SEW-ALONG SIMPLICITY 8962: MEN'S SUIT JACKET
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
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Today we are excited to share our latest Simplicity Men's pattern 8962. This is a casual suit jacket with great details that will give you the pop of style need for any occasion.
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I loved this vid. This is my very first time sewing ANYTHING, gave it a try. The jacket look like Frankenstein, but guess what , It's mine and I love it. Will do much better next time!!
I think it’d be cool to try!
@@treeroofgrass It was fun
@@damiencheeks6632 Good for you! This isn't an easy project to tackle, especially for a beginning. I'm very impressed!
@@dixielongate4748 Thank you!! Im going in for a second go at it really soon!
Damien Cheeks keep at it. Each time you make something you get better and better! Can’t wait to see the results
So grateful to you for this lesson. I’m not ready for this level of sewing. I just made my son a shirt but I really want to work up to this. I watched it twice. I really appreciate your detailed lesson.
Dolores Burrell awesome!!
@Dren Baruti I am very interested in your method of how a suit is to be made. Would you happen to have a tutorial on this matter?
@Dren Baruti I too am interested, is there another method that is better?
@Dren Baruti where’s YOUR video? Reference? Link?
I'm at aw. Didn't knew that there were tailors kind enough to SHOW you how to do things. you just made me save hundreds of euros
Yes, that! Thank you! Rare ppl have the patience or time or heart these days to really teach u. 💖
Can't thank you enough for disclosing this immeasurably precious information to us. I've been looking for a clear jacket making guide for a long time, but haven't been successful at all until I find this tutorial. This video was uploaded July last year, don't know why I couldn't find it before now. Great job man! This is the most complete and helpful tutorial on making suit jackets you could ever find online for free.
This video has been up for awhile so I don't know if or when you'll see this comment! You have incredible talent as a teacher and an artist! This is a great video! Fantastic work! Thank you!
Hi Norris, I’m making two jackets for my Pastor. This video is very helpful. I don’t usually make men garments. But I’ve learned a lot. Keep designing more patterns for men. Love what you do.
No one make it clear and very detailed like you do
I can tell you to share your skill like that step by step wow
You are the best
God bless
Thank you Norris, this is my first time sewing a jacket, I was having difficulties finding a video for instructions and I came across this video. It's very helpful and easy to follow. I have now completed my double breasted blazer.. 😁. Thank you.
Excellent video. This video is very well made and mentions all the problems and solutions you will come in contact with, in making a Men's suit jacket. I now feel like I can make a Men's Suit jacket with your video as a back up if I run into a problem. Thanks so much.
Ethel Warren thanks for watching and please tag me when you made your first jacket.
Thank you for posting this!
I can't stress how immensely helpful your video is. I keep coming back to it every once in a while when I can't figure out how to do something.
I don't think I would have gotten so far along in my project if it wasn't for your video!
I love that this video is connected to the pattern. I love his teaching!!!!!
Thank you soooo much! I just finished a suit for a guy that took me about 2 months longer than it should have mainly because I couldn't find instructions, video or written, for a man's lined suit. I had taken apart a different suit to create a basic pattern but my seam ripper got more use than my sewing machine because, although the pieces were cut right, I couldn't figure out what order to put things together because lining man's suit is much different than lining a woman's formal. It's not just duplicate a shirt and sew them inside out 🤣 I took apart another suit and bought a boy's pattern, thinking it was lined but, of course it's not. So, I searched for a man's lined suit pattern and, finally, found this video!!!!! Now I can practice on the little one and then make my man the custom talored suit I want to 😁😁😁😁
I sewed along with you. You’re a true gift and I thank you.
I like how the jacket turns brown at the end.
HoldShiftt2Run tuh. Lol…the finished jacket is on my blog & photographed in the Simplicity Catalog.
Cole?....... YOU STUPID..... lol
Oh my goodness. I really learned a lot from this tutorial! Thank you for taking the time to show us how to do this!
This was an amazing tutorial and so detailed, thank you for posting this! I was able to make a suit jacket for my wedding because of this video!
Thank you for uploading this video. It is easy to follow and I appreciate how you take the time to let me do something, then get back to the video and continue. Your voice is easy to listen to, which makes following directions easy, too. Also, I had never known how to get my corners right or the inside pockets to look as clean as you have shown here in the video. Thanks!
Sir, thank you so much for doing these videos. I've always been interested in tailoring, mens suits. I think it's because as a 80s kid, I lived miami vice and as a little girl I loved seeing don johnson and Philip michael thomas in those suits! We women (most of us do) love a man that's put together.
This video was my sanity saver. So much better than written instructions on their own. Just completed my first jacket and already making a second for my son who finds it difficult to find well fitting jackets. I was able to customise it to his specific measurements. Loved the video and would definitely recommend it. 😊
Thank you so much for this! I planned on sewing this eventually for my fiancé but I thought it would be too difficult to sew without help. Seeing you do this makes it all so much clearer!
Great!!
Glad to know I'm not the only one making my fiancé's jacket 😅
Whilst learning to tailor at 14-15 years old the sleeve was the thing that stopped me doing jackets and stuck to making jeans. I'm procrastinating at 42 years old to get back and ticking this off my bucket list having not touched a sewing machine in about 25 years. Your tutorial was brilliant definitely deserves a follow
These are great, I'm glad I was able to pick up your patterns today. Can't wait to start making my own suits.
I love suits and I really wanna learn to sew my own suits/clothing. This video is great and you did a super good job!
Mr. Ford, thank you so much for designing and sewing this men's jacket! 💜 This tutorial video is so well done and professional, even with the many pattern pieces you make it easy to follow along by explaining each step of the way, starting with the cutting out of materials needed.
I have made a few men's suits and suit for my sons over the past 30 some years, and I must say that your tutorial is spot on! Thanx again! 😊👍👍👍
🙌🏿 so I'm making my brother a jacket for prom. I patterned the jacket and everything. I just needed to know how to sew the collar to the jacket for a basic muslin. I was so confused but then I was like ...Norris probably has a tutorial and boom thank you!
Hello Norris. This is one well executed video for a first timer on my making a jacket such as myself. You were so very clear about every detail in this process. My son is Class of 2024 and my hope is to make his prom suit. After seeing your video, I have no worries that I am going to complete his suit with no problems. I’ll start making him practice jackets this year just to get making it. Thank you so much sir!!
I really need a visual most times and you have come through for me once again. Loved the denim jacket tutorial (made 2 for my sons). Will be searching for this pattern tomorrow. Can't wait to make this. thank you so much. UPDATE: made this in twill to really see if I could actually make it without wasting a ton of money on fine wool. It turned out really nice even in black twill. Rewatched the video cause I'm getting ready to cut out 2 and sew these up for my sons in navy linen. I bought and made your slacks pattern as well. I guess thanks to you I'm one step closer to suit making. Your sew alongs are greatly appreciated and we'll loved.
When I saw it was an hour long video I didn’t want to watch it. But then I just couldn’t stop. It is very well explained and executed. Thanks!❤
I absolutely loved this video. Your voice is calming and your explanations are on point. Thank you. You have inspired me to sew my first pair of pant.
i’m new to sewing the only way i learn well and fast is by jumping head first so i bought some nice fabric and found this tutorial and now i’m ready to go wish me luck for my first project 😅
This is brilliant. Thank you so much for making this video. I'm going to be making a tailored coat for a local amateur theatre, and although I know how to sew I have never made a men's jacket or coat. Having watched your demo with your clear & concise instructions I now feel confident to get started. Thanks again!
such an excellent video with great instruction. You have a very calm and clear voice! Thank you so much for the tutorial
First best sewing tutorial video ever. Thank you so much I'm about to make one. Hope to nail it.
This is hands down the best walk through I've found for putting a garment together. I've made shirts, pants, coats and tons of other items but now I know I didn't necessarily do a few things correctly. It worked.. thank you for taking the time to explain everything so well.
This is amazing that it was helpful! I appreciate you giving feedback and hope you continue to check back for new content.
Thanks so much for this, you're helping out more than you know!! You're a blessing brotha!
Instructions are amazingly detailed. Thank you for sharing valuable information!
thank you so much!! i was struggling to figure out how a collar gets attached to a lapel on a suit jacket and no other video could explain it to me. this was brilliant!! cheers
I was getting flummoxed at the pattern instructions for the vent and you made it all make sense, thank you
Bravo my brother !!!!
Beautiful work, explanation and extremely neat finishing ,
Excellent. I’m in England. So just ordering the pattern from the USA now. So have to wait to do it. Thank You 🎃.
Herr Mondlicht I can’t wait to see what you do with the pattern!! Please tag
How can I purchase the pattern? Thank you
@@gatodelosgatos Ebay has them
First time doing welt pockets and first time doing this kind of sleeve... Thank you SO much for making this video as easy to follow along as you did. Couple things I did differently based off my own experience and requirements but it was such an easy to follow tutorial. I don't know what kind of wizardy you pulled with that sleeve... I didn't understand what was happening but I tried to copy the hand movements and ended up with a perfectly finished sleeve. THANK YOU!!!!
I am trying to follow the instructions on how to make this jacket. I am at the sleeve portion (52:43) and to say I'm frustrated is an understatement. "This" and "that" are not technical terms and follow ex. grab this, take that and fold it there. It's not instructional. I would have loved to see the other side of the garment in areas where the fabric was not a straight fit and explanations for the variances (sleeve again, the split and zig zag stitch on the side front, etc.) The view is one sided, meaning there are places in the video, the sleeve hem, where showing the other side of the fabric is helpful to those of us that have not made this pattern before. My hem did not come together the way its shown in this video because my fabric puckered based on the instructions. There are other mishaps from video to reality (attaching the sleeve corner to the lining after completing the sleeve hem is another) but for those that have been sewing a while, we can certainly make it work. I have been sewing for over 10 years and while I am up for a challenge, I am so disappointed to get this far and are still having trouble. I've come too far to give up so I will improvise but please consider a reshoot of this Sew Along. In the meantime, I will keep watching the video so I can better understand attaching the sleeve lining to the fabric and finish the jacket.
Agreed. I'm not good enough to improvise...
i Just purchased the pattern today. This will be my next project - probably some time in Summer this year. I've sewn other garments (button shirts, shorts, pants, jeans), but I've never sewn a suit/blazer. Wish me luck. Oh, and thanks a million for this sew-along - it will be extremelly helpful.
Just bought the pattern because of this video! Thank you!
Very nice . . . .I'm so impressed with your skills . . . .your Hoodie youtube was good . . .but the "Suit" was something to behold . . . I'm learning a lot from you and I hope you continue to make videos . . . .Job well done, sir!!!!!
wow the quality of the course is amazing! I was looking for a good tutorial for days. My quest is over! Thanks a lot. Then I will check that sewing academy.
Amazing tutorial, this is my first time making a blazer using this pattern and this video is extremely helpful. :)
You are so amazing at matching patterns
Delecia Tatum thank you very much!
You are amazing great easy to follow instructions glad I came across this video thank you!!!
You are doing a great job. Your suit is perfect and your technique is great. I am sewing a velvet style of blazer and is so difficult to do so. To undue is hard and I have made all possible errors. In a NOT to do list, I done them all. To watch your work is helpful. Thanks.
I love your instructions it is clear and understanding I am going to try to make a suit for my husband
9:24 after the dart is sewn, the raw edge is aligned, which only happens if the dart was sewn to the correct size. This dart matches the contours of the waist. If the edge doesn’t match, it will look more straight up and down, or boxy like a t-shirt, and will drape differently with that extra fabric making folds at the hips when buttoned up and you bend at the waist.
Wow thank you so much for this tutorial!!! Also your rings are dope!
You should model the clothes after you finish them.
You are so amazing!!! Made life much better!! Happy sewing!!❤😁😍
I bought this exact pattern today and was about to get started when I found this video. Weird coincidence but very nice that I can follow along.
Well say!!!! You did that! I am so happy about this tutorial. I can't wait to get the new pattern and to sew it up. Thank you very, very much for your efforts!
I’m so excited for you! The pattern is a really good one, so please tag me when your make it!
8:11 notice how he pins this up: pins enter and pierce the stitch line and he checks the back for where the needle exits. This keeps the dart geometry aligned and stable at the machine. Sewing fabrics together usually has a raw edge to align, maybe notches. The lower fabric is in a blind spot at the machine, completely covered with no way to see it once the needle and thread are in use.
Fantastic video. Bought pattern due to this awesome video. I would never be able to complete with just the paper instructions.....
15:03 this is an optional step to add bulk and stability at the upper chest. It makes this area a bit more stiff, warmer, makes the lower fabric drape differently, and adds weight which makes it more satisfying to wear. If your belly protrudes a bit or your chest is small, this can make the jacket and you look more normal.
15:21 the buildout follows the roll line, which makes that roll over a bit larger of a radius, and makes it a consistent line without creasing when not buttoned. This is important because most blazers are worn unbuttoned, and the consistent roll line and structure makes it wear with nice symmetry, which makes the wearer appear to be more clean and organized.
Hello, in my pattern I noticed that pieces 10 and 11 aren't aligning like the video (19:20). When I line up 11's CF with the top/end of 10 there is a 1 inch gap between the ends of the pattern. In your video they appear to align evenly. I can't move on to sewing 10 and 11 to the neckline because the lining up is not working, there is too much neckline now for the bodice. It is not going around evenly. Any resolve?
I'm having trouble getting the side back lining pieces to match the back lining and front side lining. I clipped the longer less curvy piece, and put it against the feed dogs but there is too much fabric? What's the best way to trim it down to match better?
Is there part two?
Love it, I’m going to try and make a vest for my hubby, the interfacing is that like underlaying
I follow u and mimig all the time and have made most if your guys patterns on video. Cant wait for more of yr coming easy to sew videos.
This is very detailed and clear to understand, honestly this has taught me so much just my watching you, I already subscribed... you pay attention even to the smallest details... absolutely educating...🙏
This tutorial is so helpful! I'm currently following along on a mock-up before I move on to the final fabric, and I have a question at 9:30 : When you're lining up that gap to stitch it shut, on my mockup, the length doesn't line up perfectly after I sewed the dart the way yours does. There's excess length on bottom part of the piece. Does that make sense? How do I remedy that?
If it doesn’t line up, the dart is probably not right. Take a ruler to the pattern between the two dots and compare to the fabric dots. When copying patterns and transferring to fabric, it is common to lose accuracy. There should be a reason to ease that part. Good thing is you don’t have to remove the stitches unless it is the wrong length. You can just fold it over again, make sure you pin ON THE LINE, BOTH SIDES. Put the pin through the line straight in on one side and turn it over to see where the pin came through, adjust the fabric fold until the pin comes through the line on the backside, and then lay the pin flat along the line and push through the line on the backside to come through the line on the front side again. Do that all the way up the dart. Then all you have to do is see right on the line.
Wow. Ok this was inspirational. One day when I grow up i can make this
I think your video are one of the best!!!! Thank you so much
I like how u do it differently as my grandfather does
(He's a tailor and still works)
Thank You! I have been stressing over making one of the jacket patterns I have.
Lamar Latrell I know it can be very stressful to start just a detailed garment with high level techniques, but this video is great and will get you through it all.
I'm not very familiar with using patterns for sewing clothes (I usually just use measurements and make a mockup, and then pick it apart and use that as my pattern, because I have too weird measurements to make already made patterns work for me, and of course I do my own scribbles and notes of how to sew where on that "pattern" but it's nothing like how professionals do it) so at first I was a bit confused, but once you got to the sewing part of the video things started making sense to me and I learned a lot of of neat techniques. I'm actually looking to make a waistcoat though, but with lapels which is the challenging part for me, so I only watched up until you got to the sleeves.
Yes I know waistcoats would have only lining fabric at the back, far less or no interfacing, no vent at the back, etc... but all those details aside, I feel like there are a lot of similarities that I could learn from! Also I may want to make a jacket or coat at some point in the future, I'm still just kinda building up to that.
I wouldn't say I'm a beginner at sewing clothes, but I'm mostly self taught, which comes with the drawback of being very out of the loop on how things are supposed to be done professionally. I'm far more skilled with altering already made clothing to fit me better, even suits originally 3-4 sizes too big for me, without it looking weird or bad, including more complex alterations like changing peak lapels to notched, and making the shoulders smaller on jackets. I taught myself how to do completely hidden seams by hand that have been very useful. So I feel a bit more like a beginner trying to tag along in (to me) very strange terminology, than I actually am.
Can u explain how u do the shoulder build out??
Fabulous tutorial! Thank you. I look forward to sew this pattern.
Love the Tutorial , finally decided to give it a go. But since i'm a beginner i'm rather confused about the seam allowences
5/8” unless otherwise stated
Thinking about sewing a seersucker jacket. I'm a pretty good tailor.
9:22 @Norris Danta Ford - But what function does the slit have? Is there any structural reason for cutting it and then sewing it back up?
As a cutter by trade I always called the pieces cut as a pair of 2. Top Sleeve, under sleeve, front, back other parts as a pair. All patterns are cut from fabric on the double. (double blocked fabric suiting) Sleeve interfacing must be cut as a pair due to having a left and right part for each sleeve.
Amazing tutorial!!! What type of interfacing should we use to construct the jacket? Do you have any store recommendations? Also to purchase suit fabrics? Thanks so much!!
14:06 I had a hard time edge-stitching through the seam allowance. Couldn’t ensure the stitch line hit the same way. I think I will come in just past the seam allowance to make kind of a small ridge of the bulk. Just need to make sure I trimmed it down cleanly and in a way that compliments the stitch.
This is a great video, thank you. Just quickly what material did you use for the front interfacing? The instructions say use fusible but it appears to be sew on in the video.
Great instructional video clean and concise thanks
Hey Norris love the video, what type of interfacing did you use?
Thanks, this is the second time I watched your video. I am trying to know order in two steps. Shoulder back and front goes first to the lining on the front piece? I am not sure what it will be the best order to follow. First shoulders and second lining to the front? or First goes lining on the front and later front and back shoulders?
Good work
Brother. Go on your nice job.
Hello Norris, I just watch your TUTORIAL , I love a good TUTORIAL, And you made it easey for, I will be following you,thanks for the lapel, beautifully done👍👍👍👍👍
Georgette Sledge thanks for watching and I hope you continue to follow my work!
I want to do this for me..woman..I have ALWAYS loved the inside pocket of men's blazers. What would I need to do to make this for me?
Very good video and thanks you so much for sharing.
After crying for 10 minutes realizing I messed up bad a rewatched your video and found my way back on track! THANK YOU
Sua explicação é maravilhosa . Amazing...
your tutorials are the best
Pattern shows up this week. I hope to make some hip cool jackets (NO STUFFY BESPOKE SUIT JACKET) fast tailoring and ready to wear industrial sewing techniques, i hope i get the right interfacing.
you did an amazing job with the video!... I'm gonna make a jacket (Plaid with Black Satin Lapel!... Thank You Very Much!
Yay i have this pattern and i hope i can learn from this tutorial how to put it together
OMG you're the best. My lecturer won't teach me because I chose garment designing instead of garment construction in my third year at the University. Thank you 💘
What type of interface are you using?great teaching!
Nice sew along, I would have loved to see you totally bag the lining. Is this easy to modify the pattern for welt pockets on the fronts instead of patch pockets?
cohill thanks for watching and i do appreciate the feedback. And yes you can modify the pattern for welt pockets in the front. Just take any double welt pocket pieces and replace the patch pockets.
@@NorrisDantaFord Do you have an instructions on how to bag the lining for the jacket? I'm going to purchase this pattern and give the jacket a go. Another question, the hair canvas, is it fusible or sew in?
Do you have an instructions on how to bag the lining for the jacket? I'm going to purchase this pattern and give the jacket a go. Another question, the hair canvas, is it fusible or sew in?
Why can I never seem to get the bottom correct? I've tried doing this pattern 20 times and every single time the bottom fabric and lining has different lengths. What am I doing wrong? It's so frustrating. The same thing happened with a coat i tried to make. Everything is so perfectly clean and beautiful on the top and then the bottom ends up bunching up and looking awful and stretches the fabric in the shoulders
I love the casual pocket style. I don’t like the formal flap top pockets so much.
This video is amazing!