Classic Denim-Style Jacket
Discover a timeless and versatile women's jacket pattern, featuring classic denim-inspired styling with a tailored fit, faux flap chest pockets, side welt pockets, and a full button-front closure.
When To Wear
This versatile jacket is perfect for adding a stylish layer to your everyday look, making it suitable for:
- Everyday Casual Wear: An ideal outerwear piece for relaxed outings and daily activities.
- Transitional Seasons: Provides comfortable warmth and style during spring and autumn.
- Layering & Styling: Easily pairs with various tops and bottoms for a chic, put-together ensemble.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: A fitted, shaped silhouette created by front and back princess seams, finished with a buttoned hem band.
Neckline & Collar: A classic pointed turn-down collar (upper collar and undercollar, no separate stand), topstitched along the edges.
Closure: Full button-front closure with buttons down the center front on an integral (cut-in-one) front placket.
Sleeves: Long, two-piece set-in sleeves with a slit, gathered into buttoned cuffs.
Pockets: Two buttoned flaps set into the front yoke seams with topstitching that imitates chest pockets (decorative), plus two functional single-welt pockets in the front side panels.
Back: Back yoke and princess seams with topstitching.
Hem: Finished with a buttoned hem band.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. This pattern involves skills such as constructing a collar, creating welt pockets, attaching buttoned cuffs, sewing princess seams with topstitching, and attaching a hem band.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose medium-weight fabrics with some body that hold shape well for best results:
- Soft suiting fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
- Corduroy made from natural or blended fibers
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 9 buttons
Cutter's Must
When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match! Markings on the patterns are made on the face side!
- From main fabric:
- Center Back – 1 piece on fold
- Side Back – 2 pieces
- Back Yoke – 1 piece
- Front Yoke – 2 pieces
- Center Front – 2 pieces
- Center Front 2 – 2 pieces
- Side Front – 2 pieces
- Front Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Back Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Collar – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Off-Set Welt – 2 pieces
- Flap – 4 pieces
- Placket – 1 piece on fold
- Bigger Pocket Bag – 2 pieces
- Smaller Pocket Bag – 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing:
- Collar – 1 piece
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Flap – 2 pieces
- Off-Set Welt – 2 pieces
- Placket – 1 piece on fold
Sewing Instructions
- Interface pieces with fusible interfacing. Interface the integral front placket (cut in one with the center front).
- Stitch the back princess seams (center back to side backs). Overlock seam allowances and press towards the center. Topstitch 0.5 cm from the seam. Attach the back yoke to the back. Overlock seam allowance and press upwards.
- Fold flap pieces right sides together in pairs and stitch the side and bottom edges. Trim seam allowances, turn right side out, and press. Topstitch along the bottom and side edges.
- Stitch the front princess seams (center front, center front 2 and side front). Overlock seam allowances and press away from the center front. Topstitch 0.5 cm from the seams. Topstitch the imitation pocket outline. Attach the front yoke to the front, inserting the flap. Overlock seam allowances and press upwards. Topstitch 0.5 cm from the seam to secure.
- Mark the pocket placement. Press the off-set welt in half lengthwise, wrong sides together. Stitch the smaller pocket bag to the inner side of the welt. Attach the welt to the front along the lower pocket marking line. Attach the bigger pocket bag to the front along the upper pocket marking line. Stitch ends should stop at the short marking lines. Cut the pocket opening. Make diagonal cuts 1-1.5 cm from the end of the pocket. Turn the welt and bigger pocket bag to the wrong side through the opening. Secure the pocket ends from the wrong side with a double backstitch at the base of the corners. Stitch the pocket bags together around the edges.
- Stitch the side and shoulder seams, press seam allowances towards the back and overlock.
- Turn the integral front placket to the wrong side. Stitch the upper corner up to the center line. Trim seam allowance at the corner. Clip seam allowance at the center line. Turn right side out and press the front edge. Fold under the long raw edge of the placket and topstitch it in place.
- Place the upper collar and undercollar (the two collar pieces) right sides together. Stitch the ends and outer edge of the collar. Trim seams. Turn the collar right side out, shape, and press. Topstitch along the ends and outer edge.
- Attach the upper collar to the garment neckline. Fold the seam allowance of the undercollar to the wrong side and topstitch into the seam attaching the upper collar.
- On the front sleeve, clip the seam allowance at the mark. Overlock the slit seam allowance. Stitch the seam joining the front and back sleeve from the top down to the slit mark. Overlock seam allowances and press towards the back. Topstitch 0.5 cm from the seam along the back sleeve. Topstitch along the slit on the front sleeve to secure.
- Stitch the sleeve seam, press seam allowances towards the back and overlock.
- Set sleeves into armholes, press seam allowances and overlock. Run a gathering stitch along the lower edge of the sleeve and gather the back sleeve section.
- Fold cuff pieces in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch the side edges and corner. Start and end stitching precisely at the marked cuff attachment seam line. Turn the piece right side out, press. Attach the outer side of the cuff to the sleeve, fold the seam allowance of the inner side of the cuff inwards and topstitch into the seam attaching the outer cuff.
- Fold the placket (hem band) in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch the side edges. Start and end stitching precisely at the marked placket attachment seam line. Turn the piece right side out, press. Attach the outer side of the placket to the bottom of the garment, fold the seam allowance of the inner side of the placket inwards and topstitch into the seam attaching the outer placket. Topstitch around the perimeter of the placket.
- Make buttonholes on the right front, cuffs, and flaps. Sew buttons onto the left front, the front yoke under the flaps, and the cuffs.
