Made-Up Vest

 Hello Readers. I made some new pants and decided to make a matching vest. The vest gave me the feeling of wearing a suit but the vest was much easier than a suit jacket. 

 

Matchy-matchy!

 

I used this vest as a pattern. It worked pretty well. Vests are so small and simple, they are an easy sewing project.

 

I cut out the back and front pieces. This took no time at all. 

 

I used some iron-on interfacing to make the vest easier to put together. The interfacing makes the fabric a little thicker and stiffer. That makes it easier to deal with.

 

When the interfacing was ironed on, I could sew the side and shoulder seams together. 

 

Here's my new vest. The edges still needed to be finished. 

 

I used bias tape for those cut edges of the vest. 

 

I sewed the bias tape to the edge of the vest. I just stitched on top of the bias tape all around the edges of the vest.

 

Then I turned the edge under and stitched on the outside of the vest all around the edges again. 

 

You can see the way it is sewn here. But the vest is just hanging open...
 

I also used 2 pieces of bias tape to make a tie closure in front of the vest to close it. 

 

Here is the finished outfit. I loved these 2 pieces together. 

 Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.