Inexpensive Red Riding Hood Fur-Lined Hood

The challenge I gave myself was to make an inexpensive red riding hood costume completely from sourced/found garments.

This is the hood.

I also wanted to make a costume where each piece could conceivably pass for a "regular" article of clothing. So, in my imagination, this hood could be worn by itself with "regular" clothes on a winter day.

All of the garments used were sourced, then upcycled into the "new" garment.

All garments were bought at the PTA thrift store in Chatham County. Buy List: Two sweaters, Belt, and jacket. Total Cost: $7, sweaters were each on sale for $1, regularly $2; belt was 1; jacket was $4.

Items Needed:

Two red sweaters

Belt

Jacket with fur-lined hood

Thread

Sewing Machine

Scissors

Buy your sweater from a thrift store or get them out of a free pile.

One sweater chosen for a detailed collar, one chosen for hood.

Cut the collar off your fancy sweater.

Cut the hood off your hooded sweater.

Pin them together.

Sew them together.

Keeping belt whole, sew belt to front and back of sweater.

Remove hood from jacket.

Hem hood.

Pin jacket hood to inside of sweater hood.

Sew together.

Pin red sweater hood to jacket hood.

Sew together.

Admire.

Wear.