Can you ACTUALLY draft an overcoat pattern this way?

I'm sewing an overcoat for winter! But I don't have a pattern, and don't feel like drafting one from scratch... Can my existing suit jacket pattern serve as a template? Let's find out! Pattern drafting is a fascinating but often time-consuming process. And often, we'll have patterns that have been tweaked and perfected over the course of several sewing projects. So why not use one of them as a starting point? In this video, I take my suit jacket pattern pieces and grade them up a couple of sizes, before making some style changes to transform it into a (hopefully!) functional overcoat pattern. I then construct a toile to test my efforts, and update the pattern accordingly. Let's see how *that* goes... Side note, you can find me here ➫ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nostitchunpicked/ ➫ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nostitchunpicked ➫ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nostitchunpicked 00:00 What's the plan? 01:27 Tweaks to the jacket pattern 02:35 Tracing, grading, and adapting the pattern pieces 13:01 Cutting out the toile pieces 14:48 Sewing the toile 16:37 Assessing the toile Watch next: https://youtu.be/d83FjND9M8M?si=nTlGooH0zmKcXlyS https://youtu.be/_CbwVC6DjdY?si=q8F30G_JLqnB0B6C Music: The Light / Daniel Fridell / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com I May Have Lost Forever / Martin Landstrom / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com All I Have Seen / Martin Landstrom / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Winter Days / Martin Landstrom / courtesy of www.epidemicsoun