Double Breasted Vest with Patch Pockets
A women's fitted denim vest, double-breasted with six buttons and an asymmetric front edge that runs down to a point at the hem. Princess seams front and back, two pointed patch pockets, and a cotton lining.
When To Wear
- Over shirts, blouses and fine knits in spring and autumn.
- With jeans, trousers or skirts, worn on its own in warm weather.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Close-fitting, shaped at the waist by princess seams that run from the armhole to the hem.
Length: Ends just below the waist; the overlapping front panel drops to a point at the side.
Neckline: Wide, shaped scoop neckline with broad shoulder straps.
Sleeves: Sleeveless; armholes finished by the lining.
Front: Double-breasted, six buttons in three pairs; buttonholes on the right front. The centre front panels are interfaced and self-faced.
Pockets: Two patch pockets with a pointed lower edge and an interfaced band across the top, topstitched in place.
Back: Centre back seam and two princess seams.
Lining: Cotton lining for the back and front side panels, bagged out through the shoulders and the hem, with the last opening closed by hand.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Princess seams, patch pockets with a facing band, and a fully lined vest turned through the shoulder tunnels and the hem.
Fabric Recommendations
Denim.
Additional Supplies
- Cotton lining fabric
- Fusible interfacing (centre front panels, pocket bands)
- 6 buttons
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- Back center – 2 pieces
- Back side – 2 pieces
- Front side – 2 pieces
- Front center right – 2 pieces
- Front center left – 2 pieces
- Pocket facing – 2 pieces
- Pocket – 2 pieces
- From lining fabric:
- Back center – 2 pieces
- Back side – 2 pieces
- Front side – 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing: Left and right center front panels, pocket facing.
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse fusible interfacing to: pocket facing, left and right center front panels.
- Stitch and press open the front darts.
- Press the pocket facing and attach it to the upper edge of the pocket. Overlock the pocket edges and press according to the pattern. Mark the pocket placement on the front and topstitch the pocket.
- Stitch the center back seam and the back darts. Press open the darts and the center back seam.
- Stitch and press open the vest's side seams.
- Stitch and press open the vest's shoulder seams.
- Place the interfaced left and right center front panels face down onto the right side of the main center front. Stitch the front edges and neckline of the left and right front panels with the center front, stopping 5 cm before the shoulder edges.
- Stitch the lining pieces, leaving the shoulder edges unstitched. Press the lining.
- Place the lining and vest right sides together and stitch to the inner edges of the left and right center front panels. Stitch the lining shoulder edges and the shoulder edges of the left or right center front. Stitch the back neckline and the unstitched of the front neckline. Leave open sections of the armhole at the bottom, approximately 10cm long, and stitch the upper of the armhole. Trim seam allowances close to the stitching. Pull the front panels back through the shoulder tunnels and turn the vest right side out through the bottom of the garment. Stitch the lower of the armhole.
- Press the vest's bottom hem seam allowances to the wrong side and stitch the bottom of the vest with the lining, leaving 10 cm unstitched. Turn the vest through the bottom and hand-stitch the opening closed.
- On the right front, make the buttonholes, and on the left front, sew on the buttons.
