Revisiting the denim jacket

We are delighted to unveil our latest creation: the CHICAGO pattern. Inspired by denim clothing, Chicago is a unisex design, created to dress children in style and comfort, whatever the season.

With the CHICAGO pattern, you can:

• Create a timeless piece
• Make folded seams for a unique look
• Play with your favorite fabrics to express your style

We can't wait to see all your creations, #ikateechicago!

✂️ Level: intermediate to advanced

👖 Sizes: ages 3 to 12

📚 Paper or PDF format (projection available)

🎬 Video tutorial available

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Inspirations

Inspired by the iconic denim jacket, this pattern features:

• Front and back panels and yokes for a structured look

• An elegant and comfortable lined collar

• Interior chest pockets with decorative flaps

• Practical side pockets, set into the seam

• Sleeves with ease pleats, slits, and buttoned cuffs

• A bottom band and center front button placket for a perfect finish

Jacket in canvas Dawn ecru with collar in camel ribbed velvet and contrasting topstitching in brown denim thread.

Bermuda shorts (hack of the Dakar pattern) in checkered denim.

The look: denim jacket, Marguerite skirt in Graou viscose, and Marcel T-shirt

Pecan pie gabardine jacket with exclusive organic cotton label and army green velvet Dakar pants

More info on the Chicago Pattern

Army green velvet jacket with Liverpool hooded sweatshirt vest

Find all fabrics for Chicago on our French website

The sewing kit for Chicago

To save you time, we have put together a kit containing all the accessories you need to make the jacket of your dreams. Also available only on our French website.

This kit contains:

- 9 denim buttons

- 30 cm of G700 interfacing

- 1 spool of Denim thread (100 m) for topstitching

- 1 spool of Mettler thread (200 m), color 1131, perfectly matched to the Denim thread

• 1 box of 5 size 100 jeans needles

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Sewing techniques

The Chicago video tutorial is available for free to guide you through your project. With this video, you will discover all our tips for sewing this pattern and exploring its different options, optimizing your sewing time, and achieving impeccable finishes.

Two other technical videos are also available to give you all the keys you need to succeed: our tutorials “How to make a felled seam” and “How to sew on a denim button.”

Let's watch the video

A little bit of history...the denim jacket

A symbol of free-spirited, rebellious youth, the denim jacket has become a wardrobe staple. From 1930s Westerns to 1950s Hollywood stars—James Dean and Marlon Brando foremost among them—to the poets of the Beat Generation, it quickly became a style statement. Adopted by hippies, rockers, punks, and rappers, each group transformed it to suit their image: patches, studs, pins, rips... a blank canvas to be personalized according to one's identity.

What makes it so powerful? A simple, universal cut that has stood the test of time and reinvented itself without ever losing its soul. Timeless, the denim jacket remains a classic staple to this day.

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