Long Open Front Collar Vest
Introducing a sophisticated long open-front vest featuring an elegant continuous rolled collar that drapes gracefully down the front.
When To Wear
This versatile vest is designed to be a stylish layering piece, making it an ideal choice for:
- Professional Settings: a refined outer layer for office environments or business casual meetings.
- Smart Casual Ensembles: Elevates everyday outfits, adding a touch of polished sophistication.
- Transitional Seasons: Provides lightweight warmth and style, perfect for changing weather or travel.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a straight, long-line silhouette offering an elegant and flowing drape.
Neckline & Collar: Features a continuous, softly rolled collar that seamlessly extends into the open front, creating a graceful, elongated line.
Closure: Designed with an open front for effortless layering over various tops.
Sleeves: Sleeveless design with armholes neatly finished with bias binding.
Back: Composed of separate upper and lower back panels joined by a horizontal seam, ensuring a tailored fit.
Length: Mid-thigh length, providing substantial coverage and a sophisticated profile.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires confident sewing skills, including precise continuous collar and facing construction, bias bound armholes, and joining multi-part panels.
Fabric Recommendations
Ideal when sewn from fabrics that offer both structure and a graceful drape:
- Knit fabrics with low stretch
- Natural or blended fibers
- French terry
- Fleece
Additional Supplies
Cutter's Must
When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!
- From main fabric:
- Upper back - 1 piece on fold
- Lower back – 1 piece on fold
- Lower front - 2 pieces
- Upper front - 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing (pieces are cut according to the upper patterns):
- One-piece facing for upper front – 2 pieces
- One-piece facing for lower front – 2 pieces
Sewing Instructions
- Stitch the upper and lower back parts. Overlock the allowance and press it downwards.
- Stitch the center seam of the one-piece collar, press the allowance open.
- Stitch the shoulder seams, simultaneously setting the collar into the back neckline. Overlock the shoulder seams and press them towards the back.
- Clip the allowance at the corner of the one-piece facing. Overlock the outer and shoulder edges of the facing. Turn the collar and facing to the wrong side, turn under the collar allowance and topstitch into the seam of the upper. Along the edge, lay a securing stitch along the line indicated by the arrow. Press the collar. Attach the shoulder edge of the facing to the shoulder seam of the garment.
- Turn the lower of the collar along the fold line to the side seam and secure it along the lower edge.
- Stitch the upper and lower front parts, inserting the upper between the front and the one-piece facing of the lower. Press the allowances downwards and overlock.
- Cut a bias binding 4 cm wide and a length equal to the armhole length + 4 cm. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise, right side out, and press. Place the binding with the armhole edge right sides together, leaving tails, and stitch. Turn the binding to the wrong side, clip the allowances, and topstitch along the fold onto the main piece. Press the seam.
- Overlock the side seams separately. Stitch the side seams from the top to the slit mark, press the allowances open. Lay a securing stitch along the edge of the slit at 0.5 cm.
- Overlock the hem allowance, press it to the wrong side, and topstitch.
