I love the bomber jacket trend, and ever since I made my first one back in the fall, I knew I wanted to make more. This time, I drew up a pattern for the original women’s version and I decided to try one for men too!
The jacket is completely reversible, so you can essentially have 2 jackets in one, complete with pockets. The one I made in September gave off two very different styles, which I loved. For this one, I kept the inside pretty simple – just navy lining and solid black rib knit. The outside, however, was made with a gorgeous abstract brocade, the same navy lining for the sleeve, and one of Mood’s brand new rib knits featuring two dark navy stripes. All-in-all, it looks awesome.
If you’d like to try out the jacket for yourself, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE FREE PATTERN HERE:
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When laying out your pattern, it should be 6 pages across and 4 pages down. On the first page of the PDF, you’ll find a test square and a size chart.
Recommended fabrics: brocade, jacquard, satin, canvas, faux leather, heavy knits, wool, and medium-weight lining.
Fabrics & materials I used:
- 1 yard Black & Navy Blue Abstract Metallic Jacquard
- 2.5 yards Mood Indigo Viscose -Acetate Lining
- 1 yard White Water Jet Loom Interfacing
- 2 Rag & Bone Rib Knit with Navy Stripes
- 21″ Metal Separating Zipper
Pattern Pieces:
- 1: Front (Women’s)
- Cut 2 of Fabric, mirrored
- Cut 2 of Lining, mirrored
- 2: Sleeve (Women’s)
- Cut 4 of Lining (or 2 of lining, and 2 of outer fabric)
- Cut 2 of Interfacing
- 3: Pocket
- Cut 4 of Lining (or 8 of lining if making jacket reversible)
- 4: Rib Knit Collar
- Cut 1 of Rib Knit Trim
- 5: Back (Women’s)
- Cut 1 on fold of Fabric
- Cut 1 on fold of Lining
- 6: Front (Men’s)
- Cut 2 of Fabric, mirrored
- Cut 2 of Lining, mirrored
- 7: Sleeve (Men’s)
- Cut 4 of Lining (or 2 of lining, and 2 of outer fabric)
- Cut 2 of Interfacing
- 8: Rib Knit Collar
- Cut 1 of Rib Knit Trim
- 9: Back (Men’s)
- Cut 1 on fold of Fabric
- Cut 1 on fold of Lining
1. If making the women’s cut of this jacket, begin by sewing the darts on the front panels. This is the main difference between the two patterns.
2. Sew the pockets onto the bottom corners of the front and back panels, right sides together so they pull out like you see below. The longer side of the pocket pieces should run along the bottom of the jacket, not the sides.
3. Place the front and back panels right sides together, lining up the pockets from the bottom. Sew along the dotted line you see below, around the pocket and up the remainder of the side seam.
4. Pin and/or staystitch the pocket toward the front panel.
5. If using lining for your outer layer sleeves, reinforce them with interfacing before sewing them together.
6. Attach the front and back panels at the shoulders and attach the sleeves, right sides together.
7. Follow steps 1-6 for the lining, skipping the interfacing if desired.
8. Pin and sew the rib knit collar to the right sides of both, the lining and the outer layer like you see above and below.
(For your cuffs and waistband, the lengths can vary depending on how tight/stretchy you’d like them. For this one, the cuffs were 8″ and the waistband was a full 36″.)
9. The cuffs aren’t difficult to sew, however they are a bit difficult to explain. Begin by placing a cuff inside one of the sleeves, right sides together. Sew the cuff while stretching it, or gather the sleeve and use a zig-zag stitch to avoid losing any stretch.
10. Attach the cuff to the sleeve lining the same way; however, since the other end of it is now attached to the outer layer, it takes some interesting maneuvering like you can see below.
11. The waistband also attaches to the outer layer and lining. I recommend zig-zag stitching the inside of all the rib-knits to ensure that they stay folded perfectly in half and don’t move around, skewing your jacket. Gather the back panel to keep some stretch in the waistband.
12. Turn the jacket right-side out and sew in a reversible zipper to complete your new bomber!
What fabric combinations are you going to use for yours? I’d love to see some finished projects!
23 comments
Love the colours. Very nice! Thanks for the pattern
Can you indicate which pages to print for the men’s and women’s versions separately?
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This is so timely!
I have quite a fabric stash that I’ve been holding back for just bomber jackets!
This pattern and detailed instructions, coupled with the fact that I can now purchase dependable quality ribbing has me ecstatic!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
You’re very welcome, thank you for reading! Take pictures of your jacket when it’s done, we’d love to see it! 🙂
THANK YOU for making a bomber jacket that doesn’t have raglan sleeves (which look terrible on me and a lot of other “older” women!!
You’re welcome! I had been trying to find one with regular sleeves as well, and I just gave up and made this 🙂
whats up matt!!! miss all u guys sending holiday love
Hi. How do I download the instructions also?
How do download or print the instructions also? Thank you
Thanks for such a great pattern! I would love to make this up and could see it working in a plethora of fabric combinations. Maybe I missed it somewhere but could you please tell me what seam allowance you included in the pattern? Thanks!
Thank you, I’m so glad you like it! And I apologize, I think I forgot to mention – there’s a 1/2″ seam allowance included in the pattern. Happy sewing!
This makes me so happy!!!
Having trouble printing this to the correct size, what paper size do you recommend A4 or US letter
I recommend US letter, 8.5×11
Hello, This is amazing but can you please tell me what pages are for the women only. The pages dont have any corner numbers to find which go to what. So its kinda hard to put the patterns together. Printing 48 pages is bit much lol. look forward to hearing from you?
On this blog it states what needs to be cut out right under the materials needed. The numbers corresponding to the women and men are the numbers to cut out of the Pattern PDF . That’s why each pattern has a number on it 1-5 is for women . There are 9 sizes . Just count out the lines however Far needed. So a size 8 would be the blue line . You cut the blue outlines extra shape and add whatever inchseam allowance you please . I kept looking at the pattern to figure it out lol ! Hope that helped .
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I printed the pattern out, but the lines don’t actually line up. I’m having to overlap pages by quite a bit and there’s no indication of how they should overlap. This pattern really needs some kind of registration on it so people know how to line it up.
How do I get the pattern?
The link is in the third paragraph. 🙂
Would this be okay to make with cotton as well?
Yes, definitely! One of my favorite things about bomber jackets is that you can make them out of almost anything. If you’re going with a cotton, I’d do something like a sateen or twill, but you could definitely line it in a lighter voile or poplin.