Wednesday, July 6, 2011


Remember yesterday, when I said I had a project made with the leftovers of yesterdays tunic and last weeks boiled wool vest? Well, here it is! I have had this piece of fabric sitting on my sewing table waiting for inspiration for about a month. Over the weekend I had a lightbulb moment and another vest was born. I didn't have enough of the beige boucle to make the vest long enough so added a strip of black boiled wool to the bottom. For a more casual look I added a hood but because I didn't have quite enough fabric for the hood, I added a strip of the black wool down the back of the hood. I added the zip to tie the black wool to the boucle and top stitched it on instead of setting it in for a change. The zip was rescued from an old vest that had been tossed out and just happened to be the perfect fit for the vest. I couldn't find a suitable pattern for the vest so this is a self draft based on the shape of the boiled wool vest which I love. I am rather pleased with the end result. I now have a space in my lefovers pile and best of all it cost me nothing.....can't ask for better than that!

1 comment:

  1. Nothing like reducing the leftovers pile to make you feel good, and your new vest is just lovely, so you have double the reason to feel proud! I love the exposed zip down the front!
    And I would like to see a view of the hood at the back too...

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