The quintessential denim jacket, Sorrento is a classic piece in anyone’s wardrobe. Designed to look great paired with anything from trousers to dresses, the Sorrento Jacket is the perfect throw-on for spring or for when summer evenings turn chilly.
Sorrento features everything you’d expect from a denim jacket including a front and back yoke, chest pockets, collar, cuffs, and waistband tabs – all finished with neat double lines of topstitching. With tonnes of details and a clever construction, Sorrento is an enjoyable, hugely rewarding project that you’ll love for years to come.
To give a twist to this classic jacket, we've included the choice of two different fabrics (in three different colours): iconic Cone Mills selvedge denim or gorgeous ex-designer Italian corduroy. The corduroy kits also include the option to make the collar from snuggly shearling fabric.
An exclusive for the Sewing Society, the Sorrento Jacket is usually only available as part of Sew Over It's Summer Dreaming eBook. If you'd love to own all of the coordinating eBook patterns then this kit also includes a discount code to get the four additional patterns for 50% off.
We have chosen three different fabrics for these kits, which are all 100% cotton: Raw indigo Cone Mill Selvedge denim, Campari red corduroy and toffee corduroy.
The amazing selvedge denim included is sourced directly from the Cone Mills Factory. Their denim is renowned for it's superior quality!
This is a 10oz 100% narrow cotton denim and it comes in a raw form. This means it will naturally fade and develop character and wear in over time. In the top tips videos that come with this kit, Lauren will also show you how you can optionally distress your denim with Rit colour remover or bleach to achieve a lighter shade of denim. The modelled samples are how the fabric looks after a regular pre wash in the washing machine.
The beautifully soft, mid-weight corduroy we've chosen is ex-designer fabric and was made at a mill in Italy. It comes in two irresistible colours: a pink-toned Campari red and a warm-hued toffee. It has a wale count of 11 and the gsm is 270.
The cosy shearling which is included in the corduroy kits is made from 70% cotton and 30% polyester.
The shearling is only included in the corduroy kits as we found that when washed the colour was affected too much by the indigo denim.
