How to Sew a Hidden Pocket in a Jacket

If you're traveling, you'll want to be careful with important items, such as your travelers checks, cash and passport. The best way to make sure none of these things are stolen is to sew a hidden pocket or two into your jacket. Unless your entire jacket gets stolen, no pickpocket can get to your treasures.

Things You'll Need

• Jacket
• Fabric
• Cardboard
• Needle and thread

Instructions

1. Make a template out of cardboard. It should be pocket-shaped, but think of the size while you're making the template. You don't want a pocket that's too big, or when you put stuff in it, it's going to be obvious under your jacket.

2. Trace your pocket template onto a durable fabric.

3. Cut out the pocket shape from the fabric. Keep the lines of the pocket straight.

4. Turn the jacket inside out. Take a needle and thread and sew the pocket to the inside of your jacket in an accessible spot that isn't not too obvious. Bring the stitches close together so there are no big holes for smaller objects to fall through.

5. Repeat the process for multiple pockets if you have a lot of stuff to hide.

Tips & Warnings

• You can also get a scrap of fabric and trace the existing pocket of an inside-out jacket. Then sew the fabric to the existing pocket. It's an easy way to make a pocket, but the pocket can be difficult to access.