How to make a vest from a denim jacket?

The real trend of this season is jeans, especially vests. It is appropriate to wear them not only with trousers, but also with various styles of dresses or skirts. Unfortunately, such clothes are quite expensive, and not everyone can buy them. Therefore, hand-made will come to our aid. We will tell you how to make a vest from your jeans jacket with your own hands. It is very simple, cheap, and most importantly - original.

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Turn an old jeans into a fashionable vest

In order to carry out the plan and give a new life to the old jeans jacket, you just need to tear off the sleeves from it and process several seams. As for jewelry, it all depends solely on your imagination and taste preferences.

For work you may need:

• Scissors;
• Threads in color;

Important! Using a sewing machine, you can make several decorative stitches with multi-colored threads.

• Crayon, a piece of soap or a tailor's marker;
• Set of sewing pins;
• Sewing Spreader;
• Needle;
• Sewing machine;
• Various decorative ornaments.

Getting to work

In order to make a vest from a denim jacket with your own hands, you need to adhere to the following order:

1. Draw the contours of the future armhole on the product.
2. Cut the sleeves with the addition of 1 centimeter for further processing of the seams.

Then we process the seams. This can be done in the following ways:

• Can overcast with overlock.
• Another option is to pull a few threads along the edge to get the effect of a careless fringe. In this case, it is very important to consider the presence of such a decor in advance, since it is necessary to leave an additional couple of centimeters during steaming.

Important! The fringe can be whitened. Thus, the future product will look more original.

• Lace up. It must be sewn to the cut of the armhole with a seam of 5 millimeters.
• Sew with a sewing machine. Choosing this method of processing seams, it should be borne in mind that the seam should be even. In order to maximize this result, the product must first be swept away.
• Decorate with a cloth. In this case, it is best to choose cotton materials.

Important! It will look very stylish if you make an original appliqué on the back from the fabric with which you worked the edges.

At this, the main stage of work ends. You can wear a vest as a finished product, or you can give it a more stylish and extraordinary design.

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Choosing a future decor

You can decorate the resulting vest using a variety of improvised materials - colored buttons, beads of various shapes, rhinestones, fringe and ribbons.

To date, the most popular decorative elements are the following:

Metal rivets

They create the effect of punk or rock stylistics. If you decide to use this type of decoration, then the first thing you need to do is pre-think about the future pattern or pattern on which you will place the rivets. Thanks to this solution, you can evenly lay out the ornament and calculate the most accurate number of decorative elements.

Important! Using a crayon or tailor's marker, the pattern should be transferred to the fabric.

Starting the process of decorating with rivets, it is important to remember that they are attached using a special machine.If you don’t have one, you can use a rivet gun, which is sold in every sewing store.

Important! You can cheat and get an imitation of rivets that have a self-adhesive base.

Lace

The combination of jeans with lace is the hit of the season. Therefore, the choice of this material is very large, and you can buy both synthetic lace ribbons and natural ones.

Important! For decorating vests, it is best to purchase textured lace.

You can use it in absolutely different ways, from the fringing of the armhole and pockets to the appliqué on the back.

Stones and rhinestones

They can be purchased in the store for needlework and sewing, and a large assortment only encourages the creation of a stylish product. To do this, you need to consider the future pattern and calculate the required number of decorative elements.

Important! Patterns made of colored and different-sized rhinestones look very stylish.

Bows and ribbons

This decor option is suitable if a very young girl decided to make a vest from a denim jacket. For older ones, bows made from the same jeans as a vest will look very cute.

Applications

This is a very fashionable trend, so today in the sewing stores the choice of various stripes is just off scale.

Important! If you have at least a little sewing skills and are able to fantasize, you can create an applique using a floss yourself.

Use the flag to decorate the vest

Individuals who want to stand out and not be like everyone else often use the flag to create decor. Agree how stylish a vest from a denim jacket looks, which on the back is decorated with various stars and stripes.

Important! The most popular options are the use of the British and American flag.

We make holes and scuffs

Such a decor of jeans is not one season does not leave the pedestal of popularity. In order to create a beautiful decor with holes, you need a sewing spreader:

• To get started, select and mark the places of future holes.
• Next, you need to make several cuts in a row with the help of a spreader.
• Using a round tip on the same spreader, pull the transverse threads.

Important! In order for the future hole to turn out beautiful and without puffs, the threads need to be pulled one by one.

• During operation, the longitudinal threads should be carefully removed.
• Once the hole is the right size, end the process and remove the extra thread.

Important! To create scuffs, use sandpaper or a regular kitchen grater.

Change product color

If you are not satisfied with the color of the vest, you can repaint it in a different color, or create such a fashionable gradient color. For this you will need fabric dyes and bleach.

Important! The "star" ornament looks very stylish. To do this, you need to lower the toothbrush in white and use bristles to spray on the surface of the product. Leave it on for several hours, after which you can wash it in the standard way.

Decorate with leather and suede

This is a very stylish combination. You can use these materials for edging, so make a collar, pockets or stripes out of them.

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Useful Tips

If you decide to make a vest from your jeans jacket yourself, we suggest you use a few tips that will help during this process:

1. It is very important that the color palette of the threads you use matches the product.
2. In order for the steaming process to go faster, use a blade or manicure scissors.
3. If you sew an elastic band to the inside of the back, the product will be better placed on the figure.
4. If the vest is without a collar, then you can decorate it with the help of various decorative chains.

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In order to convert a denim jacket into a vest yourself, you do not need a lot of physical effort and financial costs.And in return you will receive a stylish and original thing that will not go unnoticed.