How to Make Western Show Jackets
Western horse shows feature competitions in which clothing counts for a portion of your score. If you're competing in a horse show, make your clothing extra special by designing your own show jacket. As a bonus, you'll save a lot of money as custom-made show jackets can cost upward of $1,000. Show jackets typically contain embellishments, such as studs, glitter, sequins, embroidery or beads. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Cloth
- Sewing machine
- Thread
- Pattern
- Scissors
- Decorations
- Needle
- Fabric chalk
- Zipper
Instructions
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Print or purchase a jacket pattern. Check the resources section for links to jacket patterns. Show jackets are typically long sleeved jackets with colors and a zipper or button front.
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Cut the cloth for your jacket according the the shape of the pattern. Draw the pattern on the cloth with fabric chalk and cut the cloth using scissors. Most patterns consist of two pieces of cloth for sleeves, and two to four pieces of cloth for the body as well as one piece of cloth for the collar.
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Turn your fabric inside-out and join the pieces of fabric together using a sewing machine. Follow the pattern when sewing. Run the two pieces of fabric through the machine and turn them right-side-out to check the stitching. Turn fabric inside-out again and sew another piece of fabric to the jacket.
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Sew the zipper onto the front of the jacket.
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Turn jacket right-side-out and add embellishments. Sew embroidery using a needle and thread, glue glitter or gems to the jacket or attach sequins and beads using a needle and thread.
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References
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