Welt Pocket Jacket Tutorial

I m using a pen as this is a sample but you will want to use chalk.

Welt pocket jacket tutorial.

How to sew a double welt pocket. You can access it by subscribing here. Stitch the upper pocket k to the welt i along the stitching line. Fold the welt fabric strip over the seam allowance to form the welt.

Patternmaking pockets trcutting weltpockets. Cut out and fused interfaced welt yellow piece welt facing pink piece and pocket lining or bag brown floral piece. For double welt you fold the upper and lower lip. Sew the upper pocket.

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. In this tutorial i m going to show you how i made them. Welt pocket on your denim jacket. The part of your garment where you want the welt pocket.

Align the top edge of the upper pocket with the raw edge of the welt i. Before i made these i looked at lots of blogs and googled and i decided the right way to make welt pockets was giving me a headache especially because the right way differed ever so slightly from tutorial to tutorial. Lay the upper pocket l on top of the lower pocket k with right sides together. For this tutorial it s 3 shorts back blue piece.

The single fold should just touch the top of the welt window. 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. On the inside of the jacket flip the lower pocket k up revealing the right side. 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.

I hope you enjoyed my welt pocket tutorial and got some new ideas for pockets. I prepared the basic welt pocket pattern for you to exercise. 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.