Hand stitched Jackets

 

Waste not, Want not Jackets

 

Option 1

Cut the jacket out of your base cloth [lining]

Hand stitch the patches in place

Use machine to make up the jacket as you would normally.

This makes it easy to do collars and get a polished finish.

 

 

Option 2

Completely hand stitched jacket

This started with the idea of making a garment completely without electricity

Hand spun, hand woven cloth

Hand dyed indigo or blockprint off cuts and then hand stitch to patch

And assemble the garment.

I love to handstitch not machine 😊

My black & white jacket is about 5 years old, worn a lot and been through the washing machine multiple times- it is a hard wearing jacket- not delicate at all.

1.    Cut the jacket using a normal pattern

2.    Patch surface of jacket

3.    Along seam lines- where you would normally machine turn fabric to the inside and blanket stitch in place.

4.    Join pieces together with small ladder stitch