Hooded Faux Fur Jacket with Leather Trim
A hip-length women's faux fur jacket with a lined hood, raglan sleeves and a separating zip set between faux leather front bands. Faux leather also trims the hood edge, the folded cuffs and the hem band; in-seam side pockets. Fully lined.
When To Wear
- In autumn and winter over sweaters and hoodies, with jeans or trousers.
- For everyday wear and outings in cold weather.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Straight, relaxed fit with bust darts on the fronts.
Length: Hip length, finished with a folded faux leather band.
Hood: Two-piece hood with a centre seam, fully lined; the front edge is finished with a folded faux leather facing.
Sleeves: Raglan sleeves in two parts: the front sleeve is joined to the front, the back sleeve to the back, and the shoulder seam continues along the top of the sleeve. Folded faux leather cuffs.
Closure: Full-length separating zip stitched between outer and inner faux leather front bands, topstitched along the zip.
Pockets: In-seam pockets in the side seams with lining pocket bags and faux leather underlays at the openings.
Back: One piece with no centre back seam.
Lining: Full lining including the hood, sewn like the outer jacket, attached to the inner front bands, hem band and sleeve hems, and secured to the jacket along the hood seams, cuffs and hem band.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Handling faux fur together with faux leather, a separating zip between double front bands, a lined hood and a bagged full lining.
Fabric Recommendations
Faux fur for the body, sleeves and hood; faux leather for the front bands, hem band, cuffs, hood facing and pocket underlays.
Additional Supplies
- Lining fabric
- Fusible interfacing (all faux leather pieces; test on a scrap first)
- 1 separating zip
Cutter's Must
- From Faux Fur:
- Back Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Front Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Back – 1 piece
- Front – 2 pieces
- Hood – 2 pieces
- From Faux Leather:
- Back Placket – 1 piece
- Lower Front Placket – 2 pieces
- Center Front Placket – 4 pieces
- Hood Facing – 1 piece
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Underlay Piece – 2 pieces
- From lining Fabric:
- Back Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Front Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Back – 1 piece
- Front – 2 pieces
- Hood – 2 pieces
- Upper Pocket Bag – 2 pieces
- Lower Pocket Bag – 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing:
- Back Placket – 1 piece
- Lower Front Placket – 2 pieces
- Center Front Placket – 4 pieces
- Hood Facing – 1 piece
- Cuff – 2 pieces
Attention: Before interfacing faux leather parts, test on a scrap piece.
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse the faux leather pieces with fusible interfacing.
- Stitch the bust darts on the Front pieces.
- Stitch the Underlay Piece to the Lower Pocket Bag. Place the Lower Pocket Bag with the underlay on the right side of the Back at the notches, and the Upper Pocket Bag on the Front, right side down, and stitch. Press the seam allowances towards the pocket bag and topstitch them to it.
- Stitch the Front Sleeve to the Front. Stitch the Back Sleeve to the Back.
- Stitch the shoulder seams together with the upper sleeve seams.
- Press the Cuff in half lengthwise, wrong sides together. Stitch the outer layer of the cuff to the lower edge of the sleeve.
- Stitch the underarm sleeve seam and the side seam, together with the pocket bags, in one continuous seam.
- Stitch the Lower Front Placket pieces to the Back Placket. Press the band in half lengthwise, wrong sides together. Stitch the outer layer of the band to the lower edge of the jacket.
- Stitch the zipper to the edges of the two outer Center Front Placket pieces. Stitch these plackets to the front edges, stopping at the seam allowance of the lower edge.
- Stitch the center seam of the Hood. Press the Hood Facing in half lengthwise, wrong sides together. Stitch the outer layer of the facing to the front edge of the hood. Fold the facing in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch the lower corners, without catching the seam allowance of its inner edge. Trim the seam allowances at the corners and turn the facing right side out.
- Set the hood into the jacket neckline.
- Sew the lining pieces in the same way as the outer pieces, leaving an opening in the underarm seam of the left sleeve for turning. Stitch the lining to the free edge of the lower band, right sides together. Stitch the two inner Center Front Placket pieces to the front edges of the lining, stopping at the seam allowance of the lower edge.
- Place the lining and jacket right sides together and stitch the lower corner of the center front placket, the front edge and the inner edge of the hood. Stitch the lining to the sleeve hems. Turn the jacket right side out through the opening in the sleeve. Secure the lining to the jacket along the center hood seam, the hood facing, the hood seam, the cuffs and the lower band. Stitch the opening in the sleeve lining closed.
- Topstitch along the zipper to secure the layers.
