The New Look 6943 Rust Waistcoat is finished. It may be one of my tops in the Timmel SWAP 2008 as it can be worn alone (not sure that I would as that's quite an avant garde look).The last item I made from this came out too big, so here I used a 14 back and a 12 front and it fits neatly. The fabric is rust herringbone wool from Abakhan fabrics in North Wales, UK and the lining is a remnant of satin from TP Textiles in Warrington, Cheshire, UK.
The wool is very soft and lovely to sew, though it ravels and does not press to a crisp point. The satin is polyester and frayed badly. The satin was pretty horrible to sew, especially where the side front lining attached to the wool interfaced front facing on a princess seam. I chose it because the soft peach tones went so well with the rust, although the fabrics were not a dream match from a sewing perspective. The buttons are soft edged square buttons in antiqued silver tone metal. The idea is that it would help the waistcoat 'connect' with darker toned bottoms.
I started this on Wednesday 2nd January and finished it on Saturday 13th January 2008.
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4 comments:
I love vests, and this one is dynamite! Love your colors also.
Ruthie, I love your waistcoat (as we say in England!) I was shopping the other day and they were everywhere so you are bang on trend girl (not sure where they say that!).
Thanks Catherine. I too have seen lots of waistcoats in the shops, though none in rust they were all black or grey (boring IMHO) but easier to wear I think.
Lovely vest,actually the whole outfit looks very nice on you. It was clever of you to use a different size for the back and front to get the great fit.
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