Soft Parts Grey Officer's Jacket Build

[Peaches]

Not many people seem to do/have done officer jackets, so I figured I'd post my own make as I go!

Here's what I currently have:
5 yards of 44" cotton fabric in Cloudburst
2 yards of featherweight fusible interfacing.
4 1/4 yards of 44" cotton fabric in Black
5/8 heavy duty snaps in gold and a dark grey/black
Gold thread in both Temple Gold (7450) and Spark Gold (7360)
Grey thread in Nugrey (450)
Metallic gold bias tape
Pattern is Butterick B5927 - option D

Some notes:
All of the above, except for the bias tape and pattern came from Joann.
The bias tape came off of Amazon.
The pattern is unfortunately retired, but if you look, you can find uncut versions out there. Mine is from Pattern Walk.
After extensive research and putting the Haloverse ribbons to their real-world counterparts, I have ordered a ribbon rack and ribbons from Vanguard.
I still need to order UNSC dogtags, a name badge, gold star pins, and silver oak leaf pins.
My husband is 3D printing a completely non-functional pistol for me, as well.
The bias tape will be used in lieu of ribbon or bar pins for the gold accents on the jacket.

What ribbons have I decided to go with?
I'm basing Commander Peaches off of Commander Miranda Keyes, so I used her and her father as a starting point. I'll list the Haloverse award (and then the real world equivalent in parentheses).
Silver Star (Silver Star)
Basic Training Honor Graduate (USAF Basic Training Honor Graduate)
Combat Readiness (USAF Combat Readiness)
Command (NJROTC NS 4)
Medic (NJROTC Color Guard)
Advanced Education (NJROTC Aptitude)

I'm currently in the cutting everything out stage, so I'll post more when I've made more progress!

Peaches

 

[Peaches]

Now that I finally have everything cut out, I need just a couple more things that I don't have. I'm missing my silver oak leaf pins, one of my ribbons, and my gold stars. But! I can finally start piecing the jacket together.

 

[Jacktop13]

Not many people seem to do/have done officer jackets, so I figured I'd post my own make as I go!

Here's what I currently have:
5 yards of 44" cotton fabric in Cloudburst
2 yards of featherweight fusible interfacing.
4 1/4 yards of 44" cotton fabric in Black
5/8 heavy duty snaps in gold and a dark grey/black
Gold thread in both Temple Gold (7450) and Spark Gold (7360)
Grey thread in Nugrey (450)
Metallic gold bias tape
Pattern is Butterick B5927 - option D

Some notes:
All of the above, except for the bias tape and pattern came from Joann.
The bias tape came off of Amazon.
The pattern is unfortunately retired, but if you look, you can find uncut versions out there. Mine is from Pattern Walk.
After extensive research and putting the Haloverse ribbons to their real-world counterparts, I have ordered a ribbon rack and ribbons from Vanguard.
I still need to order UNSC dogtags, a name badge, gold star pins, and silver oak leaf pins.
My husband is 3D printing a completely non-functional pistol for me, as well.
The bias tape will be used in lieu of ribbon or bar pins for the gold accents on the jacket.

What ribbons have I decided to go with?
I'm basing Commander Peaches off of Commander Miranda Keyes, so I used her and her father as a starting point. I'll list the Haloverse award (and then the real world equivalent in parentheses).
Silver Star (Silver Star)
Basic Training Honor Graduate (USAF Basic Training Honor Graduate)
Combat Readiness (USAF Combat Readiness)
Command (NJROTC NS 4)
Medic (NJROTC Color Guard)
Advanced Education (NJROTC Aptitude)

I'm currently in the cutting everything out stage, so I'll post more when I've made more progress!

Peaches

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I'm excited to see how this turns out! I'm very interested in seeing your UNSC dress uniform patterns come to life. I've been thinking of doing a halo 4 officer jacket myself.

 

[Jocko03]

Looking forward to seeing this done. Rock Lobbster has a real nice infinity officer he did too. seems like a nice easy day cosplay.

 

[Peaches]

Absolutely do it! What I love about the inconsistency of the officer jackets throughout the franchise is that it gives us cosplayers a little more freedom to make our jackets ours.

 

[Peaches]

Looking forward to seeing this done. Rock Lobbster has a real nice infinity officer he did too. seems like a nice easy day cosplay.

Oh sweet! Rock Lobbster do you have a post with your officer?

 

[Nob1e Actua1]

I'm gonna have to keep an eye out for when you get it done

 

[Peaches]

Just popping in a small update: it's been too freaking hot to sew, even with the A/C on. Hoping once temps drop a bit I'll be able to continue... (Theoretically next week will be about 10-20 degrees cooler than it currently is.)

 

[Rock Lobbster]

Oh sweet! Rock Lobbster do you have a post with your officer?

Sorry for the super late reply! I did not make a build thread for it (I'd like to revisit this project in the future) but here are some images of said officer uniform. It was a very last minute build so there are some improvements I'd like to make first

 

[Peaches]

Sorry for the super late reply! I did not make a build thread for it (I'd like to revisit this project in the future) but here are some images of said officer uniform. It was a very last minute build so there are some improvements I'd like to make first

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I love that!!!

 

[Peaches]

I am so mad right now... I was at Joann's a couple of days ago, and found the perfect jacket pattern.

So I bought it...and new fabric. Apparently this pattern was released in 2021 but I had never seen it before - maybe because Halloween costume patterns are just now coming back out for this fall?

Anyway, new pattern obtained:
Simplicity Costumes S9249

 

[Peaches]

My ribbons and ribbon rack came in!

 

[Peaches]

41 days until RCCC. I should probably really work on my mock up... Today's plan is to finish cutting out the pieces.

 

[Peaches]

Okay, so I got some major work done on this today.

I only did a mockup of the torso, because that's what I was most concerned about the fit for.

Once that was fit to where I liked it, it was time to cut out the pieces for the finished product.

Easy peasy - nothing too crazy here.

So there's really not much left to do after this. I finished this placket, and then started the other side with its placket, and then had to call it quits for the day.

I have a love/hate relationship with plackets. I love the way they look and how they hide buttons, but I hate making them. Took me way longer than it should have to figure it out. I'll also note that my cat ate the pattern piece for the pictured placket, so I had to wing this one... and no, I couldn't just copy the other one. This one is wider.

 

[Peaches]

For the time being, I am on a self-imposed sewing ban until my new craft table gets here... I've pulled something in my lower back for the second time this summer - both times while I was crafting. Thankfully, the table should arrive sometime this week...

 

[Peaches]

My boots came in! I highly recommend getting boots that you're comfortable in - especially if you're wearing them to events. I swear by LifeStride shoes. (I wore LifeStride heels when I got married, and my favorite LARP boots are LifeStride).

 

[Peaches]

And another piece came in!

 

[Peaches]

More progress. Hated the way the pattern was telling me to make the collar, so I'm trying a different way... hopefully it works.

 

[Peaches]

More progress! We have two (almost) completed sleeves!

 

[KocourUS]

She has been aggressively sewing for weeks now. And the sewing machine has met its match.