The Criollo jacket tutorial!

Hey HOOOO it's time for CRIOLLO's tutorial!

Video tutorials are a real support for less experienced sewers, and they are also an opportunity to learn new sewing techniques and finishes that one might not know.

This new tutorial for the Criollo jacket pattern was made with this idea in mind: to make this lovely sewing pattern accessible, so that those who are hesitant to sew jackets can take the plunge, and achieve perfect finishes even without lining and without an overlocker!

I show you how to bind your seams with bias tape, how to make French seams, how to assemble a simple tailored collar, the lovely patch pockets... this Criollo is a little gem! And with its useful and decorative belt loops, it's unlike any other.

Sewn here in a beautiful corduroy from Metermeter, it's perfect for chilly mornings over a light sweater.

Velvet is one of this winter's key fabrics, especially in bolder colors like this lovely blue, and the addition of my pretty Sézane jewel belt breaks the somewhat "rustic" side (which I also love, and I also like to wear it without a belt, like a worker's jacket). It's straight without being baggy, so not belting it doesn't alter its drape, and the pattern includes the piece for sewing a fabric belt.

The lovely buttons here are gold (bling bling always 😉) but horn or wood would also be nice. They come from the small haberdashery near the workshop, I don't have a link to give you, but you'll easily find an equivalent (they are 22 mm)

The Criollo pattern is available as a lovely paper pattern HERE and in PDF format HERE

Enjoy the video and happy sewing everyone!