Menswear Sweater

A belated birthday present – PAlouis by Kibadoo

Sew Mariefleur Palouis Gamers don't die Nosh

A year ago I ventured into sewing garments for men for the first time. I was invited to join the Christmas tour from the German fabric shop “Stoffbüro“, focusing on sweaters and shirts for men. After conferring with my husband, I finally made the hoodie PAlouis by the German pattern company Kibadoo (in English here), using sweat from Nosh. That was actually the first time I used fabric from Nosh, and my husband loved both the fabric quality and the hoodie itself.

Sew Mariefleur Palouis Gamers don't die Nosh

Sew Mariefleur Palouis Gamers don't die Nosh

For his birthday in June, he wished for a new sweater with the print “Gamers don’t die – they respawn” on it. He had seen sweaters and T-shirts like this online and thought his wife could do better. 😉 He loves strategic historically accurate games, something like leading vikings to victory against the British army, leading Caesar’s army and founding an empire and so on. So there was no doubt that he needed a sweater like this.

Sew Mariefleur Palouis Gamers don't die Nosh

Sew Mariefleur Palouis Gamers don't die Nosh

After  a lot of forth and back, my husband decided that he wanted the exact same fabric as for his first hoodie, and the exact same pattern as  last time – with a few tweaks to make it fit even better. He likes everything that’s tried and true! So, PAlouis and Nosh it was. I don’t have a Scancut, but the lovely Dominique from Kreamino made the print for me and sent it to me. She did an amazing job!

Sew Mariefleur Palouis Gamers don't die Nosh

Sew Mariefleur Palouis Gamers don't die Nosh

I needed some fabric for the hood lining and the pocket lining, and looking through my stash I found a little piece of cotton jersey from the latest Lila-Lotta fabric collection. It was just enough and was approved by my husband.

Sew Mariefleur Palouis Gamers don't die Nosh

Sew Mariefleur Palouis Gamers don't die Nosh

The sweater got a little delayed, since there was very little sewing and blogging going on during autumn, but two weeks ago I finally got around to sewing it. The only changes I made was to make the sweater a little more fitted and to use wide rib knit from Nosh instead of the main fabric for the hembands. I remember having issues with sewing the front pocket on nicely when sewing this sweater last year. This year I tried out wondertape for the first time, gluing the whole pocket edge to the sweater, omitting all pins. I also used my edgestitching foot to keep the same distance to the edge along the whole edge. And it worked so nicely! Wondertape for the win!

Sew Mariefleur Palouis Gamers don't die Nosh

Sew Mariefleur Palouis Gamers don't die Nosh

Sewing the hoodie was done quickly, especially since this time around I could sew everything with my new serger this time around. I don’t like using my serger for very thin fabrics, but for projects like this using a serger is really a dream. Getting the print to stick to the sweater (and to get it lying centred!) wasn’t the easiest thing, but it’s basically all about applying enough pressure on a hard surface for a long enough time.

Sew Mariefleur Palouis Gamers don't die Nosh

All summed up, I can say that my husband is delighted with his new sweater (although maybe not too much with taking pics while it’s freezing!), I am delighted by the fact that it turned out exactly as I hoped it would and that I really think that I need to make him a shirt soon!

Sew Mariefleur Palouis Gamers don't die Nosh

– I got the fabrics for this post for free from NOSH Organics and Lila-Lotta. Nevertheless all opinions are, as always, my own. –

5 comments on “A belated birthday present – PAlouis by Kibadoo

  1. I’m kind of glad that my husband doesn’t read sewing blogs 😉 He would sooo want to have exactly such a sweater… Well done, Fleurine (and Domi)! Btw: If you in need of another foil I can help you as well. Though I have rather girlish foils in my stash. Girl’s mom…you know. But that soon might fit for you as well 😉

    • Ha, I had no idea that you as well are married to a gamer! And thank you for your offer! I can definitely see that having a Cricut or a Scancut can be very useful, but I don’t really see myself using one of those enough to justify having one … I already have so much sewing stuff!

  2. I love it !! It sur is a guy dream to wear 🙂
    Good job as always !!
    And same as you for the *cut machine, it’s great but not enough use to have one.
    Have a good day !

  3. Karen Garman

    It is flattering on him! You are so gifted Fleurine! My husband even looked at it and likes it. Maybe I’ll have to make one too!

  4. Liebe Fleurine, das ist ein wirklich sehr schicker Pulli und ich bin da ganz bei deinem Mann – ich will auch nur noch Nosh Stoff als Sweater.
    Würde auch meinem großen Sohn sehr gefallen denke ich. 🙂
    GGLG Anna

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