One of my annual fall projects are making the boys’ jackets for winter. This year, our 9 yr. old decided he wanted a McGyver jacket! Yes, he is a McGyver addict. He used his money to buy himself the series on DVD and then presented me with faux leather he bought at Walmart and told me he wanted me to make him a McGyver jacket……. sure…. kiddo…..

All in all, it wasn’t too bad. I put single welt slant pockets on the outside and a double welted inside pocket. I lined it with the khaki fleece I had bought for a jacket I was going to make him and added a loop of leather at the back where the bodice top met the back. It was fun to make it for him and he’s in love with it and I love that it only cost about $14.00 to make, complete with zipper and thread costs and including the faux leather he purchased. Not too shabby!

The other two got a traditional (Land’s End type) fleece jacket – only I lined theirs with flannel and added the slant pockets and inside pockets too, oh yeah, and added rib knit for the cuffs and waist, piping on the bodice seams and matching piping down the zipper front. Other than that – it looks just like Land’s Ends’ Jackets… haha…. One is dk blue with penguin flannel lining and the other is yellow with lime green trims and a farm animal lining.

I was fortunate to find 11 yards of a brown wool plaid at Hobby Lobby, with coupon, for only 3.50 a yard, so I’ll be making myself a lined swing coat, jumper, princess seamed jacket and some scarves for the holidays from it. That’s next on the cutting table!