Asymmetric Patch-Pocket Jacket
Introducing a sophisticated women's jacket pattern, distinguished by its structured silhouette, unique asymmetric hem, and distinctive patch pockets.
When To Wear
This jacket is designed for chic and contemporary styling, making it an ideal choice for:
- Professional Daywear: Perfect for a polished office look or smart business casual settings.
- Stylish Outings: Elevates everyday wear, suitable for brunches, casual meetings, or gallery visits.
- Transitional Layering: a versatile and fashionable outer layer for changing seasons, offering both style and light warmth.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Structured and fitted, with vertical shaping seams on the front and back for a tailored contour.
Collar & Lapel: Classic notched lapel collar, framing a sophisticated V-neckline.
Closure: Single-breasted front with four button closures, creating a clean vertical line.
Sleeves: Long, tailored two-piece set-in sleeves finished with a shaped cuff at the wrist.
Pockets: Distinctive patch pockets; a smaller rounded patch pocket on the wearer's left chest and a larger rectangular patch pocket with pleats on the wearer's right hip.
Back: Clean back with vertical shaping seams, ensuring a sleek and fitted profile.
Hem: Unique asymmetric hemline, shorter on the wearer's left and extending longer on the right with a squared finish.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires confident sewing skills including accurate collar and lapel construction, detailed patch pocket assembly with pleats, and full garment lining.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose fabrics that offer structure and hold shape, such as:
Additional Supplies
- Lining fabric
- Fusible interfacing
- 4 buttons
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- Back neck facing – 1 qty
- Back – 1 qty
- Upper pocket – 1 qty
- Lower pocket – 1 qty
- Left front – 1 qty
- Right front – 1 qty
- Left facing – 1 qty
- Right facing – 1 qty
- Collar – 2 qty
- Sleeve – 2 qty
- From lining fabric:
- Back – 1 qty
- Left front – 1 qty
- Right front – 1 qty
- Sleeve – 2 qty
Attention! Back and front pieces from lining fabric are cut without considering the back neck facing and facings, respectively.
Tip: If desired, decorative trim strip can be topstitched along the edge of the front opening, collar, and sleeve.
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse fusible interfacing to the left facing and right facing, back neck facing, lower collar; hem seam allowances: sleeve, back.
- Place the upper collar and lower collar right sides together and stitch the ends and outer edge of the collar. Trim, turn out the collar corners.
- Stitch the vertical darts on the front panels.
- Box pleats are the wrong side of a knife pleat. Form box pleats on the pockets and secure them in the middle of the pleat.
- Attach the pocket lining to the upper edge of the pocket and stitch the lining and pocket edges along the contour, leaving an opening in the side seam about 5 cm long for turning out the pocket. Trim the seam allowances at the pocket corners and turn out the pocket.
- Mark the pocket placement. Place the pockets on the front according to the markings and topstitch the patch pockets. Secure the upper corners of the pockets with a double stitch.
- Stitch the vertical darts on the back.
- Place the facing on the right side of the front, right side down, and stitch along the front edge. Stitching is done from the front side upwards to the notch, which defines the end of the collar attachment. Attach the lower edges of the facings to the front strictly along the marked hemline. Trim the seams of the upper and lower front opening corners. Topstitch the seam allowance of the front opening: in the fastener area – to the facing, in the lapel area – to the front. Position the stitching 0.2 cm from the seam. Turn the front openings to the right side, straighten the seams. Press the hem seam allowance to the wrong side.
- Stitch the shoulder and side seams of the garment. On the right side seam, the stitching should end at the marked lower edge line of the front.
- Stitch the shoulder seams of the back neck facing and facings.
- Attach the lower collar to the jacket neckline, attach the upper collar to the neckline of the facings and facing. Secure the seam allowances of the collar attachment close to the seams.
- Stitch the sleeve seam.
- Set the sleeves into the armholes according to the notches. Insert shoulder pads and sleeve head rolls.
- On the lining fabric pieces, stitch the seams and set the sleeves, leaving an opening in the left side seam for subsequent turning out. Attach the lining to the inner edges of the facings and back neck facing.
- Attach the lining to the lower edge of the left front and back. Attach the lining to the lower edge of the right front. Finish the unstitched section of the right side seam with the lining. Turn the garment through the opening in the lining side seam, straighten, press.
- Attach the lining to the lower edge of the sleeve, pulling the sleeve through the technical opening. Stitch the technical opening closed.
- On the right front, overlock buttonholes; on the left front, sew on buttons.
