover hoodie made the way a quilt is made: a bright pieced star centered on the front and back, another star on each sleeve, all set into a scrappy low-volume background of creams and soft pastels. The star points use saturated prints in purple, teal, red, orange, pink, gold, and navy, so the design stands out against the quiet background. The hood opening and the edges are finished with bias binding, shown here in a rainbow gingham. Quilted with lightweight fleece or flannel rather than thick batting, the finished hoodie stays soft, light, and slouchy. It is also a genuine scrap-buster, pieced from fat quarters and small cuts.

What the Pattern Includes

This listing is for the printed sewing pattern only. Fabric, fleece or flannel, lining, bias tape, and thread are not included. Inside are fully illustrated step-by-step instructions and full-size templates for sizes XS through 6XL, covering the pieced star blocks, the quilting, and the hoodie assembly through to the bias-bound finish.

What You'll Need

Non-directional prints are recommended for all fabric choices.

• Background: 15 or more fat quarters of low-volume fabric (XS to 4XL); 16 or more for 5XL to 6XL
• Star: 10cm x 60cm (4" x 22") pieces of 8 high-volume fabrics
• Lining: 1.3m (1.4 yards) of 108" wide cotton sateen wideback, or 2m (2.2 yards) for S to L / 2.6m (2.9 yards) for XL to 6XL of 44" wide soft quilters cotton
• Batting layer: 2.7m (3 yards) of 40-44" wide thin lightweight fusible or non-fusible fashion fleece, or plain white flannel. A thicker quilt batting can be used, but the hoodie loses the softness and drape shown.
• Binding: 3.2m (3.6 yards) of pre-made 25mm single-fold bias tape, or enough fabric to make your own
• Quality cotton thread

Full cutting details are inside the pattern.

Sizing

The pattern covers the full size range, XS through 6XL, in one envelope.

Perfect For

• Sewists who want to bring patchwork into something they can wear every day
• Scrap and low-volume fabric collectors looking for a project that uses a stack of fat quarters
• Confident beginners ready to combine simple star piecing with garment construction
• Anyone who wants a soft, slouchy handmade hoodie rather than a stiff quilted jacket

Why You'll Love This Pattern

The star does the work here. Repeated on the front, the back, and each sleeve, it turns a simple pullover into a piece that looks pieced and considered from every angle. Because the background comes from low-volume prints and the star from brighter high-volume fabrics, the scrappy mix is the design rather than a distraction, and two sewists pulling from different stashes will finish hoodies that look nothing alike.

What sets it apart from a quilted jacket is the construction. Layering the patchwork over lightweight fleece or flannel instead of thick quilt batting keeps the hoodie soft, light, and slouchy rather than stiff and structured. Melly & Me recommends it for confident beginners through advanced sewists: the star blocks are straightforward piecing, and the hood and bias-bound edges are where the sewing gets interesting.

It is a satisfying way to use a fat-quarter and scrap collection, and the full size range, XS through 6XL, is in the one pattern. The result is an everyday hoodie that happens to be a quilt you can wear.

Product Details

• Brand: Melly & Me
• Item #: MM204
• Designer: Melanie McNeice
• Category: Clothing Sewing Pattern
• Skill Level: Confident Beginner (Melly & Me's rating; recommended for confident beginners through advanced sewists. Star piecing is straightforward; the hood and bias-bound finish add the challenge)
• Technique: Patchwork piecing, quilting, garment construction, bias binding
• Sizes: XS to 6XL
• Format: Printed paper pattern with full-size templates