Hello Readers. It is still a bit chilly where I live so I need a jacket. Sometimes I wanted to wear this vest by itself and sometimes I really wanted it to have sleeves and be a full jacket. I wanted it all! Was that even possible? Probably not but I had an idea.
I thought this brown dress would be a great lining in this vest and it would add sleeves like I wanted.
This dress was like a long t-shirt. I like brown so I kept it around but I never really wore it.
I thought I could cut the dress shorter and somehow attach it to the vest.
I cut the dress shorter to start off. I didn't want it to hang out of the bottom of the vest. I cut the dress a bit shorter than the vest.
I cut the dress open in the front. I cut straight up from the hem to the zipper at the neckline.
I cut off the bottom stop piece of the zipper. I also removed the zipper pull of the zipper. I didn't remove the zipper but I won't need to pull the zipper up and down.
I used my serger all around the cut edges of the dress. This would keep the edges from curling.
I had some brown Velcro. I was going to use it to attach the dress to the vest.
I clipped the soft Velcro to the vest and the scratchy Velcro to the dress. I wanted the soft Velcro on the vest so that if I wore the vest alone, the soft Velcro would be more comfortable if it rubbed against my skin when I wore it.
I sewed the Velcro to all the edges.
The Velcro holds the new lining to the vest.
I can wear the 2 pieces together to stay warm and cozy.
I can also take the lining out whenever I want and wear the vest alone. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.
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