Another Day, Another Nancy Raglan

Our school district has been working on a branding campaign for a few years.  For the start of the school year this year, everyone was given a t-shirt with the logo on it.  They are the standard don't-really-fit-anyone t-shirts, so I immediately hemmed mine to make it at least sit somewhere higher than my knees, but I don't love it.

Once a month, we have wear-your-gear Fridays, so I've been wearing the dreaded t-shirt but with cold weather coming and my desire to wear something I actually like, I finally got around to making a new Nancy raglan from 5outof4 patterns. I've made this pattern a lot, but I have never added the hood. I love constructing hoods, I like how hoods usually look on the back of a shirt, but I am not one to actually wear the hood unless I'm absolutely frozen.  And even then, it's usually just in my own yard.

I don't know if I've mentioned this here before, but I graduated from the same school district that I have worked in for my entire career, so I have been wearing green and white for decades! While the lighter fabric isn't exactly white, it's off white enough to make me happy. I was a little concerned that the lighter weight of the green fabric would not work well with the thicker off-white fabric but it feels great one. My sewing machine especially love that off-white fabric!

The green fabric was a long sleeved t-shirt that the man never wore, so I took it apart and now it will be worn until it's dead.  I salvaged the cuffs from the t-shirt and put them on this one.  I've never used a ribbed fabric on my cuffs and I kind of like it!

The lighter fabric is something I got from Nature's Fabrics a long time ago, listed as: Natural Bamboo and/or Hemp Fabrics - Absorbent . As I look at it now, I don't know why I thought I should get something that clearly says it makes great cloth diapers.  They still have it and it still says cozy apparel and cloth diapers. Whatever it is, the softness is amazing on both sides.  The fleece side is so nice to wear I didn't even wear a shirt under it.  You know how some sweatshirts make you feel more naked if you don't wear at least a tank top underneath?  This is not like that at all.  It's pretty thick and amazingly soft.

I didn't realize there is an optional band for the Nancy, so I went to another pattern I've made and took the band from that.  It wasn't until I was putting the pattern pieces back in their envelope that I saw the band pattern piece.  The nice thing about knits is you can often interchange pieces and the fabric is forgiving enough that it doesn't matter.

Once it was finished, I contacted the local company that has our logos and correct fonts and I had them put our mascot on it.  They have a truck that they bring to events where you can bring your own items and they will put the logos on them. They picked it up at school and took care of it overnight, just in time for this month's logo Friday.

The Nancy raglan is a really easy pattern and all of the things I've made with it have been easy to wear and drape really nicely.  As with all of the 5outof4 patterns, there are tons of options!