Abstract: A pattern for an article of clothing such as a jacket which can be cut from a generally rectangular piece of cloth which includes a pair of foldable identical sections; each section having a lower part and an upper part, the upper part being adapted to form a sleeve and part of a collar for the article; each section being separated from the other beyond its upper end by a neck opening; the narrower lower parts being integral with the upper parts to form the body of the article except for a single cut extending across the breast area of the lower parts of the pattern to the outer end thereof; and an article of clothing made following the pattern, the article being made by folding the upper sections and sewing their extremities to the upper end of the cuts by a single seam. Cloth left over after cutting above and below the upper parts can be used to make one or more pockets, collar facing and the like.