Fall Leaf Jacket

 Hello Readers. I love fall and I was feeling the fall weather and I decided to make a jacket with a fall theme. I wanted fall colors and fall vibes. Let me show you what I put together. 

Feeling those fall vibes yet? 

I found these two fall place mats at a thrift store a few weeks ago. I loved the colors and I had this jacket idea. I could tell that the place mats were quilted cotton, so I knew I could sew through them. (I don't think this would work with plastic place mats.) The place mats were only $1 each so it was not a huge investment. 

 

I already had this denim jacket. I knew I wanted to do something on the back of the jacket. The place mats were mostly orange on one side and had a ore golden paisley pattern on the other side. I went with the orange side for this project but the other side would work too. 

 

I have had this leaf shaped dish (Similar size dish here.) for years but another object or stencil you can trace would work. Use whatever you like. My leaf dish fit in my place mat so I knew it would work for my plan.

 

I flipped the dish upside down so that I could trace it easier. I used a marker so it would show for this photo but you can use chalk or a pencil that will wash out later if you prefer. I just traced all the way around the leaf. 

 

I cut out the leaf shape from the place mat with sharp fabric shears that could cut through the thick quilted fabric easily. My place mats were really heavy weight and not easy to cut. I just took my time and cut around the leaf shape slowly. 

 

I pinned the leaf shape to my jacket with a lot of pins. (Similar here.) I needed it to be held in place as I sewed it to the denim. I placed my leaf on its side a bit. That way it looked a little like a falling leaf. 

 

I went to my sewing machine. I used matching pumpkin orange thread and I set my machine for a zigzag stitch. I wanted to sew all the way around the leaf. Using a zigzag stitch that went back and forth across the cut edge of the leaf to cover the edge with the stitching. 

 

I sewed around the leaf twice. I did that to make it secure and also to cover the edge better. You can see some of the white quilt batting showing around my leaf. When I sewed around the edge the second time, it hid that white at the edge better. I liked having a very heavily stitched border around the leaf. It doesn't have to be perfect, don't stress about it too much. This isn't the Mars Rover, it's just a fun jacket. 

 

Here is my finished jacket. The leaf is a fun pop of orange. I liked how it fit on the back of the jacket and the color was perfect for fall. 

 

Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself. Maybe you can make a fun jacket too.