Originally Posted by bluteddi
did u buy a sweatshirt with the zipper already in it??? I'm considering doing that.... just wondered how that worked.. love the quilted jacket
Yes bought a $13.00 sweatshirt (hooded, zipper, and front pockets)at Walmart. Per pattern I cut it apart and laid it on the pieced together fabrics and cut around the sweatshirt pieces, then sewed it all back together again. Bound the edges, just like a quilt. The zipper wasn't in the pattern I had, but I decided to try to keep it in this jacket since it came that way. I think it looks fine. Didn't use the pockets, cuffs, and hood material that was on the original sweatshirt. I was supposed to use a sweatshirt and cut up the front, for the front of the jacket then put on "frog" type tabs for buttons. The blocks could be done in a straight line, like shown or turned on "point" or bias for a different look. Next one for me will be "on point".