The Cashmerette Glover Jeans Jacket

The Cashmerette Glover jeans jacket is a new pattern that is included in the Cashmerette Club. For those who may not know, Cashmerette is a pattern company that makes patterns for women with full busts that can be hard to fit. They have a wide range of patterns for women of all sizes.

The Pattern

The pattern is described as a classic jeans jacket with welt pockets, chest pockets and a high hip length. The sewing level is Intermediate.

Woman wearing the Cashmerette Glover jean jacket

Fabric and Changes I Made

This Glover is a size 14. I recommend checking the size chart and going with what best matches your measurements. Because I know how I wanted the jacket to fit, most attention was paid to the finished garment measurements as well as the actual body measurements. I don’t think the results would have been as good had I gone down to a size 12. One thing that I always pay attention to for jackets is will I be comfortable getting it off and on. When I considered that, I knew I wanted to go with the larger (14) size.

Front view of woman wearing Glover jean jacket

To really be sure of the fit, I did make sure to do a muslin before cutting into my fashion fabric.

woman wearing muslin of jeans jacket — *Trying on the Glover muslin*

The fabric I used is a black linen blend (medium weight) that I had in my fabric stash. There’s no stretch in the fabric.

As far as the fit and alterations, I didn’t make any changes for the fit. There’s a pocket tab that I didn’t include. Also, the jacket has side tabs that attach with buttons. Those weren’t included either.

Topstitching

As far as the topstitching is concerned, I use regular thread and not actual topstitching thread.
What I do, and this applies to when I make jeans or a jean jacket, is use the triple stitch on my sewing machine. If you have another machine, you can set that up with your topstitching thread. This will make things easier and faster since you won’t have to keep changing out the thread.

Conclusion

This is a terrific pattern for a classic jeans jacket. It’s not difficult to sew although you may find the welt pockets a bit challenging. The instructions are well written and can be understood easily. There is a sew along online that should give you step-by-step help as well.

Let me know if you have any questions or comments about my experience sewing this pattern!

*As a Cashmerette Club collaborator, I received a year of All Access membership in return for sewing up this pattern.

Sewing Lessons I Learned In 2024

There are many sewing lessons I learned in 2024. They all came from sewing a variety of garments and working with some materials I’ve never used before.

Lesson #1

When I started the year sewing a black turtleneck as part of my “Back To Basics” sewing series on YouTube, I realized that having those basics are really essential.

Having something that can go with so many other things can be the key to getting dressed quickly and confidently. It can also save you some money.

Lesson #2

I used a laminated fabric in order to make a raincoat. This is a project that had been put off for years. But here are some things I learned from this:

Use a nonstick foot on the sewing machine. This will make the process so much easier.
A new, nonstick needle can also make things go smoother.
Use clips rather than pins. You want to keep the pin holes in the fabric to a minimum.

These are just a few of the lessons I learned while working on this project.

Lesson #3

Another sewing lesson I learned in 2024 is that it can be a good idea to sew something trendy.

I made the Seamwork Iggy pants. These are barrel-leg jeans that are trendy and fun to wear. I chose this pattern because it didn’t have a very pronounced bow or barrel shape. That was important because I didn’t want to look bow-legged.

Lesson #4

It’s okay, and probably essential, to sew something FUN! Now, sewing something fun can take on it’s own definition depending on the sewist.

For me, one of my fun projects this past year was this color blocked dress using Simplicity 9886.

This one took some planning and I needed to use my artistic skills to sketch it out before cutting into my fabric.

Another fun project for me was making this yellow dress.

This one I did as a Minerva Brand Ambassador. I just love this yellow and the pattern was easy to sew.

Conclusion

I think it’s important to have some fun while you’re being creative. There are ways to challenge yourself and I do this as well. I worked with faux leather for the first time in 2024. Just like the laminated fabric, that was a challenge that had been put off for a while.

For this new year of 2025, I plan to keep on doing the same. I’ll challenge myself to improve and learn and I hope you will do the same.

Making A Jumpsuit With Simplicity 3011

I don’t make many jumpsuits, but I decided that making a jumpsuit with Simplicity 3011 would be the perfect challenge. Not only that, but after the first completion, I decided to “hack” the pattern into a two piece set!

The First Jumpsuit

The first jumpsuit was made as the pattern stated. There were some minor changes made to the pattern in order to try to get the fit right. My usual change for pants would be to raise the front crotch seam by about 1/2″, which is what was done here. But this pattern did offer some unique challenges.

woman wearing burgundy colored Simplicity 3011 jumpsuit

Originally the sleeves of this were very long and the cuffs made them even longer. I removed the cuffs, shortened the sleeves by about 2″, then reattached the cuffs. because I wanted the sleeve to have the blouson effect, I tightened the cuffs by increasing the seam allowance to 1-1/4″, basically doubling the standard 5/8″.

Back view of woman wearing Simplicity 3011

The only “problem” I had with this pattern (which really wasn’t much of a problem in the end) was putting the zipper in. Because I haven’t done many garments with zippers in knit fabrics, it would have been easier to add some additional interfacing along the opening.

The pants portion of the jumpsuit is lined with a knit tricot. This is a type of fabric that’s often used for lining lingerie. That lining gives the pants the coverage I wanted and the perfect amount of extra weight it needs.

Here are some ways that I styled this jumpsuit. All of these jackets are made by me.

The Second Jumpsuit

Since making a jumpsuit with Simplicity 3011 went so well once, I did it again. This time I made some modifications. My one piece became two pieces.

Woman wearing two-piece Simplicity 3011 jumpsuit

The zipper was shortened to about 12″. I then closed the rest of the seam that would have been a part of the zipper opening. Since jumpsuits are made in two pieces anyway, the actual separation was easy. I wanted the bottom (waist) of the top to have elastic to give it that look of a one piece.

Because the material was thicker, this two-piece was not lined. The fabric is a brushed two-tone sweater knit. It’s super soft and easy to sew. The top portion was lowered by 1-1/4″ while the waistline at the pants was raised 1-1/4″.

Front view of green 2 piece jumpsuit Simplicity 3011

Both of these were sewn primarily with the serger.

Let me know if you have any questions about this process. It was fairly easy and quick to do.

Here is the video I made about this project…