I think that the bright blue alterations look better than the pale blue, also, and "go" with the colors on the hoodie better, too. If I find one of these, I might have to send it out to you in CA, Sparky, for the same treatment as yours, since I consider it a spectacular feat of sewing if I achieve success in sewing a button back on! Hoodies are SUPPOSED to look too big; at least that's how people wear 'em around here.

pitbulllady

Nice work, Sparky! And I really like the blue extention you added at the bottom. For the most part I like my hoodies (and sweatshirts) to be a bit big and extend down over my back side. If a top with fabric as bulky as fleece ends higher than that, it tends to cut me in two. And I'm short enough as it is, so I don't need that. ::)

It's cool to see I'm not the only one here who's handy with a sewing machine, too. I have yet to do anything Foster's related, though. I usually do doll clothes or costume acessories. I might try my luck at making a plushie sometime, though. It could be fun.

I just got home, and I wore the hoodie and one of my altered babydoll Foster's t-shirts (the "I *heart* Bloo" one). I was stylin'. ;) Lol. Anyways it was very comfortable, I could have made the wrists a little tighter but otherwise it was okay. Well, I have leftover of the blue ribbing if you're serious, pbl. :cheese:

Yeah I definitely added a good two or more inches to the bottom. But as for it being fleece...its not. It's just a printed t-shirt fabric, really. You think HT would charge only $44 for something made of *fleece*? It's just a t-shirt with a hood and a zipper. :P

Wow.... It's really just knit? Not for warmth at all? I knew HT was pricy, but that's pretty steep for just being knit. In the pictures it looks like it could be a "light" fleece or something, Oh well. As big of a fan as I am, I'd still spend that, though. :bloosmirk:

Well, it is HT ... ::)

At least for t-shirts, it's at least double the wholesale price. That I'm deducing since small t-shirt shops ordering small quantities (dozen or less of a design at a time) run $9-10 wholesale ... a large outfit like HT would surely negotiate for less than that.

Again: t-shirt with a hood and zipper. :P Really.

If they ever come out with printed blankets, I'm buying some and making pullovers with them. Because I know they'll never make actual fabric for sale by the yard.

This is why I'm working on some Foster's knitting designs. ;)

If I can get a chance to get to a mall within the next few weeks, I'll see if they have one that will at least sorta fit. A long-sleeved t-shirt with a hood sounds fine, with our climate. I don't even start wearing a jacket normally until we get temps down in the low '40's at least. Right now, with daytime temps reaching 110, NOT factoring in the 90% humidity, it's sorta hard to think about wearing anything with sleeves! We've had a full week of 100+ temps, dropping no lower than about 89 at night, with horrendous humidity. My two window units here at this house, where most of the animals are, have been struggling to keep the place from becoming dangerous, and I've had problems with them icing up and threatening to quit completely because they can't get rid of the condensation faster than it is accumulating, due to the heat and humidity. I'm mostly staying at my grandparents' house about 1/4 mile away, where there is central air, but even that's really having a tough time. Add to that BOTH car batteries called it quits in one week, and it's really tough to think about going to a mall right now!

pitbulllady

I wouldn't buy these things from Hot Topic; they are sadly too expensive for me.
I prefer to shop for my clothes at places like Goodwill and the Salvation Army; but they have yet to get any Foster's apparel. Actually, they don't have anything fashionable at all.
I usually end up buying flannel shirts and old vinyl records.

Not likely anytime soon either ...

- Stuff from HT hasn't been out long enough for folks to have "gotten sick of it" yet.
- No glut of kid's apparel either, so it's not likely to show up because they were outgrown.
- Earliest stuff was mostly from the studio ... way too limited in quantity to show up (if donated) beyond LA or Atlanta areas.

I almost like your version of it better, Sparky.

I WANT that Hoodie. My mother won't let me get it though, just you wait- she'll say it's too "busy", just like the Craig's blog shirt (which I'm not allowed to wear out of the house, sadly...)

-Marty :goo: