How To Line Your Hoodie With Satin

It’s #hoodieseason, that time of year when we swap out the tank tops for cozy fleece. If you have a favorite hoodie, now is the time for it to shine! But could it be missing something? Could it become even more stylish or personalized? Spoonflower Content Marketing Associate Arlette Hawkins says “yes,” to both of these questions by adding Satin to her favorite hoodie—and you can too! Follow her step-by-step, beginner-friendly tutorial to add a little purposeful pizazz to your favorite jacket or hoodie. 

Arlette: My favorite thing about the colder months is throwing on a good hoodie, leggings and UGGs combination. Whether I need to protect my hair from the rain, or I just feel like having the back of my head covered—I appreciate the hood of my sweatshirt…however, sometimes my hair does not.

I have naturally thick, curly hair and it’s not cotton’s best friend. It gets a little frizzy after pulling my hood back. Cotton can also absorb the oils in my hair, which makes it dry—something I don’t need in these dropping temps! For years I’d wear my Satin bonnet under my hood to protect my hair, especially before a big event. But now it’s time to personalize my hoodies by lining them with Satin. This will not only protect my curls but also add a little personality to my favorite apparel.

Whether you’re thinking about protecting your hair or personalizing your clothes, this is a fun project to add a little more uniqueness to your favorite jacket or hoodie. 

Skill Level:
Beginner

To make sure everything comes out smooth, iron your jacket to get all the wrinkles out. Ensuring the fabric is as wrinkle-free as possible allows you to get the most accurate measurements.

I’m using a large piece of scrap fabric to make my pattern, but you can also use a large piece of paper (like a poster board or craft paper). Lay your jacket on the paper/fabric you’re using to make your template. We’re about to measure the hood of our jacket and write down those measurements to create our template. 

To create my template, I use my sewing ruler to trace my measurements onto my scrap fabric. For the neckline, we’re only tracing half of the measurement we jotted down.

Now that the neckline and front of the hood are traced, it’s time to do the back and top lines.

Once you’ve traced your template, cut it out. Lay your template on top of your hoodie to check your work. Your template will be slightly larger than your hood thanks to the seam allowance; that’s how it should be to allow enough room for you to sew it in.

Now it’s time to get that template on your gorgeous Satin! Since I’m cutting out two Satin pieces from this template, I fold my yard of Satin in half. This way I’m preparing to cut two pieces at one time.  

Satin is super light and can move while cutting. Lay your template on your yard of Satin and cut out a section of it to work with. If the section you are cutting is at the fold, remember to cut that to make two separate pieces. Put your extra Satin to the side as we focus on cutting around our template.

Clip or pin your template to your Satin and start cutting your Satin in the shape of the template. If your edges are a little frayed from cutting your Satin pieces with the template, clean those up by cutting those threads.

After a fabulous job, flip one of the Satin pieces so the designs are facing. 

Clip or pin your pieces together to keep them aligned and let’s get sewing! 

We are connecting the two pieces together so we only need to sew from the top of the hoodie opening to the back of the neckline.

Make sure your fabric stays flat and even. Mine got a little eager at times and would bunch. As I get close to my sewing clips, I remove them to continue sewing. Remember to backstitch at the beginning and end of this process. 

Open your Satin hood so it is design side down and lay it on your ironing board or fabric.

First iron the top and bottom middle seams which is in the location we just sewed. Since the left, right and bottom haven’t been stitched yet, measure out a 1/2” seam allowance and clip them down to make ironing easier.

The left and right corners of my hood are pretty pointy. I cut those at an angle so they are flat.  

Our Satin hood is almost ready to be attached to our jacket. Grab your jacket and sewing pins for the next steps.

Grab the jacket you’re adding Satin to. Mine already has a stitch around the opening. My goal is to stitch my Satin on (or super close) to that line.  

I flip my jacket inside out to make pinning and stitching a little easier. Using the original stitch as a guide, I pin my Satin piece to the hoodie. I pin the top and bottom centers first, the sides next and the neckline last.

I start sewing at the left corner and work my way around to the right. My jacket is kind of thick but stretchy, so I mindfully pull it slightly to keep the Satin hood and the jacket flat and prevent things from bunching.  

I start sewing the bottom from the left and work my way across. I slightly pull the jacket and the Satin hood so things stay flat since the jacket is slightly stretchy. If it feels like you have Satin hood sliding toward the middle, when you reach the center—right at the clothing tag—slightly fold the Satin over itself towards the needle and continue sewing. This will help smooth things out.  

When you finally reach the other side, remember to include a few backstitch stitches right before you get to the end of the seam.

Flip your jacket to the correct side and try it on! I plan to add Satin to more jackets soon. The Satin feels so smooth against my hair! I love this pop of color in an unsuspecting place.