Fitted Tailored Jacket with Curved Hem
This elegant women's sewing pattern creates a beautifully fitted tailored jacket, distinguished by its unique stand collar and gracefully curved hemline.
When To Wear
This sophisticated jacket is a versatile addition to your wardrobe, perfect for:
- Professional Settings: a polished choice for business meetings, office wear, or formal presentations.
- Smart Casual Events: Elevating everyday attire for luncheons, gallery visits, or refined social gatherings.
- Special Occasions: As a stylish outer layer for celebratory events or evening functions.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a close-fitting, contoured silhouette with shaping seams that accentuate the waist.
Neckline & Collar: Features a distinctive stand collar that creates a subtle V-neck opening at the front.
Closure: a single-breasted front with a four-button closure.
Sleeves: Classic two-piece set-in sleeves for a smooth, tailored finish.
Pockets: Stylish welt pockets with rectangular flaps on the front.
Back: Designed with a center back seam and vertical shaping seams for a structured fit.
Hem: a gracefully curved, scalloped hemline that sweeps up towards the back, creating a unique and flattering finish.
Length: Sits at the hip, offering a balanced and contemporary proportion.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. This pattern requires experience with precision tailoring, fusible interfacing application, set-in sleeves, lining insertion, and welt pocket construction.
Fabric Recommendations
Select suiting materials that offer structure and drape beautifully for a polished finish:
- Suiting fabrics made from natural or synthetic fibers
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- Lining fabric
- Shoulder pads
- 4 buttons
Cutter's Must
If the patterns have a double contour, seam allowances are included. If the contour is single, seam allowances are not included. Seam allowances: Hem allowance for sleeve bottom edge 3 cm, all other 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 (don't forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces).
- From main fabric:
- Center back – 2 pieces
- Side back – 2 pieces
- Center front – 2 pieces
- Side front – 2 pieces
- Front facing – 2 pieces
- Upper sleeve – 2 pieces
- Under sleeve – 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece
- Flap – 4 pieces
- Pocket frame – 2 pieces
- Front hem facing – 2 pieces
- Back hem facing – 2 pieces
- From lining fabric:
- Center front – 2 pieces
- Center back – 2 pieces
- Side back - 2 pieces
- Side front – 2 pieces
- Upper sleeve – 2 pieces
- Under sleeve – 2 pieces
- Large pocket bag – 2 pieces
- Small pocket bag – 2 pieces
Lining pieces for front and back are cut deducting the width of the neckline facing, hem facing, and front facing.
- From fusible interfacing:
- Center front – 2 pieces
- Front facing – 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing - 1 piece
- Back hem facing – 2 pieces
- Pocket frame – 2 pieces
- Front hem facing – 2 pieces
Also interfaced: upper of center back with armhole section, armhole of side back, hem allowance for sleeve bottom edge.
Sewing Instructions
When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!
- Fuse interfacing to relevant pieces.
- Stitch and press open the princess seams on the back. Stitch and press open the center back seam.
- Stitch and press open the princess seams on the front.
- Place flap pieces in pairs right sides together and stitch along the side and bottom edges. Trim seam allowances, clip corners, turn right side out and press. Mark pocket placement with parallel lines. Fold pocket frame in half wrong side in and press. Mark auxiliary lines on pocket frame and flap for stitching parallel to the fold. Stitch large pocket bag to flap. Stitch pocket frame and flap to front. Cut front along the marked line on the pattern. Make diagonal cuts 1-1.5 cm from the end of the pocket. Turn the frame and flap to the wrong side through the opening, straighten edges. Secure pocket corners from the wrong side with a double backstitch at the base of the corners. Stitch small pocket bag into the pocket frame attachment seam. Stitch pocket bag edges.
- Stitch shoulder and side seams of the jacket. Press open shoulder and side seams. Stitch the center seam of the collar. Press open the allowance. Stitch the one-piece collar into the neckline, clipping the allowance at the corner. Clip and press open allowances.
- Stitch and press open the elbow seam of the sleeve. Stitch and press open the front seam of the sleeve. Set sleeves into armholes matching notches. Attach shoulder pads.
- Stitch shoulder edges of facing and front facings. Press open allowances. Stitch the center seam of the collar. Press open the allowance. Stitch the one-piece collar into the neckline facing, clipping the allowance at the corner. Clip and press open allowances. Stitch the front hem facing to the bottom of the front facing. Press open allowances. Stitch the center seam of the back hem facing, press open allowances. Stitch the side edges of the hem facings. Press open allowances.
- Place front facing onto the right side of the front, right side down, and stitch along the bottom, front edge, and neckline. Turn front facings and facings to the wrong side and press.
- Stitch lining pieces, leaving an opening in the front seam of the right sleeve. Press the lining.
- Stitch lining to front facings, back neckline facing, hem facing, matching lining seams with garment seams, to the bottom of the garment sleeve.
- Turn the jacket right side out through the opening in the sleeve. Stitch the technical opening in the sleeve.
- Work buttonholes and sew on buttons.
