Quilted Jacket
 

Someone donated a bolt of this fabric to the free table at my quilt guild. I didn't know what I was going to make with it, but I loved the fabric. I ended up making a quilted jacket with it. It's so stiff it could stand up in the corner all by itself, but I still love the fabric.

It's called the Coast Coat and here is where you can buy the pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1563830...sewing-pattern

Great job! Beautiful!!

Lovely!
Do you think a wash would help to get rid of the stiffness?
Hope so, so that you can enjoy it more!

I washed it as soon as it was finished. I even tried to make another one with 100 percent cotton, and it didn’t look any better. The pattern was created to use an old well-loved quilt.

Wow....great job making that. Can you tell me approximately how many yards it took to make that? I have a potato chip filmsy that could be turned into a jacket like that,

I made a quilted jacket using flannel for the "batting," and it was great except for the sleeves. They were way too stiff. I hardly ever wore the jacket, which was a shame, so I ended up cutting off the sleeves and turning them into pillows. The body is now a vest which I actually wear. I have thought a lot about how to make the sleeves less stiff and so far have no real answer. Your jacket is lovely!

Indeed, that is a gorgeous piece of fabric! So glad you found a way to enjoy it with this wonderful jacket. Great job!
I'm assuming this was pre-quilted fabric. Because of the amount of stitching, there is probably no hope for taking away the stiffness of it. Just enjoy it

Your jacket is beautiful....stiffness and all. I once made a jacket using a sweatshirt as a base and left the sleeves with the sweatshirt material and put a zipper up the front. Another idea for future projects..........?

So I gather the fabric was already quilted? If not, nice job. I have a couple patterns I could use to make a quilted jacket but as yet, haven't done so but one of these days I will if nothing else to use up my scraps. I do have a pattern called Kerry's Big Shirt and I've been collecting fabrics to make it again. It uses around 4-5 different fabrics to put it together but not quilted.

Thank you! Unfortunately, I have no idea how many yards it took.

It was not pre-quilted fabric. I quilted one-inch diagonal lines to hold two layers of the fabric together and the thinnest batting that I had which was made from recycled plastic bottles (Dream Green). Perhaps it wouldn't be as stiff if I had quilted it farther apart or used a different batting. I never thought of that.

No... I quilted two layers of the fabric together with Dream Green batting using one-inch diagonal lines.

It really is a lovely jacket. The extra quilting probably does add to the stiffness. We learn something from every project. I made a quilted jacket in a class years ago. The problem with mine is that I lined it with a slippery fabric, and it slips around on my shoulders. If I make another I will use something else for the lining.

Perhaps less quilting?
(of course, I don't know how much quilting you had in yours)

I did that too ... way back in the 80s!
And oddly enough, i was thinking just the same the other day .... of possibly, making another!

Though the benefit of the slippery fabric (polyester, I'm guessing?) is that you can slide your "dressed" arm in easy enough. Too cottony, and your clothing binds against the lining. Maybe stick with the slippery, and add in a false shoulder pad of cotton? Or fully across your shoulder width, the part you want it to sit still?
Back in early Eleanor Burns days, when I took a QIAD class, they had us use a poly-cotton backing, so that the quilt would slide easy enough at bed making time. In practical use, I wasn't so thrilled as I found it moved around too much while sleeping. And went back to cotton battings after that one! So I totally understand Dunster, what your predicament is!

Love your jacket! Great use for that beautiful fabric.

I've done a lot of wearable art, mostly jackets. I've learned that flannel often works well, but mostly I don't put any "batting" in them. I cut the pieces and quilt them to the backing on each piece and then put them together. They come out much nicer.

Was the fabric heavy or stiff to begin with? If it was, there's probably not much you can do about the stiffness since it didn't wash out.

It's not particularly stiff, but it is 65 percent polyester and 35 percent cotton.

That's a good idea to not put any batting in it at all.

I've never used batting because I didn't like the puffy look that you get from it. (Can I say adds 10 lbs? Who needs that?) Soft flannel is the most I use. With our weather, I don't use anything at all most times. Just quilt the top to a nice twill or interfaced cotton fabric. It works great.