Description
I made this waistcoat for my boyfriend to wear at Ascot 2011. This double-breasted style was quite expensive in the shops and only a small choice of colours, so I bit the bullet and tried it myself.
This pattern is essentially Vogue 7488 however I lengthened it 1 1/2 inches at the waist, added extra buttons as it didn’t fit as closely to the chest as he would have liked. I found the instructions incredibly difficult to follow so was very glad I made a toile! I definitely recommend practising the peaked lapels – the help I received from the Burda Style discussion forum on this was invaluable!
Material Notes
Linen twill with a satin lining and back and wooden buttons. I used fusible interfacing rather than the recommended sew-in but it I were to do it again I may revert to the sew-in since the amount of handling this gets in handling meant it seperated from the interfacing and I re-ironed it and spray starched it to avoid the bubbly look.
Difficulty
Advanced
Dec 9, 2012, 12.17 AMby Robert Falls
Very nice. Its nice to see that someone has already completed this very same pattern that I’m working on. I to have started out by making a toile.
Jul 2, 2011, 08.42 PMby kr147
Thank you for the kind posts! Yes after the toile I was worried it would look raggy because of all the handling, so when doing the real thing I was fastidious about washing my hands regularly whilst I worked and only laying it down carefully and flat.
Jul 1, 2011, 02.29 AMby wildflower31
wow, speechless
Jun 30, 2011, 08.37 PMby scorpioncheri
wow !!
Jun 30, 2011, 08.01 PMby anneecharri
looks amazing!
Jun 30, 2011, 04.00 PMby Sally Kramer
This looks fantastic. I always worry when doing formal wear that the end product will look sloppy. Yours looks pristine. Well done. Your young man looks very handsome in his vest.