When I used a panel of Go Granny fabric in my latest bag, it was actually a bit of the leftovers from cutting out this jacket.

I am so pleased with my jacket! I’ve made the pattern twice before – the first time well over ten years ago – and I still wear both jackets. I knew that it would be a perfect match to the Go Granny canvas. You can’t go past a basic jeans style jacket if you have a casual lifestyle! The pattern is still in print.

I made size 12, but petite-ed it a bit through the body, removing around an inch of length. I left the sleeves as they were, because I wear them with the cuff turned back, but they are fairly long as drafted. It’s great using jeans buttons that are hammered in place rather than hand-sewing all those buttons on.

The fabric was very easy to work with. And despite being a busy pattern that uses a number of colours, from a distance the jacket actually looks fairly muted. Well, muted for me. You know I’m not afraid of colour or pattern.

If you’re after a basic jeans jacket pattern, I highly recommend this one. And of course I recommend Cam‘s Go Granny fabric! She’s just released it in a lighter weight, like a quilting cotton – so you can really get grannified!

(Note: I don’t actually wear my t-shirts tucked into my jeans – on me, not a good look. But it showed off the jacket better for the photos. The sacrifices we make!)