A new kind of welt pocket

I have made many single welted pockets when making vests or putting in pockets on jackets, but I have not made much experience with double welt pockets. I decided to try out a new method which, if done correctly, would make the whole process rather easy. I found a good article on Fashion Incubator about making a double welt.

The process is fairly easy, but I had some problems with sewing exactly 1/4" from the edge of the welt.

In this picture you can see that I sewed closer to 1/2" from the edge and as a result the welts layer up. This can be desired, but it wasn't the effect I was looking for.

Next I tried a scant 1/4"

You can see there is a noticeable gap between the two welts. This also would be fine if I was using his for a suit pocket where I needed to leave space for a pocket flap.

With some very careful sewing I was able to get the gap on this sample just about perfect. Unfortunately since this was my 9th attempt with this new method I was less then careful with the edges of the welts and as a result they are not evenly cut and therefore not straight.


This is a very interesting way of making double welt pockets. I can definitely see myself using this method, either while sewing very carefully or perhaps in places were it isn't overly important how the welts come out.