Double Dutch Jacket & Skirt Sewing Pattern

Description

Dress up and jump! This reversible, color-blocked jacket with dropped shoulder and on-seam buttonhole can be sewn either with or without sleeves. Pair the jacket with the accompanying flared-hem knit skirt for a great outfit. The skirt includes an elasticized waist with an easy facing.

Skills Used

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After successfully sewing this pattern, you will have developed the following skills: curved seams, reversible, and flat-set sleeves.

Suggested Fabrics

Jacket: Light- to medium-weight woven fabrics like quilting cotton, broadcloth, flannel, lawn, poplin, shirting, voile, and linen. (Knits can be used, but use of a serger is not recommended in some places.)

Skirt: Knit fabrics like cotton jersey, interlock, and ponte.

Notions

Coordinating thread.

Jacket: Two 3/4" buttons.

Skirt: 1" elastic.