Halloween Dress Up Vest

Instructions

1. You will need to assemble the pattern. Cut out all the pieces of the vest. On folded fabric. Cut 2 front pieces, 1 back piece (on the fold) 2 collar pieces. Sew front to back at shoulder seam, right sides together. Note: the white represents the right side of the fabric and the brown is the wrong side of the fabric. All seam allowances are 1/2" unless otherwise stated. A walking or even feed foot can be useful for sewing over bulky seams.

2. Fold armscye to the wrong side by 3/4". Sew with a 5/8" seam to form a casing. Cut your elastic (length printed on pattern piece) and attach a safety pin to the end. Feed your elastic through the casing and tack the ends of the elastic down so it doesn’t slide out of the casing. With right sides together, sew your side seams. Repeat steps 1-3 with the other front piece.

3. Sew both collar pieces together, right sides facing, along the curved edge. Trim the seam allowance and turn right side out.

4. Sew the collar to the right side of the neckline, aligning the ends of the collar with the stars printed on the pattern pieces.

5. Fold the front edges to the right side by 1". The stars will be 1/2" away from the fold line. Sew the ends down as shown below. Clip the corners and turn right side out.

6. Cut your 1" elastic for the bottom hem (length printed on pattern piece). On the wrong side of the vest, pin the short ends 1" away from the front edge, and the bottom edge of the elastic 1 1/4" from the bottom edge. Tack down both short elastic ends with a line of stitching. Fold the bottom edge up to the wrong side by 1 1/4". Sew 1" away from the fold line to form a casing. Make sure that you don’t catch the elastic while you stitch.