Madewell Inspired Distressed Denim Jacket Refashion

Sew Much Love Mary
by Sew Much Love Mary

This refashion was inspired by this Madewell Distressed Denim Jacket. (It's on sale right now!) My mom bought it about a month ago, and I ended up really liking it. I had a denim jacket that I wanted to update and make trendier. I've had this jacket since my senior year of high school and it was my favorite denim jacket. It just needed a little sprinkling of refashion magic to be a closet favorite again. :)

 I am currently loving any distressed denim, and that was actually my favorite part of this refashion. When I attended FIDM, I attended some denim workshops and I got to learn all sorts of ways to distress denim. For this refashion, I just simply cut the denim and tugged and pulled at it to distress it. 


1. I cut off the collar first.

2. Then, I tugged at it and pulled the threads to distress it. There was some interfacing (the white stuff inside the collar) in the collar, that I simply cut out. 

3. To make the front yoke pieces, I traced the shape over some paper.

4. I cut out the front yoke pieces and left about 1/4"-1/2" left to be able to sew the new yoke pieces.

Here's a close up. I also tugged at and pulled the threads so it would have that distressed look.

5. I pinned the new yoke pieces as shown, and sewed them on.

6. Next, I cut out the back yoke piece, once again leaving anywhere from 1/4"-1/2" trim in order to sew the new yoke. 

7. I sewed three pieces of denim together (sewn at the pink dots) to make the new back yoke piece. Then, I pinned and sewed on the new yoke.

8. Since this jacket was fitted and I was going for a less fitted look, I cut open two back seams as shown.

9. I cut out two denim panels to insert into the jacket.

10. First, I hemmed the two panel pieces (as shown by the pink arrow). Then, I pinned and sewed the panels on.

11. Lastly, I just chopped off a little piece of the hem, tugged at it to distress it, and done!

TA DA!

With sew much love,

Maryicon

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