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Men's Safari Jacket
My belted safari jacket has four pleated flap pockets, a button front and a turn-down collar. Two inverted back pleats sit below the yoke; long two-piece sleeves finish with buttoned cuffs.
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Pattern details
Size and body measurements
- Size
- XL-XXL
- Height
- 172 cm
- Chest
- 118 cm
- Waist
- 120 cm
- Hips
- 128 cm
- Back length
- 68 cm
- Sleeve length
- 60 cm
- Finished belt
- 145 × 4.25 cm
Add seam allowances. Allowances are already included for the cuffs, collar and hem.
The four patch pockets have rounded lower edges, central inverted pleats and buttoned flaps. The lower pockets are larger than the chest pockets.
Separate front and back yokes join the shaped body panels. The two back pleats run from the yoke to just above the belt loops, with panel seams continuing below the belt to the hem.
The long set-in sleeves have upper and under-sleeve pieces. A separate collar stand supports the turn-down collar, and the buckled waist belt passes through belt loops.
The sheet contains 18 numbered pattern pieces, with grainlines, fold marks and a 10 × 10 cm control square.
Main pattern pieces
- 1. Front central part
- Cut 2
- 2. Placket
- Cut 2 · 65 × 3.75 cm
- 3. Front facing
- Cut 2
- 4. Chest pocket
- Cut 2
- 5. Chest pocket flap
- Cut 4 for 2 finished flaps
- 6. Lower front pocket
- Cut 2
- 7. Lower pocket flap
- Cut 4 for 2 finished flaps
- 8. Front yoke
- Cut 2
- 9. Side front part
- Cut 2
- 10. Back yoke
- Cut 1 on fold
- 11. Back central part
- Cut 1 on fold
- 12. Back side part
- Cut 2
- 13. Upper sleeve
- Cut 2
- 14. Under sleeve
- Cut 2
- 15. Cuff
- Cut 2 · 28.5 × 9 cm marked
- 16. Collar
- Cut 2 on fold
- 17. Collar stand
- Cut 2 on fold
- 18. Belt
- Cut 2 on fold
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My version
I love this safari jacket pattern. It has a way of making all sorts of figures look good, even with a full waist.
I made the first version in sturdy fabric, with a slightly sporty feel, and it became a travelling jacket. Now I’m making it again in very light silk for everyday walks in our hot climate.
The inverted back pleats
Most of the jacket is straightforward to sew. The tricky part is the pair of inverted pleats below the back yoke, so that’s what I’m showing here.
I tried several ways of sewing these pleats before settling on this one. I don’t make them every day, so these steps are a useful reminder for me, too.