5549 JACKET WITH THREE COLLARS

 

YOU NEED: natural/mixed fabric; fusing; lining; shoulder pads; piping; 2 buttons.

 

IF THE PATTERNS HAVE DOUBLE CONTOUR, THE SEAM ALLOWANCE IS PROVIDED,

IF THE PATTERNS HAVE SINGLE CONTOUR, THE SEAM ALLOWANCE IS NOT PROVIDED.

 

SEAM ALLOWANCE: 1 cm for all seams.

 

ATTENTION! Before sewing, print paper patterns and lay them out according to the linen width (from 90 to 150 cm) to find out how much material you need (do not forget about double and symmetric details).

 

WHEN SEWING, BE CAREFUL WITH NOTCHES – THEY MUST BE COINCIDING!

 

CUTTING:

Fabric:

1. Back part – 2 pieces

2. Flounce – 3 pieces

3. Flounce facing – 1 piece

4. Front part – 2 pieces

5. Collar – 4 pieces

6. Back neckline facing – 1 piece

7. Center front part – 6 pieces

8. Front band – 2 pieces

9. Upper sleeve – 2 pieces

10. Lower sleeve – 2 pieces

11. Flap – 4 pieces

12. Pocket – 2 pieces

Lining:

1. Back part – 2 pieces

2. Front part – 2 pieces

3. Upper sleeve – 2 pieces

4. Lower sleeve – 2 pieces

 

Fusing: back neckline facing, outer collar, front band.

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

 

1. Apply the fusing to wrong side of back neckline facing, outer collar, front band.

 

2. Stitch back darts, slash darts’ depths, then press them apart.

 

3. Stitch front darts, slash depths, then press them apart.

 

4. Lay flaps right sides together, then overstitch. Cut allowances of flap corners, then turn right side out. Press the flap, neaten flap’s free edge.

 

5. Mark pocket’s place on front part. Overstitch the pocket along the contour. Press upper edge of patch pocket into wrong side, then topstitch. Press neatened edges into wrong side. Topstitch the pocket in accordance to marking. Mark flap’s place. Stitch the flap to marking. Fold the flap downwards and topstitch at 0.5 cm from joining seam.

 

6. Stitch the collar to center front part, neaten joining seam, then press apart (do this 3 times).

 

7. Stitch the collar to front band, press joining seam apart.

 

8. Stitch middle back seam and press it apart.

 

9. Neaten side edges of flounce/center front part. Stitch seams and press them apart. Stitch side edges if front band/flounce facing and press them apart.

 

10. Press the piping along the center and overstitch collar’s outer edge and center front part.

 

11. Stitch side/shoulder edges, press side/shoulder seams apart.

 

12. Lay center front parts together, adjust edges and stitch them to front/back parts. Stitch inner collar into back neckline.

 

13. Stitch shoulder edges of back neckline facing/front band. Press shoulder edges of facing/front band. Stitch outer collar into facing/front band neckline.

 

14. Pin front band on front part right sides together and overstitch along edging, fly collar and flounce’s lower edge. Cut seams of upper/lower corners of edging. Topstitch edging’s overstitching allowance on front band at closure and at front edging at lapels. (Topstitch at 0.2 cm from seam.) Turn edgings right side out.

 

15. Stitch elbow seam and press it apart. Press sleeve hems into wrong side. Stitch sleeve front seam and press it apart.

 

16. Stitch sleeve into armholes. Sew shoulder pads.

 

17. Stitch lining details together and stitch sleeve in, leaving a hole into right front seam of a sleeve and waistband hole into left side seam.

 

18. Stitch the lining to inner edges of front bands/back neckline facing. Press allowances of seam joining the collar apart and fix them close to seams.

 

19. Stitch the lining to flounce facing and sleeve hems. Turn the jacket right side out trough sleeve hole. Stitch hole’s edges together.

 

20. Make buttonholes into right front part, ser buttons on left one.