Fitted Zippered Jacket with Zippered Pockets
This pattern creates a sophisticated, fitted jacket featuring a full-length front zipper, elegant princess seams, and functional zippered pockets, ideal for a polished look.
When To Wear
This versatile jacket is suitable for various settings, offering a polished and contemporary style:
- Professional & Business Settings: Its structured silhouette and tailored details make it perfect for office wear or formal meetings.
- Smart Casual Outings: Pair it with a skirt or trousers for a refined everyday look, suitable for lunches or cultural events.
- Transitional Weather: An ideal layering piece for cooler seasons, providing both warmth and style without bulk.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a tailored and fitted silhouette, shaped by elegant princess seams on both the front and back for a flattering fit.
Neckline: Features a clean, round, collarless neckline, offering a contemporary and minimalist aesthetic.
Closure: a full-length, exposed zipper forms the central front closure, adding a modern and functional detail.
Sleeves: Two-piece set-in sleeves, expertly shaped for comfort and movement, include zippered vents at the cuffs for adjustable styling.
Pockets: Functional zippered welt pockets are integrated into the front panels, providing practicality without disrupting the streamlined design.
Hem: The jacket finishes at a versatile hip-length, designed to be worn over skirts or trousers.
Level Of Difficulty
Advanced. This project involves precise tailoring techniques including setting multiple zippers (front, pockets, and cuffs), constructing two-piece sleeves, and fully lining the garment.
Fabric Recommendations
For best results, choose medium-weight, stable fabrics with good drape and body that can hold structure:
- Wool blends
- Suiting fabrics
- Bouclé
- Tweed
- Heavy cotton twill
Additional Supplies
- Lining fabric
- Lightweight fusible interfacing
- 1 separating zipper for the front closure
- 2 non-separating zippers for pockets
- 2 non-separating zippers for sleeve cuffs
Cutter's Must
- Main fabric:
- Front center - qty 2
- Front side - qty 2
- Back center - qty 2
- Back side - qty 2
- Back neckline facing - qty 1
- Sleeve upper - qty 2
- Sleeve lower - qty 2
- Front facing - qty 2
- Interfacing:
- Front facing - qty 2
- Back neckline facing - qty 1
- Lining:
- Front - qty 2
- Back - qty 2
- Sleeve upper - qty 2
- Sleeve lower - qty 2
- Pocket bag - qty 4
Sewing Instructions
- Sew the front princess seams and darts of the front panels.
- Welt pocket with zipper. Place the pocket bags right sides together with the front along the marked pocket opening line and stitch along the marked lines.
- Cut the front lengthwise between the stitching lines, diagonally towards the front ends of the stitching lines. Be careful not to damage the seams! Press the seam allowances open.
- Turn the pocket bags through the opening to the wrong side, enclosing the seam allowances, and baste. Turn the small triangles at the ends of the opening to the wrong side.
- Insert the zipper into the pocket opening and baste. Topstitch along the edge of the frame at a distance of 0.5 cm, simultaneously attaching the zipper.
- Stitch the pocket bag seam, catching the corners of the seam allowances.
- Sew the back princess seams, side seams, and shoulder seams. When sewing the side seams, do not catch the side edges of the pocket bags.
- Two-piece sleeves. Sew the sleeve seams, leaving the elbow seam unstitched at the bottom of the sleeve for the length of the zipper. Insert the zipper into the sleeve slit from the wrong side and baste. Topstitch along the edge of the slit at a distance of 0.5 cm, simultaneously attaching the zipper. Hem the sleeve.
- Set in the sleeves, easing the sleeve caps.
- Stitch the back neckline facing to the upper ends of the front facings. Place the front facings right sides together with the front panels, place the zipper between them with the teeth facing inwards, and stitch the front edges and necklines with the front facings and facing.
- Turn the front facings and facing to the wrong side, and press the edges.
- Stitch the seams on the lining. Stitch the front edges of the lining right sides together to the front facings, starting and ending the seam about 8 cm from the bottom edge.
- Insert the lining into the jacket wrong side to wrong side. Turn under the open edges of the lining and sew them to the hem seam allowances of the jacket and sleeves. Sew the remaining open front edges of the lining to the front facings.
