Today, on the shelves of children's stores, you can certainly find interesting and practical things for a child. Brand and not necessarily expensive and cheaper. But there are mothers who want to have unique things, so that such clothes could not be seen on any other child. There is only one way out - to sew it yourself.
You can make a pattern of a children's jacket for a boy or girl, and then sew an excellent new thing on your own in one evening. But only on condition that you have minimal sewing skills and have sewing equipment in your arsenal.
Consider the pattern of a children's jacket the simplest, but at the same time it can be decorated at your discretion. Add interesting details that will make it absolutely unique. Perhaps even you will be asked where you got such a wonderful copy.
Jacket for a boy
Patterns of a children's jacket for a boy or girl aged 1 year to 3 years are practically the same, you can only focus on individual details and the choice of fabric. For example, it can be embroidery, applique, decorative stitching, which is typical for both boys and girls.
For boys, you can use elements such as rockets, ships and motor ships, airplanes and helicopters, cars. You can apply sports elements: balls, clubs, sewing numbers. You can buy ready-made chevrons, thermal stickers, stitched embroideries in any sewing department. And if you are the owner of a sewing machine with embroidery functions, then this will greatly simplify your task.
You also need to consider the color of the fabric and its combinations. For boys, these colors are suitable: blue, blue, red, black, gray, different shades of brown.
Jacket for girls
A jacket for a little beauty can be decorated with images of fairies, butterflies, cats, beads, flowers, bees and ladybirds, hearts. Cute animals are also suitable - cats, foxes, birds, bunnies.
For girls, harmonious colors will be: pink, turquoise, beige. You can use neutral colors that are suitable for any gender: green, yellow, white.
Dimensions
Let's make a pattern of a children's jacket for an age of 1 year to 3 years. But the kids are all different, so before sewing, you need to take all the measurements from the child:
- Waist;
- neck volume;
- sleeve length with a bend at the elbow and without;
- chest volume;
- neck volume.
Write down and compare all sizes with the sizes indicated on the pattern of the children's jacket given in the article. This will help you navigate in the process of compiling it.
So, if you need a pattern of a children's jacket for a boy for 1 year, you can use the same pattern, just adjust the sizes: add or reduce, if necessary, the length of the sleeve or the length of the product, the width of the shelves and the back.
What you need for sewing
To build a pattern you will need:
- graph paper or tracing paper;
- pencil;
- ruler;
- tape measure.
For cut: scissors, chalk or dry soap, safety pins.
For future products:
- denim cut;
- threads
- lace fabric only on the hood;
- 2 buttons on pockets;
- zipper;
- and of course, good mood, because you sew for your beloved child!
The threads can be in the tone of the fabric, and vice versa, contrasting, they can make a decorative stitching on the pockets or hood.
This model is without lining, the inner seams are treated with an overlock seam.
This pattern of a children's jacket for a boy is also quite suitable, if you modify it a little. For example, remove the assembly on the yoke front and rear, make a straight back and shelves. And of course, remove the lace from the hood, it can be replaced with a checkered cotton fabric, then we will get a very decent jacket for a little boy.
And if there is a desire to insulate the jacket in cool weather, in this case a heater and lining fabric will be required. The insulation can be sewn immediately on the lining fabric, or buy everything separately. As a heater, a synthetic winterizer, holofiber, tinsulate or any other can be used.
We select material
You can buy ready-made fabric in the sewing departments or use the old unnecessary thing: give it, so to speak, a new life.
The material can be to your taste: cloak fabrics, taffeta, jeans, velveteen, fleece, even velvet or knitwear are also suitable.
How to sew
Consider the sewing sequence step by step, on the pattern of a children's jacket with a hood for 3 years. Step 1 - pattern:
- Make a pattern on millimeter or any other paper - you can use tracing paper, a table with the right sizes.
- If you are tripled the sizes shown in the photo, use a ruler to transfer the pattern to paper.
- The finished pattern must be cut without allowances.
The following details have turned out: a shelf - 2 symmetrical parts, a back - 1 part with a fold, a hood - 2 symmetrical parts, sleeves - 2 symmetrical parts. Pocket - 2 symmetrical parts, pocket valve - 4 parts (two symmetrical).
Step 2 - cut:
- Unfold the fabric on the wrong side.
- On the fabric in the direction of the shared thread, lay out the cut out patterns from paper, fix them on the fabric with pins.
- Circle the pattern with chalk.
- On each side, you need to add a seam allowance of 1.5 centimeters. Cut with allowances.
Step 3 - prepare the pockets:
- We connect pockets with lining fabric.
- We sew the valve, turn it out, iron it.
- We make a decorative stitch on top of the valve.
Step 4 - assembly:
- Combining, connect the shelves and the back to the yoke.
- Stitch shoulder seams.
- Iron everything.
- Combine the sleeves in the shoulder area.
- Then from the middle (that is, from the shoulder seam in one direction, and then from the shoulder seam in the other direction) to sew sleeves.
- Iron the seams.
- Then stitch the sleeve and sides with one seam.
Step 5 - preparing the hood:
- Stitch the details of the hood: two of denim and two of lace.
- Insert the lace hood in the denim, stitch it, turn it on the front side.
- From the middle of the neck along the back we sew the half of the hood in one direction.
- Sew the other half of the hood to the other side. This is done so that the hood is evenly sewn to the neck.
Step 6 - Lightning:
- We grind the lock - a zipper to both sides of the shelf.
- Be sure to match the edges so that it is exactly on the left and right parts of the shelf.
- We make a decorative stitching.
Step 7 - bend the bottom of the product, flash it. Sew buttons on the valves.
The jacket is ready! Such a pattern of a children's jacket for a girl of 3 years old can be made up and sewn quite quickly.
You can decorate it with additional elements at your discretion. Just do it in a timely manner - if it’s embroideries or chevrons on your pocket, then sew when preparing your pocket. If this is some kind of applique on the sleeve or back, then also, first sew or glue the applique, and then follow the steps.
Such a new and original little thing will decorate the wardrobe of a little fashionista or fashionista. Good luck