Make a vest out of a jacket

Almost every family has an old men's suit, which is dustless in the closet. He went out of fashion or worn out, or just tired. But men's suits, as a rule, are made of high-quality, solid fabrics. It’s a pity to throw it away, but it is not suitable as home clothes. To do this, it is better to take pajamas or a cotton jacket, which is easy to wash. But the suit is quite suitable for alteration. What can be sewn from a man's jacket? In skilled female hands, he can still get a second life in the form of a women's vest. Of course, one cannot do without a sewing machine and some skill. To sew a stylish vest you will need an old suit that has been gathering dust in a closet for a long time and 30 minutes of free time. Well, let's start work to make a vest out of a jacket.

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Remaking a jacket - method 1

Very often you want to have a new, original thing, but you can’t find a suitable option and there’s only one way - to sew it yourself. In this situation, you will need to perform the following work:

• We take a ready-made jacket and cut off the sleeves at the seam. This must be done carefully so as not to spoil the lining.
• Then we cut the armhole of the sleeve, since the vest must be deeper at the vest.
• Now these armholes need to be processed. Here strips of leather or leatherette, or some kind of braid will do. Act to your taste.

Important! In fact, everything is ready, it remains only to make the decor to ennoble it. You can add epaulettes or a fur collar. A stylish narrow belt will also suit him.

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Sew a new vest - method 2

If you want a zipped vest, then:

1. It is necessary to unfasten all the buttons from the suit.
2. Sew a long zipper to his sides.

Important! You can choose a place and stitch two short parallel zippers. Then your vest will look even cooler and more interesting.

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Are there any other options?

What can craftsmen not come up with! It turns out that you can sew absolutely amazing things from old men's unnecessary wardrobe items, for example, a dress-suit or a jumper-blouse.

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Do not be afraid to experiment, and then you will have new stylish things in your wardrobe, well, or in the worst case, all the old ones that took up a lot of free space will end.