Kwik Sew Pattern No. 3236 - Patch Jacket

Sewing Friends:

If you have ever wanted to sew a classy patch jacket, Kwik Sew Pattern 3236 is one that I recommend.  My students are creating some really awesome jackets using this pattern.

The fabrics that the students chose range from various drapery silky type fabrics to batiks, corduroy, denim, faux suede and various cottons. 

Those students with short necks chose to eliminate the collar.

We added a bust dart coming out of the armhole for the students with larger busts.  This worked very well. 

Kwik Sew 3236 is not a difficult pattern to sew.  However, because of the many pattern pieces and different fabrics required, it can be a little tricky to figure out. Here are some tips to help you achieve sewing success with the patch jacket.

Prepare the Pattern 

The hardest part of making the patch jacket is keeping everything straight and organized.  There are over 30 pattern pieces to the jacket not including the lining.

Many of the pattern pieces are cut single layer.  This means you must cut with the right side of the fabric up and the face side of the pattern up.

I suggest that you copy and make complete right and left, front and back pattern pieces.

Make a full pattern piece for those pieces that say to cut the fabric on a fold.  This saves confusion when you are cutting so many single layer fabrics.  Now, these “fold” pieces can be cut single layer also.

Label each pattern piece “Right Front” or “Left Front” and “Right Back” or “Left Back”. 

Also, label the pattern pieces like the diagram on the guidesheet that shows the numbered pieces with fabric A, B, C, D, and E.  I call this a “roadmap”.

Example:  Write something like this on each pattern piece:  “Upper Left Front Panel, No. 3, Fabric E, Cut 1, Face Up”

Fabrics

The jacket requires 5 different fabrics for the patches. 

You might want to consider using some of your sample embroideries or heirloom sewing samples or vintage linens for some of the squares in the jacket.  This is a great place to highlight some different decorative stitching, appliques or fabric manipulation techniques, too.

Preshrink all your fabrics.

Label each fabric, A, B, C, D, or E so that they correlate to your “roadmap”. 

Check twice and cut once!

Mimic the “roadmap” and lay the pattern pieces out on a table the way you will sew them together with the face side up to double check that you have everything labeled and placed correctly before you cut.

Cut the pattern piece out of the appropriate fabric and lay the piece back down on the table where it belongs in the jacket. When everything is cut, you can see how to stitch it together.

With the fabric labeled and the pattern pieces labeled, it will help to keep you organized to sew them together correctly.

It just makes sense!

To Your Sewing Success,

Marian

PS:  Let me know if you liked the Patch Jacket and what you used to make it.  Send photos.  We would love to see them.

Kwik Sew Pattern No. 3236 - Patch Jacket

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