Cropped Jacket with Yoke & Mock Flap Pockets
Introducing a chic women's cropped jacket pattern, distinguished by its stylish front yoke and mock flap pockets, creating a polished and modern silhouette.
When To Wear
This jacket is perfect for adding a touch of tailored sophistication to various occasions:
- Transitional Weather: An ideal lightweight outer layer for spring and autumn seasons.
- Smart Casual Gatherings: Elevates a casual outfit for luncheons, brunches, or relaxed social events.
- Office or Business Casual: a professional yet stylish alternative to a blazer, paired with trousers or a skirt.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Cropped and fitted, shaped with darts and designed to sit at the natural waistline.
Collar: Features a cut-on collar, cut in one with the garment and joined with a center back seam.
Closure: Single-breasted front with a curved front edge and a single button closure.
Sleeves: Tailored two-piece set-in sleeves with shoulder pads for a refined arm shape.
Pockets: Mock flap pockets: buttoned flaps are inserted into the front yoke seam.
Hem: Cropped hemline with rounded front corners.
Back: Clean back with a center back seam and shoulder and waist darts for shaping.
Lining: Fully lined body and sleeves.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires skills in constructing a cut-on collar, setting two-piece sleeves, working with fusible interfacing and lining, and creating buttonholes.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose fabrics with good body and drape suitable for tailored outerwear:
- Lightweight coat fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- Lining fabric
- Shoulder pads
- 3 buttons
Cutter's Must
When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse interfacing to the corresponding pieces.
- Stitch the shoulder and waist darts on the Back pieces, press the dart intakes towards the center. Stitch the center back seam, press the seam allowances open.
- Stitch the bust darts, trim the dart intakes to 1 cm, press towards the center.
- Place the Flap pieces in pairs right sides together and stitch the side and lower edges. Notch the seam allowances, turn the Flap right side out, shape, press. Make a buttonhole.
- Stitch the Front Yoke to the Front, inserting the Flap at the markings. Press the seam allowances towards the Front Yoke.
- Stitch the side and shoulder seams, clipping into the corner at the neckline, press the seam allowances open.
- Stitch the center back seam of the cut-on collar, press the seam allowances open. Stitch the collar into the neckline, press the seam allowances open.
- Stitch the shoulder seams of the Center Front Facings and Back Neckline Facing, press the seam allowances open. Stitch the Back Hem Facing to the Center Front Facings, press the seam allowances open. Stitch the center back seam of the facing collar, press the seam allowances open. Stitch the facing collar into the facing neckline, clipping the allowance at the corner, press the seam allowances open.
- Place the facings on the jacket right sides together and stitch all around the front edges, collar and lower edge. Understitch the front edge seam allowance to the Center Front Facing 0.2 cm from the seam. Turn the facings to the wrong side, shape, press. Tack the collar attachment seam allowances of the jacket and facing together.
- Stitch the elbow seam of the sleeve and press open. Press up the sleeve hem. Stitch the front seam of the sleeve and press open. Set the sleeves into the armholes matching the notches. Attach the shoulder pads.
- Sew the lining pieces in the same way as the main fabric pieces, leaving an opening in the left sleeve elbow seam. Stitch the lining to the Back Neckline Facing, Back Hem Facing and Center Front Facings. Turn the jacket right side out, shape the seams.
- Mark and press up the jacket hem. Stitch the lining to the jacket hem and the sleeve hems. Close the opening in the lining sleeve.
- Make a buttonhole on the right front and sew a button on the left front. Sew buttons to correspond with the Flap buttonholes.
