QUILTED PINK VEST

Fall has finally arrived. The weather is now becoming a little chillier and I really need to speed up my fall and winter sewing. This weekend I managed to sew a vest for Teresa. The pattern was self-drafted, based on Citronille's Balthasar shirt and I followed a tutorial made by an “online friend” from a Portuguese facebook sew along group. Thanks Andreia Salgueiro for the wonderful tutorial! Here it is:

The vest was constructed as a quilt: it has three layers of fabric (main fabric, quilting bating and lining). Before constructing the vest, we need to quilt the fabric, which was the most fun part! Coincidently, last week I went to the International Quilts Market here in Houston and now all I think about is making a quilt... and making this vest did not help... I think I really need to make one now! :-) 

Teresa was very sleepy this morning (Mondays are always rough around here!), so I wasn’t' really able to get a smile from here, but I can tell you that she really liked her new vest!

The fabric is once again Tanya Whelan (I am such a fan of her prints!) and I used this 100% quilting bating. For the lining I used white cotton (from old sheets). Hope you like it.