BEFORE: Red plaid Pendleton wool jacket from the pre-retirement
wardrobe. This was a beautiful jacket, but not worn much. The cut was restrictive and uncomfortable for office work
or driving.
STEPS:
- Use a seam ripper to remove sleeves and sleeve linings.
- Cut and insert panels to widen new vest sides.
- Cut armhole facings from an old t-shirt. The stretch is
perfect for curved edges,
- Replace original hem tape with lace from the stash.
AFTER: Red plaid vest
to wear with black, red, white and even with denims. Dress it up or down.
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AFTER: New vest to dress up or down.
Wear with black, white, red, denim |
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| After: New vest |
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| After: Matched plaids |
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T-shirt strip cut for armhole facing
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| T-shirt used to cut armhole facings. |
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| Stash lace replaces old hem tape |
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| Nice but seldom worn Pendleton Jacket |
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Before: Very nice, but seldom worn
from pre-retirement wardrobe |
3 comments:
What a great job you did on the vest matching the plaids. It looks like it was made that way.
Chickie
I really like this transformation! I have a lot of old, classic blazers that could be re-made this way & worn again. Thanks!
Thanks Marie, Each varies in its possibilities. This one has a welt pocket that I left in but cut a bit shorter in the change. It also had an inset in place on the side. I removed it and cut it larger from the sleeve. Jackets with an inset in place are a bit trickier than the standard side seam.
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