Help in making a 'quilted' jacket
 

I have been wanting to make a 'quilted' jacket...meaning, putting the actual quilt pieces together and making the jacket. I expected to be able to find an actual (Simplicity, MaCall's, etc.) pattern. Instead, I've only found resources for making one from a 'sweatshirt', which I have difficulty understanding.

Is there such a pattern available? Any and all help appreciated! Thanks, in advance!

~Libb

I see those patterns at the Houston Quilt show. If you look at a quilted jacket, most of them are very simple. They are very like a top shirt, but most likely with a zipper front and all finished seams on the inside. You won't need facings. You can adapt a pattern with few pieces to use the pre-quilted fabric. Look at any of the pattern manufacturer...McCall or Simplicity. There are more, but I can't remember their names right now.

This page may have something you would like. I see several cute ones. http://kwiksew.mccall.com/jackets-vests-pages-5572.php

I took the sweatshirt to jacket course and was very disappointed. The one thing I did learn was to quilt-as-you-go, that way you cut the lining and put the batting in as you lay the pieces of the front, and then sew. If you look at the above website Barb in Louisiana wrote, look carefully at patterns K4004 and K3918. You can use these two and really put together a nice jacket. If you get a pattern, lay it out and measure it, copying one that fits you good and you like. I know I need a fuller front than back and I need short sleeves. I like the length to come down past my butt or covering the waist. If you get a pattern and need help, please PM me and I can help you. I have fabric that I want to use for one too with the blue herons on. By the way, I would line it with a polyester lining so you can wash it and do something to the edges so they do not fray, overcasting maybe. I have tailored many jackets and know what goes in them. Use an interfacing on the collar if you have a collar, down the front and inside the pockets. That is where it wears. If you use a zipper, make sure you wash it before using because they shrink. I would probably wash the fabric before hand too. Good luck

I've made a few and used a polar fleece pattern, just basic pieces.
i'd sew the fabric pieces. then layer and quilt. then i'd cut out the pieces from the pattern.
sew it tog, and make the same for the lining. easiest way I found.
show us what you decide to do. good luck

Nancy Zieman from "Sewing with Nancy" always has patterns for jackets in her catalogs. Maybe try her website? www.nancysnotions.com

Another alternative would be to "quilt as you go" on lightweight yardage and then put a jacket pattern on that "quilted" fabric and cut and sew just as you would any other pattern. I've not done this, but it seems as if it would work.

Good luck with your project!

Here's another way and I have an old one that I purchased years ago. Someone had taken a quilt, and then made the jacket from the actual quilt. They cut the actual pattern from a completed quilt and then sewed it together into a jacket.

I made one in flannel strips at the quilt shop
pattern we used was Fat Quarters and More raggy jacket by four corners
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I just love mine like putting on a blanket when its cold
Good Luck
Gale

Making quilted yardage is probably the easiest.

I found shirt patterns like "the big shirt" which had you color block. You trace the pattern and draw the sections on the tracing. Retrace, and add 1/4" seam allowance where needed. Cut your fabric according to your made pattern and sew it together.

http://patternrevolution.com/pattern...sewing-machine

Here's a basic tutorial:

http://www.beanbunny.com/colorblock.html

There's a tutorial here on the board:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...et-t48923.html

I've made two...one years ago from a pattern specifically meant for a quilted jacket. It was tougher than I thought though.

The second I did the sweatshirt method where you take a sweatshirt one size too large and cut it apart at the seams. Then you have the basic pattern pieces pretty much in the right shape. I made rows of piecing and then did the stitch and flip method to cover the pieces. Once they were fully covered, I sewed the edges and trimmed them before quilting them and then sewing them back together. Then I did have to do a bit of fitting to get it to fit well. I did NOT use extra batting as the fleece gave it plenty of body I did bind around the whole outside and mine doesn't have a zipper/buttons or any type of closure.

I am ashamed to say that i don't remember who it is...but there is someone here on this Board that posts pictures of the most beautiful quilted jackets that she makes.....I will keep looking to see if i can find her.

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Found her....check out posts/threads by Sharoncignoni. Her jackets are beautiful - so she could surely offer guidance.

Here is the website for some stunning quilted jackets
http://www.figureflatteringquiltwear.com/

I just finished a bargello jacket from http://www.figureflatteringquiltwear.com/. I wanted a collar so I added one.

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Here are a couple of others I have made.

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None of these jackets are sweatshirt based. 2 of them have W & N preshrunk batting & 1 has preshrunk flannel

Check out youtube for good instructions, too

Just get an ordinary jacket pattern and substitute the material with your quilted blocks or quilting fabric. I have made several like that. It is easiest to cut out the whole pattern using flannel material (or plain cotton) and then attach your pieces to the flannel. That way you can quilt each oanel before sewing the complete jacket together. Then finish the edges with binding in the same way that you do a quilt. I have also made a jacket from a quilt that I made but never used. Good luck with your project.

You should be able to take almost any pattern and turn it into a quilted jacket. If you quilt the pieces first, then cut them out and then sew them together.

I made a scrappy one with a sweatshirt and love it but should have went a size bigger with the sweatshirt

Try QuiltersWarehouse.com and look for the quilted closet. I made one of Elaine's jackets. It was a block of the month kind of thing. After that you cut each piece and assembled the jacket. Also you might try Kaye Woods for jackets.

Wow -- thank you for this. I have always avoided making a quilted jacket because all I have seen are way too boxy and unflattering. This site has patterns that would appear to avoid that and create lovely, more fitted garments.

This is the one I mentioned in post 7 was very easy to make

Gale

You could try quilting your fabric, then use it in any jacket design or pattern that you would like

Libb,
I am not sure but you can check out this web sight for your jacket.
www.RobertKaufman.com

I have made 21 jackets and vests. I have used sweatshirts and denim shirts and regular sweatshirt fabric. I find it very easy and it is all quilted when done. I really enjoy doing these, the best part is picking out the fabric. Hope you have good luck with yours.