How to make a patriotic vest

PATRIOTIC VEST

If you can sew, show your spirit and try this idea for a vest you can make now and wear year after year.

The vest pattern, See & Sew #B5170 and can be found at

OUR FABRIC CHOICE

We chose knit fabric for the front of the vest, mainly because we didn’t find the stars and stripes in a fabric we liked. The knit is soft, lightweight, and moves the way some heavier cottons we saw, wouldn’t.

The vest back is made from a solid red, soft cotton/poly blend which comes out of the dryer never needing a touch-up. The solid red fabric also lines the entire vest. We liked the star buttons so much, we used 6 instead of the 4 called for on the pattern. We also accented the vest with a knotted tie in back made from the red and blue fabrics.

We recommend buying and measuring the front pattern pieces to determine how much stripe and stars fabric you will need.

What You’ll Need

• Butterick Pattern #B5170 online