Quilted Vest with Pockets

Name: Quilted Vest with Pockets
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4854
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4854

This Minerva pattern for a quilted vest with pockets will be drafted to your own measurements, creating a sleeveless, semi-fitted vest with a graceful shawl collar. Its open front and two prominent rounded patch pockets make it a comfortable yet stylish choice for everyday casual wear, transitional seasons, or travel. Designed for quilted jacket fabric, this intermediate project offers warmth and a distinctive textured aesthetic.

Tech. Description

Quilted Vest with Pockets

Introduce a versatile women's quilted vest sewing pattern, featuring a chic shawl collar, an open front, and large functional patch pockets.

When To Wear

This comfortable yet stylish vest is perfect for transitional weather and versatile layering, making it an excellent choice for:

Everyday Casual: Ideal for adding warmth and style to daily outfits without bulk.
Transitional Seasons: Provides an extra layer during cool spring mornings or crisp autumn evenings.
Travel & Errands: a practical and fashionable piece for active days or light travel, offering ease of movement.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: a sleeveless, semi-fitted vest designed for comfortable layering.

Neckline & Collar: Features a generous, gracefully draped shawl collar that forms a V-neck opening.

Closure: An elegant open front, designed to be worn without fasteners.

Pockets: Two prominent, rounded patch pockets are strategically placed on the lower front panels.

Back: a clean back panel with a central vertical seam provides subtle shaping and structure.

Hem: The front hem is gently curved, transitioning smoothly to a straight back hemline.

Construction: Designed for quilted fabrics, offering warmth and a distinctive textured aesthetic.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Requires skills in working with quilted fabrics, precise construction of a shawl collar, creating and attaching patch pockets, and fully lining/facing a garment with clean finishing techniques.

Fabric Recommendations

Select quilted fabrics that offer both structure and comfort:

Quilted jacket fabric made from natural or blended fibers

Additional Supplies

No additional notions are required.

Cutter's Must

If the patterns have a double contour, they include seam allowances. If the contour is single, the patterns do not include seam allowances. Seam allowances: all seams 1 cm. Attention! First, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width can be from 90 cm to 150 cm) to determine how much material you will need (do not forget to account for paired and symmetrical details).

From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front – 2 pieces
- Pocket – 4 pieces
From main fabric 1:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

Stitch the center back seam on the outer back, press seam allowances open.
Stitch the darts on the front pieces, press the dart folds upwards.
Stitch the shoulder and side seams, press seam allowances open. Stitch the collar seam, press seam allowances open. Clip the seam allowance at the shoulder seam and set the collar into the neckline.
Similarly, finish the inner side of the vest, leaving an opening in the left side seam.
Place pocket pieces right sides together and stitch along the contour, leaving an opening. Clip seam allowances, trim corners. Turn right side out through the opening. Hand-stitch the opening closed. Topstitch the pocket onto the right side according to the mark.
Place the outer and inner vests right sides together and stitch along the front edge, collar, and bottom. Turn right side out through the opening in the side seam. Finish the armhole in two steps: first the front armhole, then the back armhole. Hand-stitch the technical opening in the side seam closed.