XMarks vest on the bias

[sydnie7]

On to the pocket welts. I cut the pattern piece out of muslin first, so it would be easier to fold and mark. Here is the muslin folded and pinned into position on vest front.



That allowed me to mark some major alignment lines, and here's the result -- laid atop a scrap of fabric that is just big enough (now you know where the phrase "cutting corners" comes from)!



Lather, rinse, repeat for the other side and here you have all the tartan pattern pieces in their final alignment. Center front is folded to show approximate finished edge. Now that I look at it, I folded it "ladies way" but rest assured, the finished vest will lap for a right-handed man LOL



Cut to perfection, now the challenge is to sew it to perfection -- stay tuned! But first I have to do the boring stuff, cutting lining, interfacing and the like. I won't bother to document that (and we're off to see Dave Alvin in concert tonight, whoooo hooooo!) so don't look for an update any too soon.