A hoodie has a hood. That sounds obvious until you start thinking about where the print goes.
Put a design across the back and the hood sits right on top of it. Pull it up and the design is gone. Let it hang and it bunches across the upper part of the print anyway. Nobody designs a back print with that in mind, and it's one reason a lot of hoodies end up saying less than they were meant to.
A chest print has no such problem
The Redeemed Nail Cross hoodie puts everything on the front. One word, REDEEMED, runs straight across the chest in bold outline capitals. A cross made of three nails stands through the middle of the word, upright running down through the center, crossbar above the letters.
That's the whole design. There's no second print on the back and no hidden line inside the collar. We don't invent a collar message for a garment that doesn't have one. The words are up front, and that's where they stay.
Hood up, the word is still on your chest. Hood down, same. Hands in the kangaroo pocket, same. It doesn't take a position. It just sits there being what it says.
Why one word is enough
Redeemed is an accounting word. It means bought back. Something was owed, and somebody paid.
That's a lot to ask of a single word, so we left room around it. No scripture reference. No tagline. No second graphic competing for the same square of fleece. The nails in the middle supply the part the word leaves out, which is who paid and what it cost.
It's a quiet kind of loud. From across a parking lot it reads as bold lettering. From three feet away you see the nails. Most people stop reading there.
What you're wearing it on
The blank is midweight fleece, 8.4 oz, with a brushed cotton face. It's a pullover with a lined hood, a kangaroo pocket and ribbed cuffs. Not a heavy winter coat. The one you reach for from October through April, and again on any June evening that turns out cooler than the forecast said.
It comes in four colors: Black, Cement, Military Green and Charcoal. Sizes run S through 4XL, unisex, at $59.97 up to $65.97 depending on size. Every size is a single cut. There's no men's and women's version to choose between.
Picking a size
Hoodies are the garment people size wrong most, because they want room and they don't want a tent. Our advice is the same as for the shirts. Lay a hoodie you already like flat, measure straight across the chest from armpit to armpit, and compare that number to the size chart on the product page.
One detail worth knowing. The chart lists chest width laid flat, which is half the distance around. If you see 22 inches and think that's your chest measurement, you'll size up two steps for nothing. Double it.
Between sizes and layering a shirt underneath? Go with the larger. Wearing it alone and prefer it closer? Stay with the smaller.
Who it's for
The man who owns one Christian shirt and wants something that doesn't read like a church bulletin. The husband or son who says he doesn't want anything with words on it, and then wears the one with exactly one word on it. Anyone who'd rather the message show up on its own than get explained.
If you like the idea but not the fleece, the same design is also available as a shirt in Devotional Designs - For All. Every hoodie and sweatshirt we make is gathered in Hoodies & Sweatshirts, and the one covered here is on its own page.
What's already been paid for doesn't need deciding twice. Hood up or down, the word is still on the chest.