Welt Pocket Jacket Tutorial

I hope you enjoyed my welt pocket tutorial and got some new ideas for pockets.

Welt pocket jacket tutorial.

How to sew a double welt pocket. This is the binding piping or the welt for your pocket opening. This tutorial is meant to accompany the instructions of the atenas jacket. For this tutorial it s 3 shorts back blue piece.

Patternmaking pockets trcutting weltpockets. Stitch the upper pocket k to the welt i along the stitching line. Sew the upper pocket. Cut out and fused interfaced welt yellow piece welt facing pink piece and pocket lining or bag brown floral piece.

I m using a pen as this is a sample but you will want to use chalk. For a single welt pocket you fold up only the bottom lip. Welt pocket on your denim jacket. Lay the upper pocket l on top of the lower pocket k with right sides together.

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. 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 prepared the basic welt pocket pattern for you to exercise. In this tutorial i m going to show you how i made them.

Align the top edge of the upper pocket with the raw edge of the welt i. Fold the welt fabric strip over the seam allowance to form the welt. The single fold should just touch the top of the welt window. The part of your garment where you want the welt pocket.

For double welt you fold the upper and lower lip. 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. On the inside of the jacket flip the lower pocket k up revealing the right side.