hey everyone this is withwendy
and today im gonna show you how I made a varsity jacket
this jacket is something I made last year
near the end of the year
it was a lot of footage to sift through
but I hope you guys are able to make a varsity jacket for yourself
or a letterman jacket whatever you call it
i modelled mine after a varsity jacket made by Opening Ceremony
it was worn by Rihanna, Jessica Alba
it came up a lot when i was searching up different inspiration ideas
for varsity jackets
so there's the whole premise is that the body is gray
one sleeve is black leather, one sleeve is white leather
obviously the color scheme and everything is totally up to you
if you ever want to see these instructions that i give out in a written out form,
on my blog i always put some drawings, and some written out steps
just to help guide you along
I'll also put a couple of hints on how to make this an easier tutorial
because i know a jacket from scratch for a beginner is not the easiest
but sometimes you just have to go for it
and you learn a lot by just trying new things
so don't shy away from trying out a new project
stick around after the tutorial if you want to help answer a couple of questions that i have
otherwise, we will get right into it so you can see how i made this jacket
*upbeat music*
trace out the back piece of the jacket by using
one of your dress shirts
for the two front pieces give a little extra length
on the edge with the snaps and repeat for the lining
with the right sides facing each other, sew them together along the shoulders
the sleeves can also be traced from the dress shirt
i made one with black leather and one with white leather
with the right sides together, pin the center of the sleeve to the shoulder seam
and sew that together along the arm hole
you can then sew the sides together starting from the armpit
and you can sew the sleeve shut starting from the armpit as well
the lining also has to be sealed off on the sides
fold a strip of ribbed knit in half and measure enough to fit snugly around your wrist
sew that piece together into a tube
and the fold it in half to hide away the seam
make sure you make two of these, one for each wrist
take the remaining ribbed knit and sew it together along the top edge
on both ends, sew this to a rectangle cut from the gray wool
this is the bottom of the jacket so it should fit snugly around
your hips
pin this to the bottom of the jacket
and distribute the stretch evenly before sewing it together
sew the ribbed knit to the neckline
and bring that folded edge closer to the seam as you get to the front to get the right shape
the fur 'W' was just fur on black leather and then on white leather
and now we're going to make the pockets
fold two strips of leather in half and sew
that to the lining rectangle as shown
bring the two folded edges of the leather together
and then add little stiches on the side to hold
them in place
as well, sew down the side of the pocket to seal it off
draw a diagonal for where those pockets will go
and just make sure that it's narrower by two notches
I cut a straight line and then added a little 'V' on the both ends
along only the sides and the top edge of the pocet
tuck in the gray fabric and sew along the white leather
i used a seam ripper to tuck any small corners
as i sewed it down
here you'll see that i only sewed along the sides
on the top, i pulled those loose threads through to tie them into a knot
for the bottom edge, you have to flip that pocket
lining out of the way so that you're only sewing through the gray fabric
and the white leather
otherwise you're gonna seal your own pocket shut
for the cuffs, sew the raw edge of that ribbed knit to
the end of the sleeve
glue on the monogram and attach the snap fasteners
i folded all the raw edges inwards
and i attached the lining by hand
at the armhole, at the collar i only attached the lining
to the raw edges that are showing up on the inside of the jacket
so that way, nothing shows up on the outside
*music*
there you have it that's the tutorial on
the varsity jacket
a friend of mine who is a photographer took quite a couple
photos of me wearing this jacket recently
I've been putting them up on my Tumblr
so if you ever want to see photos of me wearing the things i have created
my Tumblr is full of that stuff
withwendy.tumblr.com is where you can find that
and as usual if you take any photos of this
or you try it
or you just wanna tag me in stuff
you can always find me on the internet under @withwendy
there's been a couple of people commenting and asking for me to do a room tour
hmm hmm hmm?
or 50 facts about me
if you want to see either of those let me know in the comments
and i can do that for you
that's really all i had for today
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i will see you next week when i have a brand new video for you
bye!
big challenging near the end of last year
and one of them was this really really big tulle skirt
that i made for an awards gala