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The Pillar Jacket - Sewing Pattern
Sewing pattern · Roughcut

The Pillar Jacket

Built from heavyweight denim and anchored with front pleats — a study in form, balance and quiet rebellion. The structure is clean, but the silhouette carries weight, like a monument carved into wearable shape.

Skill 4 of 5 · structured construction, heavy fabric, precise work

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What you'll come away knowing

Six things you'll keep

✓Vertical front pleat construction
✓Dual chest pocket construction
✓Structured waistband
✓Cropped, boxy jacket fit
✓Heavyweight denim handling
✓Clean topstitching
The build, start to finish

Watch it made before you cut

►Pillar Jacket — Community Build-AlongCommunity build
►Pillar Jacket — Community Build-Along Watch on YouTube ↗

Community builds are filmed by other makers, not by me — same pattern, their words.

Fabric draft — check me

What to make it in

Heavyweight denim (14–16 oz) — the pleats need the weight to hold
Selvedge denim, 14 oz and up
Heavy cotton canvas or duck
Avoid anything soft or drapey — the pleats will collapse

Weights and sourcing are in the materials list that comes with the pattern.

The files

What arrives

FormatsA0, A4 and US Letter
SizesNot layered yet — every size prints together
Seam a/w¼″ already included — cut on the line
Also insidePanel labels, notches, cutting layout, materials list
LayeringLayered sizing is being added pattern by pattern — Gio and I are working through them in priority order. Every new release has it from the start.

Never printed a pattern before? The print & tiling guide covers it in about twenty minutes.

Where this sits

The pleated front from this jacket is being folded into the new Keystone Jacket, which is becoming a complete modular system — four construction routes, four different jackets, covering the full set of denim jacket techniques from the fundamentals up.

If you want the whole education, that's the one to watch for. The Pillar stays here as its own pattern, and it isn't going anywhere.

Before you cut

Measure the 2″ test square first. It's the only thing that goes wrong, and the only thing you can't undo. Print at 100%, from a laptop rather than a phone.

Buy a little more fabric than you need, and run the tricky part once in something cheap before you touch the good stuff.

Never made a pattern before? Start with the free ones — they're the same system, no risk.

Bought together most often

Goes well with

The Keystone Denims

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Kumo Wrap Pants

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The Makers Shirt

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Stuck? Message me.

Not a help desk — me, on WhatsApp, usually the same day. Missing files, printing trouble, or a seam that isn't behaving.

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