Cropped Fitted Stand Collar Jacket

Name: Cropped Fitted Stand Collar Jacket
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2642
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2642

A women's cropped fitted jacket with a folded stand collar, bust and waist darts, long one-seam set-in sleeves and a two-button closure at the top of the front. Fully lined. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: thin suiting fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Cropped Stand Collar Jacket

A women's cropped fitted jacket with a folded stand collar, bust and waist darts, long one-seam set-in sleeves and a two-button closure at the top of the front. Fully lined.

When To Wear

Over dresses and high-waisted skirts, where the short length sits at the waist.
With trousers for the office in spring and autumn.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted, shaped with bust darts and waist darts on the fronts and waist darts on the back.

Length: Cropped to about the waist.

Collar: Stand collar cut as one piece and folded lengthwise, set into the neckline.

Closure: Two buttons near the collar; buttonholes on the right front, buttons on the left front.

Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves with one seam; shoulder pads.

Back: One piece cut on the fold, with no centre back seam.

Finishing: Front facings and back neckline facing interfaced; front edge seam understitched 0.2 cm from the seam onto the facing; 3 cm hem allowance on the jacket and sleeves.

Lining: Full lining, the lining back and fronts cut from the main patterns minus the facings; lining sewn to the jacket hem and sleeve hems, turned through an opening in the left sleeve lining seam.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Darts, a collar set between jacket and facings, understitched front edges and a bagged full lining.

Fabric Recommendations

Thin suiting fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric
Fusible interfacing (front facings, back neckline facing)
Shoulder pads
2 buttons

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Back – 1 piece on fold
Front – 2 pieces
Sleeve – 2 pieces
Collar – 1 piece
Back Neckline Facing – 1 piece
Center Front Facing – 2 pieces

From lining fabric:

Back – 1 piece on fold
Front – 2 pieces
Sleeve – 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing:

Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
Back Neckline Facing – 1 piece

Attention! The lining Back and Front are cut from the main fabric Back and Front patterns, minus the Back Neckline Facing and Center Front Facing respectively.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Center Front Facings and Back Neckline Facing.
Stitch the darts on the Back and Fronts; press the waist dart intakes towards the center and the bust dart intakes upwards.
Stitch the shoulder and side seams, press the allowances open.
Fold the Collar lengthwise in half, right sides together, and stitch the short ends. Trim the allowances at the corners, turn the Collar right side out, shape and press. Attach the Collar to the neckline.
Stitch the shoulder seams joining the Back Neckline Facing and Center Front Facings and press them open. Place the facings right side down onto the right side of the jacket, pin, and stitch along the front edges, the neckline and the lower front corners. Trim the seam allowances at the corners. Understitch the front edge seam allowance to the Center Front Facing 0.2 cm from the seam. Turn the fronts right side out and straighten the seams. Press up the hem allowance of the jacket.
Stitch the sleeve seam, press the allowances open. Set the sleeves into the armholes, matching the notches, and press the allowances. Attach the shoulder pads.
Assemble the lining pieces in the same way as the main fabric, leaving an opening in the left sleeve seam. Stitch the lining to the Back Neckline Facing and Center Front Facings, press the allowances towards the facings. Stitch the lining to the lower edge of the jacket and to the sleeve hems. Turn the jacket right side out through the opening. Stitch the opening closed.
Make buttonholes on the right front and sew the buttons onto the left front.