Ready to Sew Julien Chore Jacket

This is the first jacket I've ever attempted and it was very straightforward. I made the cuffs solid rather than with a button and lined it too. Hope to add a photo shortly.

This was a trial using a cheap fabric but it came together very well. It's a brilliant cut, very flattering and fits me perfectly.

The instructions were, on the whole, comprehensive though I struggled with the collar and had to use bias binding to enclose the collar seam.  I learned a lot in the process and look forward to making another one soon. Overall I'd give it 9.95 put of 10

I loved using this jacket pattern - very straightforward and perfect for a first timer.  I also really enjoyed using denim for the first time and it worked really well with the design.  And it's the first revue I have ever written - so I expect much teasing from my neices!

I plan to use this pattern next with a double gauze fabric (Merchant and Mills) which has contrasting right and wrong sides.  There's no stopping me now...

The Julien chore jacket is the perfect basic jacket. The instructions are very well written, easy to follow with useful drawings. There is a lot of ways to make this jacket a little extra and so unique. I used jeans buttons to make the jacket looked a little more sturdy. I used heavyweight corduroy. If you want to watch my full review, you can watch it here :https://youtu.be/fz-jFVDSE4k

I had been meaning to make this jacket since its release in Spring. I found the perfect cream cotton and linen blend cream canvas for a bargain £5 per metre back in May but then summer came and the temptation of sewing all the beautiful bright linens in my stash was too great.
I finally got around to making a wearable toile this weekend. The style is boxy and functional and I felt there was more ease in the finished garment than I was expecting. I combined the cream canvas with ochre top thread and used scraps of ochre cotton lawn for bias binding to bind the seams. Construction was very straightforward though I was momentarily puzzled by the instructions for the back pleat. Ready to Sew have excellent instructions, far more detailed than other French patterns I have made previously. I thought the method of adding the cuffs was clever, though the cuffs were rather narrow in proportion to my buttons. Since my fabric was quite bulky I avoided the French seams and also turned the hem just once with the raw edge once again bias bound. Time taken overall to complete this jacket was about nine hours over two days, so less than suggested in the description.
With the first hints of Autumn this morning I was so glad to have this casual jacket to slip on with its roomy front pockets. I can’t imagine wearing it buttoned up but I do like the coconut shell buttons I’ve used as a contrast against the pale fabric. If I made another version I would size down.