DIY Reversible Jacket | Step by step sewing tutorial

Welcome or welcome back to my channel. My name is Jess and I love doing DIY, making clothes in a "simply but pretty" way.

In today's tutorial, I'm going to share with you how I made my Reversible jacket. I got inspired for this jacket from Celine Chassuer jacket. It's not reversible. But when I was looking for the best way to make it myself, I realized that I can make it 2 sides. So I tried to make it reversible. And it turns out so amazing.

That's why I hope you guys will try it out too. Let’s get started!

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

1.5m of each type of fabric. I used khaki fabric and wool fabric for this jacket.
Pattern paper
Sewing machine
Pins
Scissors
Ruler
Long stick

MAKING THE PATTERNS

Here’s the pattern for the project. To get a clear understanding of all the measurements needed for the pattern, watch the video from 0:54 to 8:24.

Remember, you can adjust these measurements to fit your own dimensions!

THE BACK BODICE PATTERN

To make the back bodice pattern, draw a straight line and the horizontal line cutting each other first.
From the first straight line, keep drawing another one 2 cm next to it.
From the cutting point between this line and the horizontal line, mark up 8.5 cm, which is half of the neck size of the jacket that is wanted.
Then drawing a perpendicular line from that mark. The width of this line will be 3 cm, which is the depth of the neck at the back bodice.
Then drawing a straight line from the end of the perpendicular line.
After that, draw a slanted line to connect the end of the new straight line to the mark on the second one.
Mark in the middle of this slanted line first then connecting it to the end of the perpendicular line later.
Keep marking in the middle of the new slanted line before connecting it to the mark on the second straight line and the end of the third straight line.
Based on it, draw a slightly curved line to create a neckline at the back bodice.
From the cutting point between the second straight line and the horizontal line, keep making another one at 19 cm, which is half of the shoulder size.
Then drawing a perpendicular line from that mark. The width of this line will be 3.2 cm, which is 1/10 of shoulder size minus 0.5 cm.
Then connect the end of the perpendicular line to the mark on the neckline to create a shoulder line of the back bodice.
From the second straight line, draw another one 24 cm away from it. It's a quarter of the bust size plus 4 cm. It's also the bust line of the back bodice.
From the cutting point between this line and the horizontal line, mark up 23 cm, which is a quarter of the bust size plus 3 cm.
Then continue the perpendicular line from the shoulder to cut the bust line.
From the cutting point, mark inside 1.5 cm on the bust line.
Then connect this mark to the end of the shoulder line.
Mark in the middle of this slanted line first, then connecting it to the mark on the bust line made in the beginning.
Keep marking in the middle of the new slanted line before connecting it to the second mark on the bust line.
Keep doing the same way like this for the new slanted line.
Based on it, draw a curved line to create the sleeve line of the back bodice.
From the second straight line, keep drawing another one 50 cm away from it. It's the length from the shoulder to the hip. It's also the length of the jacket that is wanted.
From the cutting point between this line and the horizontal line, mark up 23 cm, which is a quarter of the bust size plus 3 cm. It's also the same width at the mark made on the bust line before.
Then connecting that mark to the end of the sleeve line on the bust line to create a side line of the back bodice.
Adding 1 cm for seam allowance after that, except 3 cm seam allowance at the end of the back bodice.
And the back bodice pattern will be ready after cutting.
Cut this pattern in folded fabric at the horizontal line.

THE FRONT BODICE PATTERN

Moving to the front bodice, base it on the back bodice pattern.
Instead of creating the shoulder line from the second straight line, do it from the first one.
From the cutting point between the first straight line and the horizontal line, mark at 8 cm on the horizontal line. It's the depth of the neck at the front jacket.
Then drawing a curved line from the end of the new shoulder line to that mark to create a front neckline.
From the cutting point between the perpendicular line on the shoulder and the bust line, mark inside 2.5 cm on the bust line.
Then connect it to the end of the new shoulder line.
From the end of the sleeve line, mark outside 1 cm on the bust line. So the width of the bust line at the front jacket will be 24 cm, which is 1 cm bigger than the back.
After that, create a sleeve line for the front bodice in a similar way to the back bodice.
Because 1 cm was increased for the bust line, do the same for the ending line.
To create the button and the buttonhole area, draw a horizontal line at 2 cm outside the current one. 2 cm is half the width of the button area that is wanted.
Adding 1 cm for seam allowance after that, except 3 cm seam allowance for the ending line. And the front bodice pattern will be ready after cutting.
Cut two pieces for this pattern in the opposite way.

THE SLEEVE PATTERN

To make the sleeve pattern, measure the total length of the sleeve line at the front and the back bodice first.
After that, draw a straight line and the horizontal line cutting each other.
From the cutting point, mark at 11 cm on the right side of the horizontal line. It's 1/5 of the bust size minus 5 cm.
After that, draw a slanted line from this mark to cut the straight line at one point. The width of this slanted line will be half of the total width of the sleeve line at the front and back bodice that was checked before minus 2 cm.
Divide this slanted line into three equal parts.
From the middle of the first two parts, draw a perpendicular line 2 cm wide outside of it.
Mark the middle of the third equal part first,
Then drawing a perpendicular line 0.5 cm wide inside the slanted line.
After that, draw a curved line that goes through these marks to create the sleeve line for the sleeve pattern. Make sure the width of the sleeve line will be half of the total width of the sleeve line at the front and back bodice.
From the top of the sleeve, mark at 60 cm on the horizontal line. It's the length from the shoulder to over the wrist. It is also the length of the sleeve that is wanted.
Then drawing a straight line from that mark.
From the end of this straight line, mark up 14 cm, which is half the width at the end of the sleeve that is wanted. Make sure this width will be bigger than the width of the hand so the jacket can be worn easily later.
Connect this mark to the end of the sleeve line to create the under-armpit line of the sleeve. Make this line a big curve after that to make it nicer.
Adding 1 cm for seam allowance after that, except 3 cm seam allowance at the end of the sleeve.