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VESTS MAKE THE MAN

Leather vests are an ideal fashion in traditional or
western design for all seasons. It makes a bold
statement when worn as outerwear when the weather is
too warm and unforgiving for a jacket. Vests with simple
styling and function can replicate your looks and will
make you look simply outstanding. So get in this garb
and feel the punch in any season.

You will need:

cowhide leather
kasha lining
fusible interfacing
coordinating polyester thread
double-sided leather tape, 1/4 wide
leather machine needle
4 dome snaps
bone turner
MEASUREMENTS
Chest measure just under the arms around the upper body.
Back waist length measure from nape of neck to waistline.
Back width measure from armhole to armhole across shoulder blades.
PATTERN

Draw a straight line and locate a point. Label X.

1 from X = back waist length +
2 from 1 = midway between X and 1
3 from 1 = 3
Square lines across the paper from these points.
4 is located midway between X and 2
5 from 1 =
Join 4 and 5 with a straight line.
6 from 5 =
7 from X = 3

8 from 7 = 1
9 is located where line 4-5 intersect line 2
10 from 2 = chest measurement + 3
Square up and down from 10.
11 from 10 = 1/3 the distance from 2 to 10.
Square up and down from 11
12 is located at intersection of line 1.
13 is located at intersection of 1 and 10.
14 from 2 = back width +
Square up and down from 14.
15 from 14 = 1
16 from 11 = 1
17 is midway between 15 and 16.
Square down from 17 to locate 18 and 19.
20 and 21 are on either side of 18.
Shape the side seam as shown.
22 is located at the intersection of X and 10.
23 from 22 = 3
24 from 10 = 1
Join 23 and 24 with a straight line.
B from 16 = 6
C from 11 = 6
D is located midway between B and C.

Join 8 and D with a straight line.

25 from 8 = 4
26 from 23 = 8 to 25
Shape armsyce with a deep curve in the front and a shallow curve in the back.
27 is the intersection of 10 and 3.
28 from 27 = 2
29 from 28 = 2
At point 12, draw a welt pocket opening 6 x 1 as shown.
Shape the front hem as shown.
Trace off the front of the vest, from the shoulder down to the front,
and the bottom edge to the side seam. Make a front facing pattern
with at least 1 inch width at shoulder and hem.
Trace off welt and double its width. Add seam allowance.

CUTTING
Vest Front cut 2X
Vest Back cut 2X
Vest Facing cut 2X
Front Lining cut 2X
Back lining cut 2X
Front interfacing cut 2X
Welt cut 2X

ASSEMBLY

1. Sew the welts onto the front sections of the vest.

2. Place the vest backs right sides together. Leather tape the back seam. Sew the CB
seam. Flatten the seam with a bone turner and clip seam allowance if necessary.
3. Place the vest back and vest fronts right sides together. Leather tape the back and
front together along the shoulders and sides.
4. Stitch the vest back and fronts together along the shoulders and sides, using 1/2
inch seam allowance. Flatten the seams with a bone turner.
5. Iron the fusible interfacing to the wrong side of the front facing using a low heat
setting and presscloth.
6. Sew the front lining to the front facings.
7. Sew the lining fronts and back together the same way as the outer portion in step 3
and 4.
8. Place the vest and the lining right sides together, lining them up along the edges,
and use small paper clamps to keep them together. Stitch the vests along the front
and neckline, and around the armholes. Stitch along the lower edge of the vest
front, leaving the lower edge of the vest backs unstitched.
9. Turn the vest right side out. Use the bone turner to gently push out the edges of the
vest.
10. Turn the un-sewn edges of the lower back to the inside of the vest, so that the
folded edge is even with the rest of the back. Press the folded edges under, and
leather tape them together.
11. Top-stitch along the outside edges of the vest and the armholes. Make sure the
lower edge of the back of the vest gets sewn closed in this seam.
12. Apply the snap domes to the front of the vest following the manufacturers
directions.
(Note: A mans vest closure laps from left to right).
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