Unisex Bomber Jacket Course ✄✄
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Learn to create a fully lined bomber jacket over 12 hours, a modern classic you’ll wear with pride!
Choose your vibe: go traditional with contrast sleeves, sleek and sharp in suiting fabrics, or glam it up with brocade or satin. With features like a full lining, cuffs, waistband, neckband, pockets, and an open-ended zip, this is the perfect project to tackle with an expert teacher by your side.
If you’re newer to sewing, stick to stable woven fabrics (nothing too silky or stretchy). Feeling adventurous? Try a satiny lining or tricky fabrics like brocade and jacquard. Find a reversible open-ended zip, and you can even make your jacket fully reversible!
Course Plan:
Workshop 1 - 3 hours
- Workshop overview
- Taking measurements
- Selecting the size to make
- Pattern lay-up and cutting out
- Fusing interfacing
- Starting jacket assembly
Workshop 2 - 3 hours
- Assembling jacket fronts, including pocket bags
- Stitching the jacket main and the jacket lining
- Assemble sleeves
Workshop 3 - 3 hours
- Set in sleeves
- Assemble hem band, collar & cuffs
- Attach the hem band
Workshop 4 - 3 hours
- Insert zip
- Attach collar and cuffs
- Closing the gap
You may need to do some homework to stay on track with this project.
We've filled a Pinterest board with bomber jacket ideas - click here.
We have all the tools you'll need. Each participant is setup with fabric shears, pinking shears, thread snips, unpicker, hand needles, tape measures, pins, tailor's chalks, hem guides, ironing/pressing tools, rulers, stationery... there is no need to lug around your whole sewing kit. We've taken care of it all.
Workshop skill levels explained – click here.
Details
You will learn
- How to construct a fully lined bomber jacket, including setting in sleeves, including pockets, and inserting an open-ended zip.
- How to work confidently with different fabrics, from stable cottons and suitings to more challenging satins and brocades, and also rib knits for cuffs, neckband and waist band..
- Essential garment finishing techniques: attaching ribbing, bagging out, and achieving a professional results.
You will get
- The satisfaction of making your own bomber jacket
- A copy of the pattern and full instructions to make many more
Appropriate for
✄✄ Intermediate Sewing Star: This sewing thing is really growing on you! You can follow a suggested layout and have now worked with a variety of woven fabrics, maybe even your first knits. You've stepped up to using patterns for simple garments like basic skirts, pants and tops. You've sewn a dart, inserted a basic zip and have finished edges with an overlocker.
Preparation
What to bring
- 1 metre of main fabric, and .6 metres of contrasting sleeve fabric
- 1.6 metres of lining fabric and .4 metres of firm ribbing, scuba or Ponte for cuffs etc
- Matching sewing machine thread and a 55cm open-ended reversible zip
What to wear
Casual
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Your Teacher
Thread Den
2417 reviewsLearn to sew, craft and create with Thread Den, located on Melbourne's vibrant Brunswick Street in Fitzroy. Since 2007, we've spent almost 20 years helping students start from the very beginning, level up their skills, and find their own unique style.
Coming to Thread Den feels like learning from a friend, a super nice, clever one, alongside a small group of fellow sewists. Everything you need is right there waiting for you: lovely big cutting tables, smooth-running Janomes with plenty of feet and accessories, inspiring resources, and friendly people to chat to along the way.
Your teachers bring years of experience, their own labels and businesses, and a genuine love of sharing their skills and craftsmanship with you.
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Cancellations & Refunds
If the organiser cancels the class:
You are entitled to a full refund.
If you can't attend the class:
You’re welcome to send someone in your place.
OR
- A refund can be requested 1 day before class starts. An admin fee of AU$35.00 applies.
- A transfer can be requested 4 days before the class starts. An admin fee of AU$10.00 applies.
- A credit note can be requested 4 days before the class starts. An admin fee of AU$10.00 applies.
No changes will be allowed after these times.
Terms & Conditions
Attendance & Preparation
Taking part in a workshop at Thread Den is fun, and we love teaching people our craft, but it''s your responsibility to clear your diary for the session(s) you''ve booked, especially if your course runs across multiple weeks. To finish your project, you''ll need to attend every session and arrive on time. Unfortunately, we can''t go back over material already covered, as it wouldn''t be fair to your fellow participants.
Please bear with us on this next point: our workshops and courses are usually booked out weeks in advance, so it isn''t always possible to simply move you into another session. If a suitable class is running and has space, we''ll try to offer you a discounted spot to help you catch up. If that''s not an option, you may need to book a private lesson to stay on track.
We also won''t chase you up to confirm you''re coming to class or that you have the right supplies. Most workshops require you to bring your own materials; we only offer a supplies kit at an additional cost for the Sewing Basics 3 Week Course. If you''re ever unsure what to bring, just email us at info@threadden.com and we''ll point you in the right direction.
We want you to love what you make just as much as we do, so please take our fabric recommendations seriously. Choosing a fabric suited to a more advanced skill level can make the experience frustrating rather than fun.
We do our best to answer common questions in each workshop description, but please don''t hesitate to email us with anything else. And we''d genuinely love to see the fabric you''re considering, we''re always happy to point you toward our favourite fabric and haberdashery suppliers.
Thanks for reading through the finer details, we appreciate it.
Our cancellation and refund policy is presented during the booking process.
Medical Events
Your safety and wellbeing are important to us. We reserve the right to make decisions necessary to protect the safety of all participants, this may include calling an ambulance on your behalf and at your expense.
Course Cancellations
- Classes are subject to sufficient enrolment (usually a minimum of 2 participants).
- We reserve the right to cancel any scheduled course.
This policy is also available on our website: threadden.com/about/bookings-and-cancellations-policy
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