Off-Shoulder Collared Jacket
Presenting a sophisticated women's jacket pattern featuring an elegant off-shoulder wide collar and a neatly cropped silhouette.
When To Wear
This jacket is ideal for adding a touch of elegance to various occasions, making it perfect for:
- Evening Events: Its refined design and silhouette make it suitable for dinners, galas, and cocktail parties.
- Professional Styling: A chic layering piece over dresses or blouses for business casual or formal office events.
- Special Occasion Wear: Elevates any ensemble with its distinctive collar and tailored finish.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Short, semi-fitted jacket shaped with darts on the front and back.
Collar: Wide portrait collar that lies over the shoulders and elegantly frames the neckline.
Closure: Edge-to-edge front fastened at the top with two buttons and rouleau loops inserted into the front edge.
Sleeves: Three-quarter length, one-piece set-in sleeves, supported by shoulder pads and sleeve heads.
Back: Back cut in one piece on the fold, shaped with darts, for a smooth and sophisticated profile.
Length: Cropped, ending at the high hip.
Lining: Fully lined body and sleeves.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires confident sewing skills including dart construction, setting a distinctive collar, full lining, and integrating shoulder pads & sleeve heads.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose medium-weight fabrics with some body to support the collar structure and tailoring:
- Suiting fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
Additional Supplies
- Lining fabric
- Shoulder pads
- Sleeve heads
- Fusible interfacing
- 2 buttons
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. Hem allowance for the bottom of the garment and sleeve hem - 3.0 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 – 1 piece on fold
- Front – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Collar – 2 pieces
- Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
- Back Neckline Facing – 1 piece
- From lining fabric:
- Back – 1 piece
- Front – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing:
- Front – 2 pieces
- Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
- Collar – 1 piece
- Back Neckline Facing – 1 piece
Also, armhole areas on the back, garment hem, and sleeve hem are interfaced. Attention! Lining pieces are cut from the Back, Front and Sleeve patterns, minus the width of the Center Front Facing and Back Neckline Facing. Also cut from main fabric: a bias strip 3 cm wide and 10 cm long for the button loops.
Sewing Instructions
When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!
- Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
- Stitch the darts on the Back, press the dart intake towards the center.
- Stitch the darts on the Front pieces, press the dart intake upwards.
- Stitch the shoulder and side seams, press the seam allowances open.
- Stitch the shoulder seams joining the Center Front Facings and the Back Neckline Facing, press the seam allowances open.
- Cut a bias strip 3 cm wide and 10 cm long. Fold the strip in half lengthwise and stitch 0.3 cm from the fold. Trim the seam allowances and turn the piece right side out. Cut the rouleau into two parts, adjust the loop length.
- Press the garment hem allowance to the wrong side. Place the Center Front Facing on the Front, right sides together. Pin the facing to the jacket, inserting the loops at the marks. Stitch along the front edge. Stitch the lower edge of the Center Front Facing to the Front exactly along the marked hemline, stopping 1.5 cm short of the inner edge of the facing. Turn the edges to the right side, straighten the seams.
- Place the two Collar pieces right sides together and stitch along the ends and outer edge, starting and ending exactly at the marked collar attachment line. Trim the corners, turn the collar right side out and press. Attach the upper collar to the jacket neckline, and the lower collar to the neckline of the Back Neckline Facing and Center Front Facings. Press the seams open and secure them together.
- Stitch and press open the sleeve seam. Set the sleeves into the armholes, matching the notches. Attach the shoulder pads and sleeve heads.
- On the lining pieces, stitch the darts and seams, set in the sleeves, leaving an opening in one sleeve seam for turning. Attach the lining to the inner edges of the Center Front Facings and the Back Neckline Facing. Attach the lining to the garment hem and sleeve hem. Turn right side out through the opening. Sew up the opening.
- Sew the buttons to the front edge opposite the loops.
