Skirt to Vest

 Hello Readers. I hope you are warm and cozy in this winter weather. It is super cold and snowy and icy in my area of the world. I am tucked in at home warm, cozy and of course, sewing. I liked the fabric of this skirt but I didn't love it as a skirt. I thought I would like it more as a vest. I was really curious if I could get a vest out of this skirt so I decided to try it.

  

Before and after.

The colors and wild floral pattern of this skirt were great. But it felt too wild as a skirt.

 

I could make the front of the skirt into the back of my vest. I could use the 2 back pieces of the skirt as the 2 front pieces of my vest.
 

I cut the waistband of the skirt off. I didn't need that. 

 

This is the front of my vest. I made the arm holes a bit bigger but this was the basic shape. 

 

This is the back of my vest. 

 

I sewed the vest together and decided to use this bias tape on the edges. Then I ran out. 

 

I used this navy blue on the arm holes.

 

 My vest went together easily. I like the bright colors but it feels like it would be better for spring because it is so cold right now. When I tried it on, I thought the shoulders were too wide. That was an easy fix. 

I turned the edge under and stitched it down. That hid the navy blue bias tape too.

 

It is so cold right now that I need to dress like this for now. Stay warm my friends! Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself. 

*Since writing this post the wild fires in California have broken out and are  out of control at this point and very destructive and dangerous. Southern California and these areas in particular are in my prayers.