This pattern is available to active Cashmerette Club members only. This is the PDF pattern for September 2023.
Sew a vintage-style topper with the Catskills Jacket! The bias-cut Catskills is inspired by the groundbreaking creations of fashion designer Claire McCardell in the late 1940s. Featuring French darts and grown-on sleeves, the Catskills is unlined and cut on the bias for a deliciously drapey layering piece that was revolutionary in its day.
Choose between full length, bracelet length, or short elasticated sleeves and close it off with your choice of 5 buttons with thread loops or 8 hooks and eyes. Dress up your Catskills in a special silk or dress it down in a casual cotton for a timeless look that never goes out of style.
The Catskills Jacket is a Cashmerette Club x Julie Eilber collaboration.
This Cashmerette pattern includes:
- Cup sizes from C to H
- A which will tell you exactly which size to make
- A that you can watch anytime
- A beautifully illustrated and detailed instruction booklet, to guide you no matter your sewing level
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SEWING LEVEL
Advanced beginner
SIZING
0-16 and 12-32; includes 33-62” bust and 35-62" hip. Find your size in seconds using our .
Separate files for both size ranges are included.
RECOMMENDED FABRIC
Main fabric, View A & B: Medium weight wovens or stable knits with a good drape, such as wool suiting, boiled wool or wool jersey.
Main fabric, View C: Light- to mid-weight plain-weave cottons, linens, chambray, light soft denim, or even wool jersey/stable sweater knits.
Note: Avoid stretch woven fabrics as these keep the bias cut from draping properly.
Interfacing: Light- to mid-weight fusible weft interfacing.
NOTIONS
Universal or microtex needle, thread, 2 yards (1.8 m) of ½” wide fusible stay tape.
View A & B: 5 buttons ½” (12 mm) diameter, topstitching thread for the thread loops.
View C: 8 medium hooks and eyes, one yard of 3/8” wide elastic.
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PDF pattern information
New to PDF sewing patterns?
The PDF comes in two size ranges, 0-16 and 12-32. Files are delivered as a .zip file which can be downloaded on a computer, but not on a mobile device. For more on PDFs, see the .
Instructions: 29 pages
Pattern pieces, sizes 0-16
- Print-at-home files: 40 pages
- Copy shop (A0): 3 pages
Pattern pieces, sizes 12-32
- Print-at-home files: 55 pages
- Copy shop (A0): 4 pages
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Model details
Julie is wearing View B (stripes) and View C (plaid) in a size 12 E/F graded to a 16 waist. Her measurements are 38" high bust, 41" full bust, 37" waist, and 45.5" hips, and she is 5' 5".
Jenny is wearing View A (purple) in a size 18 E/F. Her measurements are 43" high bust, 47" full bust, 39" waist, and 44" hips, and she is 5' 6".
