Cropped Drawstring Waist Jacket with Ruffled Cuffs

Name: Cropped Drawstring Waist Jacket with Ruffled Cuffs
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5470
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5470

A short women's jacket in linen with a notched collar, a zip topstitched onto the front edges, flap patch pockets on the chest and a decorative cord threaded through eyelets at the waist and above the sleeve hems, so the body below the waist and the sleeve ends gather into frills. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: linen or blended-fibre fabrics.

Tech. Description

Cropped Drawstring Waist Jacket with Ruffled Cuffs

When To Wear

In spring and summer as a light jacket over T-shirts and tops.
With high-waisted trousers, jeans or skirts, the cord drawn in to mark the waist.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Loose body drawn in at the waist by the cord, with a short frill below it.

Length: Cropped, just below the waist; hem turned up 3 cm and topstitched.

Collar: Notched collar with lapels; the under collar is interfaced, and the collar seam is topstitched along the back neckline.

Closure: Zip basted and topstitched onto the front edges below the lapels; interfaced front facings, front edges topstitched 0.2 cm from the edge.

Sleeves: Long, one-piece set-in sleeves; cord threaded through eyelets above the 3 cm hem gathers the lower edge into a frill.

Pockets: Two chest patch pockets topstitched 0.2 cm from the edge, with interfaced flaps topstitched 0.5 cm from the edge; the drawing shows a button on each flap.

Back: One piece without a centre seam.

Waist: Eyelets at the waistline with a decorative cord tied at the front.

Finishing: Shoulder and side seams overlocked and pressed towards the back.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A notched collar with faced front edges, flap patch pockets, a surface-applied zip and setting eyelets.

Fabric Recommendations

Linen or blended-fibre fabrics.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front facings, under collar, flaps)
Eyelets
Zip
Decorative cord

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Flap – 4 pieces
Patch Pocket – 2 pieces
Back – 1 piece
Front – 2 pieces
Collar – 2 pieces
Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
Sleeve – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
Collar (under collar) – 1 piece
Flap – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse the Center Front Facings, the under collar and the flaps with fusible interfacing.
Place the upper collar and under collar right sides together and stitch along the outer edges. Trim the corners, turn the collar right side out. Press the collar.
Mark the placement of the pocket and flap. Place the flap pieces right sides together and stitch. Trim the seam allowances of the flap corners and turn out. Topstitch along the outer contour of the flaps 0.5 cm from the edge. Overlock the upper edge of the flap.
Overlock the outer edges of the Patch Pocket and press them under using the pattern. Fold and topstitch the upper edge of the pocket. Topstitch the pocket along the contour 0.2 cm from the pocket edge. Place the flap at the marking and stitch it on. Turn the flap to the right side and topstitch 0.5 cm from the seam.
Stitch and press open the sleeve seam.
Overlock the outer edge of the Center Front Facing. Mark the hemline. Place the facing on the right side of the Front, right sides together, pin, and stitch along the front edge line. Stitch from the hem upwards to the notch marking the end of the collar seam. Stitch the lower edges of the facings to the Front exactly along the marked hemline. Trim the seams of the upper and lower front edge corners. Turn the front edges to the right side, straighten the seams, and topstitch 0.2 cm from the edge.
Stitch the shoulder and side seams. Overlock the shoulder and side seams and press them towards the back.
Insert the collar into the jacket neckline. Overlock the seam allowances and topstitch them down along the back neckline.
Insert the sleeves into the armholes. Overlock the insertion seam. Baste and topstitch the zipper to the front edges. Overlock the bottom of the sleeve and jacket. Fold the bottom of the sleeve and jacket to the wrong side, press, and topstitch.
Mark and install the eyelets on the sleeves and the jacket. Thread the cord through them.