Catching Up - October's Vest

The Vest I made for Nick
I can't believe I forgot to post a picture of Nick's finished vest!

These are pretty dark pictures, I'll have to catch Nick out in the daylight sometime (more difficult than it sounds, actually). Overall, it turned out very well.

The only thing I screwed up was forgetting to trim the excess on one of the armholes before turning it right-side out, which means around one armhole is a little more difficult to get flat.

My next big sewing project is going to be either a vest for Will, or an elastic-backed lolita skirt. I need a project to force me to learn how to sew in elastic!

Sewing a Vest (from a shirt)

This Shall Be a Vest!

I'm attempting to sew a vest from a large shirt. I'm even lining the dang thing which is making the project a lot more complicated.

Essentially, to assemble something with a lining, you have to think of the object as if it is being assembled through a black hole. Everything is all inside out, and upside down, and backwards. Then you sew it all together, turn it right side out, and hope you didn't screw up.


This is What Lining is Like!

This is Nick's birthday present. Of course, having to take measurements and borrowing vests from Nick has sort of blown the surprise, but I'm okay with that (and I asked him ahead of time if he would prefer a surprise drawing of a present, or a non-surprise actual present - he chose non-surprise).

A few people have asked me how to get started sewing, or what I do with my projects, and I'll be posting about that later this week!