Cropped Stand Collar Jacket

Name: Cropped Stand Collar Jacket
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5721
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5721

A cropped, boxy women's jacket with wide elbow-length sleeves cut in one with the body, underarm gussets and an asymmetric stand collar running from the right front edge to the centre of the left front. Fastens with a single button; fully lined. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: lightweight fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Cropped Stand Collar Jacket

When To Wear

Over fine knitwear, turtlenecks and blouses with high-waisted trousers or skirts.
In spring and early autumn as a light layer for the office or daytime events.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Boxy and straight, with no darts.

Length: Cropped, ending above the waist.

Collar: Stand collar of two pieces stitched along the outer edge and short ends, set into the neckline from the edge of the right front to the centre line of the left front.

Sleeves: Wide, elbow-length sleeves cut in one with the fronts and back, joined by a seam over the shoulder and top of the arm; diamond-shaped gussets set into the underarm between back and front.

Front: Separate right and left fronts with cut-on facings; one button, the buttonhole on the right front.

Back: One piece with no centre back seam.

Lining: Full lining, including the gussets, attached to the facings, the back neck facing and the jacket and sleeve hems; the jacket is turned through an opening in the right shoulder seam of the lining.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Setting underarm gussets into cut-on sleeves, an asymmetric collar caught between the jacket and the facings, and a bagged full lining.

Fabric Recommendations

Lightweight fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric
Fusible interfacing (cut-on front facings, back neck facing, collar)
1 button

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Back – 1 piece
Right Front – 1 piece
Left Front – 1 piece
Gusset – 2 pieces
Back Neckline Facing – 1 piece
Collar – 2 pieces

From lining fabric:

Back – 1 piece
Right Front – 1 piece
Left Front – 1 piece
Gusset – 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing: cut-on facings of the Right Front and Left Front, Back Neckline Facing, Collar.

Attention: the front and back lining pieces are cut minus the width of the cut-on facings and the back neckline facing, respectively.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the cut-on facings of the Left Front and Right Front, the Collar and the Back Neckline Facing.
Stitch the shoulder and upper sleeve seams. Press the seam allowances open.
Place the two Collar pieces right sides together and stitch along the outer contour and short sides. Clip seam allowances at curves, trim corners. Turn the collar right side out and press. Baste the collar into the neckline: from the edge of the right front to the center line of the left front.
Stitch the Gusset to the Back. Press the seam allowances open. Stitch the Gusset to the front. Press seam allowances open.
Press the cut-on facings to the wrong side of the fronts. Stitch the shoulder seams of the front facings and the Back Neckline Facing. Press the seam allowances open. Place the facings on the jacket right sides together and stitch the neckline, catching the collar in the seam. Stitch the lining pieces together, leaving an opening in the right sleeve shoulder seam for subsequent turning. Press seam allowances. Stitch the lining to the front facings and the Back Neckline Facing. Stitch the bottom corner. Clip seam allowances at curves, trim corners. Mark the hems of the jacket and sleeves and press them to the wrong side. Stitch the lining to the sleeve hems and the jacket hem. Turn the jacket right side out through the opening, baste the edges and press. Stitch the opening in the lining closed.
On the right front, make a buttonhole; on the left front, sew on a button.