Turning suit jacket into bolero style jacket

Dear Emily,

To do this right, you need to take the jacket completely apart, and press the pieces. Then find a bolero jacket pattern that you like and see if you can fit the pieces onto the pieces you took apart. Otherwise, you might have to start from scratch. If you don't have any tailoring experience, you might want to get some books from the library on tailoring, so that you know what's involved. It's more complicated than curtains. You need good pressing equipment, know how to use interlinings and linings, and decide how you're going to do the design work on the back. Do you have friends who sew? Perhaps you can get help. Or find a bolero jacket in RTW and have the design appliqued or embroidered on the back. This would not be my idea for a first sewing project.

Teri

Hallo Emilie , i was once invited to a Theme dress up party , i lacked the money / to have a `proper` dress up , and i also thought that having for one time only , was a bit out of my style ,, thus i made myself a Flannel Version of Expected dress up , Everybody liked my `original interpretation , and i wore it for years as a daily skirt +vest ,,,, but now to your problem , why not see if you can rent such a jacket ??? mirjam

hi emily- i once made a similar jacket---what i did, because it was just a costume, i used felt. it was easy, (heck, i don't even think i hemmed the sleaves and such...since felt does not frey) and then you could either purchase premade appliques for the back or make them out of felt or other material.

Betsey