A Hoodie Dress, DIY moment

I've been shopping for a hoodie dress - as my daughter had when she was a toddler.  It just seemed so perfect in this day and age of leggins, boots and sweater dresses, a hoodie would really be perfect. 

I have this old sweatshirt that makes me feel like a strangling marshmallow - too wide in the middle, gigantic sleeves, but so tight on the neck & hood.  Here's what I did (click on picture to make it larger!)

What would I do differently?

I'd take in the shape of the trunk a little to make the "shoulders" fi the bottom of the trunk better.  As is, this is more of a tunic look than a dress.  I'm going to tweak it with either some taking in or ribbing to connect the two sides.  Actually I'm going to do this with another sweatshirt in a few days that is even bigger, so maybe it won't be a problem with that one. 

The ribbing on the wrists was too small on a 3/4 sleeve so I had to use the ribbing from the waist on the new sleeves.

I cut a v-shape into the neck, just about 2", but when I did my finishing seems I sewed it staight.  Now it lays nice and loose across my neck.

I threaded a decorative ribbon into the hood.

next: make a few rosettes for the pocket to cover the coffee stain. :)

**EDIT after 2nd Sweatshirt**

I made it more curvy and used a sweater dress that I liked as a guideline.  After removing the arms at the seams, I measured out a 3/4 length, cut off the "shoulders" and sewed the shorter sleeves back on.  The shoulders were sewed back onto the bottom in an angular fashion.