5702 LEATHER JACKET

 

See details for work with faux fur at How to use the CD.

 

YOU NEED: faux leather; lining; fusing; 1 separable zipper.

 

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

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

 

SEAM ALLOWANCES: 1 cm for all seams, 4 cm for the hem/sleeve hems.

 

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:

Leather:

1. Outer stand-up collar – 1 piece

2. Inner stand-up collar – 1 piece

3. Center back part – 2 pieces

4. Side back part – 2 pieces

5. Side front part – 2 pieces

6. Center front part – 2 pieces

7. Front band – 2 pieces

8. Upper sleeve – 2 pieces

9. Lower sleeve – 2 pieces

10. Back neckline facing – 1 piece

 

Lining:

1. Center back part – 2 pieces

2. Side back part – 2 pieces

3. Center front part – 2 pieces

4. Side front part – 2 pieces

5. Upper sleeve – 2 pieces

6. Lower sleeve – 2 pieces

 

NB: when cutting lining front/back pieces, do not take into account front bands/back neckline facing widths correspondingly.

 

Fusing: front bands, stand-up collars, back neckline facing.

 

NB: please try faux-leather details of unneeded material before you double them of the leather.

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

 

1. Apply the fusing to wrong side of front bands, stand-up collars and back neckline facing.

 

2. Stitch front waist darts. Stitch back shoulder darts. Slash darts’ depths.

 

3. Stitch front relieves.

 

4. Stitch back relieves. Stitch middle back edges.

 

5. Stitch shoulder/side edges. Stitch outer stand-up collar into front/back necklines. Stitch front neckline dart and stand-up collar with one seam.

 

6. Lay front parts right sides together and adjust edges measuring front edgings’ lengths. Lay the zipper on front part right sides together; zipper teeth align with seam marked line (zipper braid is on allowances), then tack.

 

7. Stitch sleeve elbow/front edges. Press sleeve hem into wrong side. Stitch sleeves into armholes according to notches.

 

8. Stitch front bands/facings shoulder edges and press them apart. Stitch inner stand-up into the neckline. Stitch lining pieces together, then stitch sleeves in leaving a hole into sleeve right front seam. Press lining allowances. Stitch the lining to front bands’s inner edges and to the facing.

 

9. Pin the front band with lining on front part right sides together, then overstitch lower corner/front edge/stand-up’s upper edge (catching the zipper) with one seam. Cut front edging’s upper/lower corner seams. Turn front edgings right side out. Make decorative stitch along front edgings/stand-up’s upper edge at 0.5 cm distance.

 

10. Press jacket’s hem into wrong side. Overstitch the hem/sleeve hems with the lining. Turn the jacket right side out through sleeve hole, stitch hole’s edges together.