Designer Inspired Safari Jacket
Introducing a versatile women's sewing pattern for a classic safari jacket, featuring a utility-chic design with multiple pockets, shoulder epaulets, and a defining belted waist.
When To Wear
This safari jacket is a stylish and functional choice for a variety of settings, making it perfect for:
- Travel & Exploration: Ideal for adventurous excursions, offering both comfort and practicality.
- Everyday Chic: Elevates casual outfits with its sophisticated yet relaxed aesthetic.
- Transitional Seasons: Perfect for layering during spring and autumn, providing adaptable coverage.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a straight and relaxed fit, designed to be cinched at the waist by a self-fabric tie belt for a customizable and flattering shape.
Neckline & Collar: Features a classic shirt collar with a separate collar stand, ensuring a neat and polished finish.
Closure: a full-length front placket secured with button closures.
Sleeves: Long, set-in sleeves finished with simple, functional buttoned cuffs.
Pockets: Four prominent patch pockets, each featuring a pointed flap and an inverted box pleat; two positioned on the chest and two larger ones on the hips for ample utility.
Shoulders: Detailed with classic shoulder epaulets, adding to the authentic safari aesthetic.
Waist: Defined by a wide, self-fabric tie belt, held in place by discreet belt loops, allowing for adjustable cinching.
Hem & Details: a straight hem enhanced with distinctive side ties, offering a unique and adjustable element to the garment's finish.
Length: Designed to fall to the upper thigh, providing versatile styling options as an outer layer.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires confident sewing skills, including collar and cuff construction, pocket and flap assembly, epaulet application, and precise buttonhole creation.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose lightweight woven fabrics with good drape for an elegant finish:
- Silk fabrics
- Viscose fabrics
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 9 buttons
Cutter's Must
- Front - qty 2
- Back - qty 1
- Facing - qty 2
- Sleeve - qty 2
- Collar - qty 2
- Upper patch pockets – qty 2
- Lower patch pockets – qty 2
- Flap for upper patch pocket – qty 4
- Flap for lower patch pocket – qty 4
- Epaulets – qty 4
- Cuffs – qty 4
- Belt – qty 2
- Belt loops – qty 3
Sewing Instructions
- Reinforce the facing, upper collar, cuff, and flaps with fusible interfacing.
- Press the box pleats on the pockets. Box pleats are the wrong side of an inverted pleat.
- Fold and topstitch the integrated pocket facings, press the side and bottom seam allowances of the pockets according to the pattern pieces.
- Place the pockets on the front according to the markings. Topstitch the patch pockets.
- Stitch the flaps for the upper and lower pockets. Topstitch 0.3 cm from the edge. Overlock the upper edge of the flaps and attach according to the markings on the front. Turn the flaps out and topstitch to the front.
- Overlock the inner edge of each facing. Stitch the front with the facings.
- Stitch the shoulder seams.
- Stitch the side seams.
- Stitch the lower collar to the upper collar, turn right side out and press.
- Turn the facings to the wrong side. Baste and press the edges. Stitch the lower collar into the neckline, fold under the raw edge of the upper collar and topstitch into the seam of the lower collar attachment. Secure the facings at the shoulder seams with a 1 cm bar tack.
- Stitch the sleeve seams.
- Press the upper edge of the lower cuff by 1 cm. Stitch the lower cuff to the upper cuff and turn it right side out.
- Attach the upper cuff to the lower edge of the sleeve, and topstitch the lower cuff.
- Stitch the epaulets, turn right side out, press, and topstitch 0.3 cm from the edge.
- Set in the sleeves, inserting the epaulets and easing the cap.
- Stitch two belt pieces, fold the belt in half and stitch three sides, leaving an opening in the middle. Turn the belt right side out, press, and close the opening in the middle.
- Fold the belt loop lengthwise in half with right sides together, aligning the raw edges, and stitch 0.5-0.7 cm from the edges. Then turn it right side out, straighten the seam, placing it on the fold, or create a 0.1-0.2 cm wide edge on the inside and press.
- Topstitch the belt loops according to the markings along the side seams and in the middle of the back. Thread the belt through the belt loops.
- Overlock the hem seam allowances, turn to the wrong side and topstitch along the edge.
- Overlock buttonholes on the epaulets and on the flaps.
- Overlock buttonholes on the right front, sew buttons on the left front.
