Nine sizes, from six months to ten years.
The same jacket, in every size in between — the one you make in 1Y for your own child, in 4Y when she has grown out of it, and in 8Y for a niece. One pattern, most of a childhood.
The jacket itself is the kind that gets photographed: a wide rounded Peter Pan collar lying flat on the shoulders, sleeves gathered full at the shoulder and again at the wrist, two rounded patch pockets and a row of small pearl buttons — all in soft quilted cotton that holds its shape.
🧵 What's Included
- ✔ Sizes 6M, 9M, 1Y, 2Y, 3Y, 4Y, 5–6Y, 7–8Y, 9–10Y
- ✔ Layered PDFs — display and print only the size you need
- ✔ Print formats: US Letter, A4 and A0 copy shop
- ✔ Step-by-step illustrated sewing guide
- ✔ Seam allowance: 1 cm, included in the pattern
- ✔ Instant digital download
🎀 The Details
- 👗 Wide rounded Peter Pan collar
- 🎈 Puff sleeves, gathered at the shoulder and at the wrist
- 👝 Two rounded patch pockets
- 🤍 Row of small buttons down the front
- 🧵 Quilted throughout, so the shape holds
🧶 Choosing Your Fabric — Read This Before You Buy It
This is the advice that makes the difference between a lovely jacket and a disappointing one, and it comes from the size range itself.
A plain or tone-on-tone quilted cotton shows the jacket off best. Everything that makes this design charming is a shape — the curve of the collar, the gathers at the sleeve heads, the round pockets, the buttons. A busy print covers all of it, and you lose the very things you spent the time sewing.
And watch your print scale against your size. A 6M jacket is tiny: a large print gives you one or two motifs per panel, which reads as random blobs rather than as a pattern. A print that looks beautiful in 9–10Y can look accidental in 6M.
If you want a print, choose a small ditsy — it works across the whole size range. If you want something bolder, save it for the larger sizes.
⚙️ How It Works
- 🛒 Buy the pattern and download the files
- 📏 Choose your size from the chart
- 🖨️ Print at home in A4 or US Letter, or take the A0 to a copy shop — displaying only your size in the layered PDF
- ✂️ Cut, remembering the 1 cm seam allowance is already included
- 🪡 Sew, following the illustrated guide
- 👧 Done
📊 Skill Level — Intermediate
Nothing here is advanced, but two things ask for care.
Setting a gathered sleeve head into an armhole means easing fullness into a smaller opening evenly, so it puffs rather than pleats. And doing it in quilted fabric adds bulk, which is what makes it fiddly rather than difficult.
The collar is the other one: sewing a smooth curve and turning it out cleanly is what makes a Peter Pan collar look right, and it shows immediately if it is rushed.
If you have set a sleeve before, you are ready for this. If you have not, it is a good jacket to learn on — the pieces are small, so a mistake costs very little fabric.
💰 Making These to Sell
You may sell the jackets you make from this pattern in small quantities — at markets, at fairs, or to people who ask. Please do not resell, share or redistribute the pattern files themselves.
💛 Perfect For
Handmade children's clothing · autumn and spring layering · a gift for a new baby or a birthday · sewing for siblings · vintage and heirloom-style wardrobes · handmade childrenswear sellers
📦 Please Note
- This is a digital PDF sewing pattern, not a finished jacket. Nothing will be shipped to you.
- Instant download, available immediately after purchase.
- Colours may look different from one screen to another, and your fabric choice will change the jacket completely.
