Drafting a Women’s Jacket
Using your oaktag torso sloper, we will teach how to draft a women’s princess seam jacket. You will learn where to add the necessary jacket ease, how to shape the pattern, how to extract the princess panels and then how to draft a notch collar, lapel and facing. To draft your suit sleeve, either view our lesson on how to draft a suit sleeve from measurements or our lessons on converting a fitted sleeve to a suit sleeve and how to convert a suit sleeve to a two-piece suit sleeve. Our Jacket Construction Techniques lesson will guide you through the finer points of sewing a tailored jacket.
| Module | Description | Step |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesson Prep | 1-3 |
| 2 | Adding Jacket Ease | 1-6 |
| 3 | Drafting the Princess Panels | 1-9 |
| 4 | Tracing & Extracting the Front Panel | 1-4 |
| 5 | Front Extension, Breakpoint & Roll Line | 1-6 |
| 6 | Under Collar, Front Facing & Sleeve | 1-4 |
MODULE 1 • Lesson Prep
| Step | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | For this lesson, you will need your front and back torso sloper. |
| 2 | For the jacket draft, you will need a piece of unlined white pattern paper measuring 29” (73.7cm) wide by 36” (91.4cm) long. |
| 3 | I have traced off my front and back slopers, leaving about a 4” (10.2cm) space between the piece, and enough distance from the top for my collar which is about 9” (22.9cm). |
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