Sewing Cold Weather Gear

[Irulan]

I know the back hemline is longer, of course...but is there gripper elastic in the back?

if you want.

My fabric is fleece-lined. Would I also add a lining on top of this? Do purchased jackets with fleece-reverse-side fabrics add another lining, or do they just finish the seams? (and how are the seams finished? just serged? or perhaps bound with some lycra binding, etc.?)

Fleece is never lined. Well, you could, but if you are using windblock or similar it's overkill. Fleece may be a lining to a shell fabric. Fleece will not ravel. You can just stitch and cut, serger, whatever. Lycra binding is usually done on raw edges in lieu of other finishes.

I just wish I could simply SEE the inside construction. If possible, could one of you ladies perhaps take some photos of the inside of your cold-weather riding jacket? I know, strange request....but there are so few patterns for this sort of garment (actually there are NONE), that regular jacket patterns have to be adjusted.

Thanks in advance!

Let manufactured items be your guide. Cycling wear is cut wider in the shoulders and the armscye is moved forward a bit to account for "the position".

There are patterns. If you go to my website www.specialtyoutdoors.com and look for the fabric sources link, you will find a page that lists all the outdoors fabric retailers in North America and then some. Most of them carry patterns specific to outdoors activities.

Me, I'd never mock off a jacket by taking is apart. Doing a rub off maybe, but my time is worth too much to do it that way.
edit- it will be really worthwhile to study manufactured items so you can pick the correct fabric. Windblock fleece, fleece with a goretex shell, a windproof softshell.... there are a lot of options out there.