Welt Pocket Jacket Tutorial

I hope you enjoyed my welt pocket tutorial and got some new ideas for pockets.

Welt pocket jacket tutorial. Similar to all other itch to stitch patterns the instructions of the atenas jacket pattern are sufficient and quite detailed actually to walk you through every step of the way to construct the welt pocket but i feel that a photo tutorial would give some extra hand. Stitch the upper pocket k to the welt i along the stitching line. For double welt you fold the upper and lower lip. I m using a pen as this is a sample but you will want to use chalk.

Cut out and fused interfaced welt yellow piece welt facing pink piece and pocket lining or bag brown floral piece. The part of your garment where you want the welt pocket. In this tutorial i m going to show you how i made them. This tutorial is meant to accompany the instructions of the atenas jacket.

For a single welt pocket you fold up only the bottom lip. Align the top edge of the upper pocket with the raw edge of the welt i. Fold the welt fabric strip over the seam allowance to form the welt. The single fold should just touch the top of the welt window.

Before i made these i looked at lots of blogs and googled and i decided the right way to make welt pockets was giving me a headache especially because the right way differed ever so slightly from tutorial to tutorial. This is the binding piping or the welt for your pocket opening. For this tutorial it s 3 shorts back blue piece. Patternmaking pockets trcutting weltpockets.

While this type of pocket is often referred to as a welt pocket in the sewing community and in sewing literature it is actually traditionally called a jetted po. This tutorial will show you how to make elegant pockets that you can add to trousers jackets vests or wherever else you can imagine this style of pocket. Sew the upper pocket. On the inside of the jacket flip the lower pocket k up revealing the right side.

The single welt pocket consists of the following pattern pieces body of your coat front piece in this case the welt pocket facing which is the same fabric as your coat interfacing welt pocket lining any fabric the shiny fabric in the photos i have a little trick for making welt pockets a breeze. Welt pocket on your denim jacket. I prepared the basic welt pocket pattern for you to exercise.