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I always made the lining the same size as the jacket, otherwise the lining would crinkle inside. But you can add some fabric at the centerback and make a pleat there, so when you move your arms everything will be ok ;)
oh great... I saw this kind of pleat on the store bought jacket. Thanks!
You have to cut the lining a bit bigger. I usually add about half a centimeter all around the pattern pieces and make a pleat of between 1 and 1,5 centimeter deep at center back (If there's a center back seam on the outside, you can often cut the lining on the fold, adding 1 cm measured from the widest point, and making the stitch line of the pleat a bit wider) This is needed because most fabrics have a bit of stretch, simply because of the fibres they're made from. Lining fabrics have no stretch at all.