HOW TO upcycle a hoodie to cover a logo or graphic!!!

Step one, you take a hoodie or a t-shirt or anything that has a logo on it that you don't want. So I have this hoodie here, I want to replace this F. Step one, we're gonna measure this area. 12 and say 8, 8 or 9, probably 9. So 12 by 9. Let me go cut out a square really quick. Okay, I have my square and I decided I'm gonna paint something on it after I sew this on here. So this is my square. This is why it has the chalk lines, uh, because that's my grid. But you can use any kind of fabric really. I personally like to match the thickness. So if I'm gonna do this on a hoodie, I don't like to replace it with a t-shirt fabric because it makes it thinner. I like it to be the same stability. The piece of fabric I ended up cutting is 12 inches by 8. Generally speaking, when you're sewing, you always want to sew things right sides together. If you're unsure, just sew them right sides together. However, in this case with reverse applique, this is the right side of the hoodie. The chalk lines are also the right side of the fabric. Right side to right side. So then I'm going to take the fabric I'm trying to replace, so in this case this hoodie, I'm going to turn it inside out. This is the wrong side of the fabric, it's the inside of the hoodie. And then I have this fabric, right? This is the right side, and I have chalk lines on it. This is the right side of the fabric. I want to face the right side to the wrong side. Easy way to do it. Take the thing you're trying to replace, so in this case this hoodie, and turn it inside out. This is the wrong side of the hoodie. And then I have this fabric, right? This is the right side. So I want to face the right side to the wrong side. I think I'm going to cover up this Nike logo over here because I don't really care about that. I recommend using pins for this because you can get it in a position you like. And then I'm going to pin it down and basically create a border. So then, before I sew anything down, I'm going to flip it back and make sure that the border I'm creating where I have these pins is where I want the design to be. So this is where you'll check to make sure it's centered, to make sure you're not cutting off the logo. I'd rather be close on this than that. Okay. I'm going to sew all the way around the entire border and get pretty close to the edge as I can. And probably use like a two and a half or three, uh, on my stitch length. Straight stitch, 2.5 to 3 millimeter length. Once you get the new fabric sewn down, you're going to flip it right side out and you'll be able to see the border around your logo area. You want to be really careful in this next part, but you're going to take a pair of fabric scissors and pinch so I can separate the two layers because they're not sewn in the middle. And make a pretty big cut. This way you know you're not going to cut the inside. I'm going to remove all of this purple, but in theory, if you wanted to, you could sew like a star or a shape and then just cut away what you don't want and then you'll reveal what's underneath. Once you cut away. You can leave it like this. I'm going to leave it like this for now because I want to paint something, but in theory, if you wanted to, you could go over it with a zigzag stitch. I really love this technique. I think it's so easy and it doesn't take too long in terms of a project. I think it's really clean and it creates a really defined border, especially in like a different color stitch, which I might do, like a lavender or something on the outside. Otherwise, you can just go over it with a zigzag stitch. I really love this technique. I think it's so easy and it doesn't take too long in terms of a project. I think it's really clean and it creates a really defined border, especially in like a different color stitch, which I might do, like a lavender or something on the outside.