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Jeans Jacket Makeover

Starting with this plain jeans jacket and two pieces of toning quilting cotton plus a pack of heat setSwarovsky crystals, I created an embellished jacket.Fabric 1 has a medium scale overall pattern. I used it for the collar, cuffs and pockets.Fabric 2 is a larger scale floral fabric that I used for the front yoke and side back panels. I also usedselected motifs from this fabric to make a floral spray on the back yoke.

Step 1, the collar.

I laid fabric 1 over the collar of the jacket while it was laid flat, and cut a piece that was a little largerall round. I allowed reasonably generous seam allowances, probably about ¾ inch or 2cm.I anchored the fabric to the collar along the middle.I folded the seam allowance in along the neck edge of the collar and pinned it in place, thentopstitched it near the edge.

I made sure the fabric would be wide enough to cover the collar when folded (i.e. I took the ‘fold of the cloth’ into account) then turned in the seam allowances on the outer edges, and pinned them inplace.The result looked like this.

The front yoke.

I laid the jacket over the corner of my worktable to allow one front yoke to lie flat, and laid fabric 2over it. I pinned the piece in place along the front edge with the fabric turned under at the edge of the button band, and roughly over the whole yoke. (I did the same for the 2nd yoke after completingthe first.)