Faux Fur Jacket with Front and Cuff Zippers

Name: Faux Fur Jacket with Front and Cuff Zippers
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5700
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5700

A women's short, fitted jacket in faux shearling with a wide collar showing the pile side, a separating front zipper finished with a leather strip and zippered slits at the lower sleeves. Fronts and back are divided by horizontal seams. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: faux shearling.

Tech. Description

Faux Fur Jacket with Front & Sleeve Zippers

When To Wear

In autumn and winter over fine knitwear, with trousers, jeans or a straight skirt.
For everyday wear in cold weather, with the collar standing up around the neck.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted, short jacket.

Length: To the hip, with a straight hem.

Collar: Wide collar in two parts (front and back) joined at the shoulders and set into the neckline; the pile side shows on the outside.

Sleeves: Long, set-in, divided into an upper and a lower part; the lower sleeve seam is left open from a mark and closed with a zipper.

Front: Each front is cut in three parts: yoke, middle and lower front, joined by horizontal seams.

Closure: Separating zipper at the centre front running into the collar, finished with a leather strip topstitched 0.7 cm from the front edge.

Back: Upper back with a centre back seam, joined to a one-piece lower back by a horizontal seam.

Finishing: No hem allowance at the jacket hem, sleeve ends and outer edge of the collar: the edges of the faux shearling are left cut.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Sewing faux shearling, inserting a separating zipper with a leather facing strip, zippered sleeve slits, a two-part collar.

Fabric Recommendations

Faux shearling.

Additional Supplies

Leather strip for the front edges
1 separating zipper
2 zippers for the sleeves

Cutter's Must

From faux fur:
1. Upper back - 2 pieces
2. Lower back - 1 piece
3. Front Yoke - 2 pieces
4. Middle front - 2 pieces
5. Lower front - 2 pieces
6. Upper sleeve – 2 pieces
7. Lower sleeve – 2 pieces
8. Back collar - 1 piece
9. Front collar - 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Stitch the center back seam of the back. Attach the lower back to the upper back.
Attach the front yoke to the middle front. Attach the lower front to the middle front.
Stitch the shoulder seams.
Stitch the collar shoulder seams. Insert the collar into the neckline.
Separate the zipper, turn under the upper ends of the tapes. Place the zipper right side down onto the right side of the front and collar, aligning the teeth with the marked seam line (the zipper tape lies on the seam allowance), and baste. Fold the short edges of the leather trim strip to the wrong side, place it right side down onto the right side of the front, pin, and stitch, catching the zipper. Fold the trim strip to the wrong side, turn under the open longitudinal edge, and topstitch 0.7 cm from the edge of the opening and along the edge of the trim strip.
Stitch the side seams.
Stitch the upper and lower sleeve sections. Stitch the sleeve seam up to the mark. Turn under the seam allowances along the edges of the slits to the wrong side, place the zipper underneath, turn under the ends of the tapes, and topstitch. Set the sleeves into the armholes according to the markings.