I used a jacket pattern I liked and cut the pieces from sweatshirt fabric. Using that as my foundation, I then placed strips of fabric on that and sewed it much like paper piecing, folding over each strip before I sewed on the next one. I pre cut 3 s of strips from each of the fabrics I wanted to use. This gave me a variety of sizes and colors. I used all oriental fabrics. Did the same thing for the sleeves and both front pieces, starting in the center of each piece and working in both directions. I cut wider strips of one of the fabrics for the binding, sewing it on exactly as I do with the binding for my quilts. And don't forget the binding for the sleeves too.