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MEN’S SEWING PATTERN / PATRON DE COUTURE POUR HOMMES

XS/XXL
FABRICS
RECOMMENDED FABRICS:
Wool, tweed, corduroy, denim, gabardine, faux fur

FABRIC REQUIREMENTS:
Jacket: 3 1/16 yards by 60” wide of fabric
Trench coat: 4 yards by 60” wide of fabric

SUPPLIES
SIMPLE / SIMPLE Fabric
3 buttons of 3/4’’ diameter

MEASUREMENT CHART

SIZES (inches) XS S M L XL XXL

BUST 35 1/2 37 38 1/2 40 41 3/4 43 3/8

WAIST 30 3/4 32 1/4 33 7/8 35 1/2 37 38 1/2

HIP 36 1/4 37 3/4 39 3/8 41 42 1/2 44

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PREPARATION ADVICE

1 Wash and iron your fabric before cutting it. This is to avoid
shrinking or dyeing surprises.
When sewing, reinforce each seam with a back stitch at the beginning and
at the end.

For best result, after each seam, cut the thread really close and iron the
Choose your size according to the measurement chart. seam. Ironing all seams is the best advice we can give you to ensure a
Choose the size corresponding to the highest width. For

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neater finish.
example: If your waist and hip measurements are a size S,
and your bust a size M, then choose the size M. Find step by step visual instructions for most of our patterns on our journal
If your measurements fall between two sizes, choose the big- at iampatterns.fr
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Pin the pattern to the fabric as shown on the layout plan.
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1 Cutting the fabric

Cut the fabric following the cutting plan.
2 Preparation
(front & back)
PREPARATION OF THE FRONT
Underneath is the cutting plan for the jacket version. Keep the same layout Place the front top and the front bottom right sides together. Pin in place
but lengthen pieces 1, 3, 4 for the trench version. and sew at 3/8’’. Overlock and iron the seams downwards. Repeat for
Make notches as shown on the pattern. the other side.

60 inches
If the grain of your fabric
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has a directional pattern,
cut the length of the fabric
1 in half (55 inches).
Place both pieces of fabric
55 inches

right sides together. Make

sure the pattern of the fa-
bric is in the same direction.
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If your fabric doesn’t have a
directional pattern, you can PREPARATION OF THE BACK
3 fold it in half as shown on Overlock the center backs individually. Place both center backs right sides
the illustration. together. Pin in place and sew at 3/8’’. Press the seam open.
3 Sewing the front
and the back
Place the front and the back right sides together. Pin in place and sew at
4 Preparation of
the collar
Place both center backs of the collar
3/8’’. Clip the curves and overlock. right sides together. Pin in place and
sew at 3/8’’. Press the seam open.

Fold the collar in half, lengthways,

with the right sides inwards. Sew
both ends at 3/8’’.
Make sure you stop stitching 3/8’’
before the edge to leave the seam
allowance free. Turn right side out
and iron.

Sew the bottom hem: fold and iron

3/8’’ and then 1’’ 1/4 to prepare the
hem. Pin in place and topstitch all
around.

5 Sewing the collar

Place the collar and the neckline
6 Finishing
At the bottom of the sleeve, fold and iron 3/8’’ and then 1’’ 1/4 to prepare
right sides together matching the the hem. Pin in place and topstitch all around.
notches together. Pin in place
one collar stand and sew at 1/8’’. Sew the buttons matching up the buttonholes.
The other collar stand remain
free. Iron in order to place the
seam allowance inside the collar.

Iron the 3/8’’ seam allowance

of the free edge towards the
inside of the collar. Looking at
the wrong side of the garment,
align this folded edge with the
first seam. Pin in place. On the
right side of the garment, make
a topstitch at 2 mm along the
collar.
Make the buttonholes on the col-
lar as shown on the pattern.