New look 6028, a great basic pattern for a Chanelstyle jacket

New look 6028 is a sewingpattern published by New Look. New look sewing patterns are always easy to make, nice and modern. New Look 6028 also has a surprise in store for you: it is a great sewing pattern to use if you want to make something from all your fabric leftovers.

New Look 6028
The New Look sewing pattern is a pattern for a lined jacket with princess lines and one-piece sleeves. The jacket is suitable for the fabrics: lightweight demin, pique, seersucker, twill, lightweight wool, wool blends, jacquards, brocade, satin, linen and linen blends. You will have a lot of options if you want to choose your favorite fabric! The jacket is great for the summer as well as for the winter.

Sewing level: easy
The sewing pattern is suitable for the novice seamstress. We agree. The sewing pattern has no pitfalls or unpleasant surprises.

We used this sewing pattern for our project; what to do with remnants of fabric. We had a few fabric leftovers of lightweight wool and bouclé wool. The colors matched well and so we searched or a sewing pattern with princess lines, two-piece sleeves, an unlined jacket and especially a short jacket.

New Look 6028 came in a nice direction, although the jacket is lined and the sleeves consist of one part. With a little creativity, we managed to make the jacket, unlined, from the fabric remnants.

New Look 6028 is also very suitable for making one type of fabric with a nice lining. We especially like version A. It is a typical classic Chanel-style jacket, hangs open and is finished with beautiful fringes and edges.

Benefits:

• The pattern has princess seams. A princess seam runs the length of both breasts and gives a great shape to a jacket. The back also has princess seams, so you can shape the back nicely. The shape is therefore nice.
  
• Simple pattern, also suitable for beginners
  
• Nice basic pattern for being creative!
  
• Nice long sleeves (Model D) ideal for people with long arms.
  

Not such a great benefits:

• The neckline is very low (Model A, B and C). Chanel style jackets often have a higher neckline. (we have therefore adjusted this)
  
• The V-neck (Model C and D) looks a bit 'cheap'.
  
• The sleeves (Model D) are way too long for people with normal arm lengths.
  

Summarized:
New Look 6028 is a wonderful basic pattern. It is really a short jacket and looks especially great for summertime. The jacket can also be made in Bouclé fabrics. A closure at the front, instead of hanging open,  would fit better.

Should this be your very first experiment to make a jacket in 'Chanel style' ..? Then it will probably work!