Add A Quilt Piece to a Jacket

I had a piece of quilt with some shades of pink in it. I thought it would be a great combination if I put the jacket and the quilt together.

This magenta denim jacket had an oversized fit but any denim jacket you have would work for this project.

I put the jacket on my sewing table and cut the back panel out of the jacket. I used sharp scissors and cut close to the seams of the center panel. I did not cut or remove any of the seams. The seams gave me a "frame" to work with. The center back panel has thick seams on all 4 sides and they will be a guide for our project. I took out a rectangular piece of fabric and I am going to replace it with something else.

I used the piece I cut from the jacket as the "pattern" for the quilt piece. I cut the quilt piece 1/2 an inch larger on all 4 sides than the magenta piece. I will need that little extra for my new seams. The quilt was easy to work with but you could use a different fabric if you want. The cutting and sewing steps would be the same. If you use a knit or stretch fabric it can stretch as you work with it. A woven/non-stretch is easier to handle while sewing.

I used my serger to stitch around the edge of the quilt piece to keep it from fraying. You could also use a zigzag stitch around the edge as well. This will be inside the jacket and no one will see it, but I don't want the edges to fray over time.

I pinned the quilt piece to the jacket. The quilt piece is inside the jacket. I used a lot of pins so that the 2 pieces of fabric wouldn't shift around while I sew.

I used my sewing machine to attach the jacket to the quilt piece. I used a wide zigzag and matching thread to stitch and sewed right over the cut edge of the jacket. I did my sewing on the outside of the jacket. I stitched twice around the rectangular hole that I had cut out of the jacket. I wanted it to be sewn in really securely and I wanted to cover the cut edge of the jacket so it wouldn't fray later.

You can see the zigzag stitches on the inside of the jacket. It is sewn in place all around on all 4 sides. My fabric shifted a bit but because I had that 1/2 inch extra for the seams, it still turned out OK and looks great from the outside.

The quilt piece adds some fun to the jacket. I liked how it turned out. This quilt is modern from a store but if you have a damaged old quilt, you could use a small piece that isn't damaged. That would be a fun way to save a piece of a sentimental quilt you have.

You can grab an old denim jacket and add something fun and colorful to the back easily. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.