Blog — Ilford Jacket

Paige recently made a really cute Cambria Duster vest and I almost copied her (I have that same fabric in a different color haha). I decided an Ilford Jacket vest hack would be really fun as well. Continue Reading to find out more!

Hi!  I’m Mallory, @queer.sewist on instagram.  I started sewing because I wanted to create bright, fun, quirky, queer clothes that fit me.  In this blog post I’ll be sharing with you how to create a reversible vest using the Ilford jacket pattern.  One of the sides of the vest has a Marty McFly-esque woven puffer texture, and I’ll walk through how to create that texture.  I am a very visual learner and this is my first blog post ever, so I hope everything I wrote makes sense and that it’s easy to follow.  I tried to include lots of pictures to help along the way.

Hey friends, My name is Brian Johnson (Instagram: @ambitious_bjohn) I'm a learning sewist and film photographer here in Sacramento,Ca. In this blog post I share how I created a patchwork Ilford Jacket from some larger pieces of scrap fabrics I had left over in my stash. 

Hey folks! I’m Nisan from @the.social.fabric on Instagram, where I share all my garment-making adventures. Today I’m super excited to share with you how I hacked the Ilford Jacket pattern to make myself a big, swooshy detective coat. Read on to get all the details about this project! Buckle up and get your snacks and drinks, it’s gonna be a long one.

Hello again! My name is Francisco Diaz, I am a designer and slow-fashion sewist living in Phoenix, Arizona. When I sew, my favorite thing to do is find a beautiful second-hand fabric and transform it into something new and unexpected. I love to thrift shop and hunt for fabrics with texture, bold color or funky prints. You can see more of my work at @ciscosews on Instagram! 

Hi I’m Samantha from www.instagram.com/purplesewingcloud , I'm very honoured that the Friday pattern company team have asked me to write a blog post on my quilted jacket and how I made it using the Ilford Jacket Pattern.

This is a guest post by Gurusurya of @makeeatsleeprepeat --- I’ve had my eye on the Ilford Jacket for a little while now so when Chelsea messaged me about sewing a feature for Friday Pattern Co. I was excited to finally give it a go!

During Aotearoa New Zealand’s autumn, I’d been hanging out in the Ilford Jacket hashtag an awful lot, imagining how useful it would be to have a new mid-weight jacket for winter.  One morning, I leaned across to show my husband, Justin, photos of the Ilford, saying, “I think I might make one of these for myse—” when he excitedly exclaimed, “Oh yeah!  I really like that!  I’d like one in navy, or maybe tan!”  What a cheeky chops!