Welt Pocket Jacket Tutorial

The part of your garment where you want the welt pocket.

Welt pocket jacket tutorial.

Patternmaking pockets trcutting weltpockets. How to sew a double welt pocket. For double welt you fold the upper and lower lip. 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.

Align the top edge of the upper pocket with the raw edge of the welt i. You can access it by subscribing here. I m using a pen as this is a sample but you will want to use chalk. Sew the upper pocket.

Cut out and fused interfaced welt yellow piece welt facing pink piece and pocket lining or bag brown floral piece. In this tutorial i m going to show you how i made them. For this tutorial it s 3 shorts back blue piece. This tutorial is meant to accompany the instructions of the atenas jacket.

The single fold should just touch the top of the welt window. 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. 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. Lay the upper pocket l on top of the lower pocket k with right sides together.

On the inside of the jacket flip the lower pocket k up revealing the right side. 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. Fold the welt fabric strip over the seam allowance to form the welt. I hope you enjoyed my welt pocket tutorial and got some new ideas for pockets.

This is the binding piping or the welt for your pocket opening. I prepared the basic welt pocket pattern for you to exercise. Welt pocket on your denim jacket.